Coach Simon Cook remains in charge for Kent's Royal London One-Day Cup final - but says it's the players who deserve the credit

Simon Cook will remain in charge of Kent’s Royal London One-Day Cup squad for their final - but says it’s the players who will deserve all the plaudits if they do win.

Cook has been Spitfires’ interim head coach throughout their run to Saturday’s final against Lancashire at Trent Bridge.

With The Hundred competition having finished, several key Kent players - and head coach Matt Walker - are now back at The Spitfire Ground.

But Kent have confirmed the players who got them to the final will be given the opportunity to lead them to glory.

It’s the same message with regards to their coaching staff, although Walker and batting coach Ryan ten Doeschate will offer Cook support.

But former bowler Cook, 45, said: “I don’t think about it so much as a coach, leading a side to glory or victory.

“It’s really about the players. It’s about their journeys and their successes. They are the ones that do it out on the field and have to take all the pressure.

“Realistically, we, as support staff, are here to get what they need and allow them to go onto the field in the best possible shape to deliver the skills they want to deliver.

“So I don’t necessarily think about it in those terms.”

The Darren Stevens-inspired Spitfires won their semi-final against Hampshire, before they swiftly confirmed those who have missed their run to the final would not be involved.

Overseas bowlers Matt Henry and Navdeep Saini are the only ones who would have come into contention but it now appears unlikely either will return this summer anyway.

Cook said: “The Hundred guys are available for this game but very early on in the campaign, I kind of put my marker in the sand, really, that if we did get to the final or the latter stages, we would stick with the