Kent Spitfires
Without doubt one of the best teams in the Twenty20 Cup who have qualified for finals day for the past three years. They are captained by England player, Rob Key and will play in the Southern Division of the 2010 Twenty20 Cup. They are currently ranked at number one in the Twenty20 Cup Rankings
Twenty20 Cup Performances
The Spitfires have qualified from their Group for four years running and have made Finals Day for the past three. They were winners in 2007, runners up in 2008 and semi finalists in 2009. In the 2009 Group matches, they won the Southern Group ahead of eventual winners, Sussex Sharks, winning seven out of their ten matches. They will be amongst the favourites in the 2010 Twenty20 Cup betting.
2009/10 Squad
The squad is made up from currently only 18 players but it is understood that new additions will be made in the very near future.
Batsmen
The Kent Spitfires squad for 2010 is listed below and divided into relevant categories
- Joe Denly, England, RHB
- James Hockley, England, RHB
- Robert Key (c),England, RHB
- Sam Northeast, England, RHB
- Darren Stevens, England, RHB
- Martin van Jaarsveld, SA, RHB
Bowlers
the leading bowlers for the Spitfires are
- Mat Coles, England, R Arm Med
- Simon Cook, Zim, R Arm Fast Med
- Phil Edwards, England, R Arm Fast Med
- Rob Ferley, England, Slow L Arm Spin
- Robbie Joseph, England, R Arm Fast
- Amjad Khan, England, R Arm Fast Med
- Wayne Parnell, SA, R Arm Fast Med
- Martin Saggers, England, R Arm Fast Med
All Rounders
- Azhar Mahmood, Pak, RHB & R Arm Fast Med
- Justin Kemp, SA, RHB & R Arm Med Fast
- Ryan McLaren, SA, LHB & R Arm Fast Med
- James Tredwell, England, LHB & R Arm Off Spin
Wicket keepers
- Paul Dixey, RHB
- Geraint Jones, RHB
Top Batsmen - 2009
The batting stats for the top five Kent Spitfires are below.
| Player | Innings | Runs | Balls | Average | HS | S/R | 6's |
| Darren Stevens | 11 | 356 | 247 | 59.33 | 77 | 144.12 | 15 |
| Martin v Jaarsveld | 10 | 326 | 235 | 36.22 | 75* | 138.72 | 4 |
| Geraint Jones | 10 | 216 | 181 | 27.00 | 56 | 119.33 | 6 |
| Robert Key | 9 | 202 | 187 | 28.85 | 58* | 108.02 | 2 |
| Joe Denly | 12 | 185 | 182 | 18.50 | 32* | 101.64 | 4 |
Top Bowlers - 2009
Below are the statistics on the Spitfires top bowlers in the 2009 Twenty20 Cup. Those who will be making T20 Free Bets will find this information helpful as and when they place a bet in the Twenty20 Top Wicket taker Odds.
In 2009 the lead wicket taker was Azhar Mahmood who took 16 wickets, which put him in 4th place in the Twenty20 Cup leading wicket taker table. See Twenty20 Top Bowler betting. His stats along with other leading wicket takers are listed below and they include best bowling performance, economy rates and averages.
| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Wickets | Best | Average | Economy | Mdns |
| Azhar Mahmood | 12 | 12 | 328 | 16 | 3-16 | 20.50 | 7.26 | 0 |
| James Tredwell | 12 | 12 | 271 | 13 | 3-18 | 20.84 | 6.45 | 0 |
| Ryan McLaren | 10 | 10 | 288 | 11 | 4-37 | 36.18 | 8.07 | 1 |
| Simon Cook | 12 | 12 | 279 | 10 | 2-29 | 20.84 | 6.64 | 2 |
