A South African 2025 ICC World Test champion has agreed to join Kent.<\/p>\n
Left-handed batting all-rounder Senuran Muthusamy, 31, will link up with Kent from the beginning of the 2026 Vitality T20 Blast until the end of their county season.<\/p>\n
Kent director of cricket Simon Cook – is thrilled to have signed Senuran Muthusamy for the majority of the county\u2019s 2026 campaign. Picture: Kent Cricket<\/p>\n
Muthusamy made headlines in November, scoring his first Test century for South Africa against India, with 109 at Guwahati on the way to the Proteas\u2019 2-0 series win.<\/p>\n
Durban-born Muthusamy has 10 first-class centuries to his name in his career, spanning 115 appearances and, in T20 cricket, has 81 career wickets at an economy of 6.62.<\/p>\n
He was part of South Africa’s squad for their World Test Championship final at Lord’s against Australia in June, only to miss out on a starting XI spot, as they were five-wicket victors.<\/p>\n
On signing for Kent from May 22 until the end of 2026, Muthusamy said: \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to the challenge of playing County Championship and Vitality Blast cricket for the first time at a club with a big history.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve heard a lot of good things about Kent from my team-mates that have played there before and I\u2019m relishing the opportunity to make contributions with bat and ball in a Kent shirt.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jaydn Denly – it is hoped he will benefit from working closely alongside Senuran Muthusamy at Canterbury. Picture: Barry Goodwin<\/p>\n
Director of cricket Simon Cook said: \u201cWe\u2019re extremely pleased to have secured the services of a multi-format international talent for most of this coming summer.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Sen\u2019 is an extremely versatile player, able to bat across the middle and lower-order in Championship cricket. He will also be an asset for us on late-season surfaces that are usually more conducive to spin.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the Vitality Blast, he also provides left-handed hitting options at the back-end of an innings, as well as an economical spin option through the middle overs, as we look to be competitive in multiple formats this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverseas players contribute in many ways beyond on-field performance. Sen\u2019s experience will be invaluable in helping our young players develop into better cricketers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn particular, the time he spends with Jaydn Denly – also a left-handed batter and left-arm spinner – will be crucial in his development.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kent\u2019s Ben Dawkins – has helped England to start their under-19 World Cup campaign with back-to-back victories. Picture: Keith Gillard<\/p>\n
Muthusamy is currently featuring in the SA20 competition for Sunrisers Eastern Cape, with former Spitfires Adam Milne and Beyers Swanepoel.<\/p>\n
Batsman Ben Dawkins has helped England start their under-19 World Cup campaign with two wins in Zimbabwe<\/p>\n
Dawkins offered 33 at the top of the order in a 37-run victory over Pakistan last Friday before 11 in an eight-wicket win against the hosts two days later.<\/p>\n
England were due to finish their run of Group B games against Scotland on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A South African 2025 ICC World Test champion has agreed to join Kent. Left-handed batting all-rounder Senuran Muthusamy,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[2514,71548,1406,71549,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-706774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-all-kent-sport","9":"tag-canterbury-sport","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-kent-cricket","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115922864990991359","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}