Kent batsman Tawanda Muyeye has chance to stake claim as head coach Matt Walker turns to younger faces for final T20 Blast games
Kent will shuffle their pack in the final T20 Blast games of the summer.
Spitfires have four more matches left to play, starting against Gloucestershire at Canterbury tonight (Tuesday, 7pm).
With their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages a distant memory, head coach Matt Walker admitted it’s an opportunity to blood some younger players, including batsman Tawanda Muyeye.
“Whether it’s one, two or three we’ll wait and see,” said Walker.
“Certainly Tawanda deserves an opportunity at the top, he’s had a couple of games and things have transpired where he hasn't quite had the run yet but this is a good opportunity for him to play these last few games.
“We will see what else we need to do. Our bowlers are a bit battered and bruised and we haven’t got anything to really shift around at the moment with people still coming back from injury. If we can, we will.”
Walker also conceded that their County Championship clash at Surrey, which starts from Sunday, comes into their thinking this week, with the potential of resting tired bodies more appealing now there is no chance of progressing in the T20 Blast.
“We might change it a bit more as we have to have one eye on our Championship team,” added Walker, whose side also host Sussex Sharks in the Blast on Friday night.
“That’s one competition where we’ve got to really focus on now and give ourselves the best chance to keep competing in that.
“There’s always an eye on that, making sure people are fresh going into that game on Sunday. We’ve got another few games this week to get out of the way, too.
“We’ll have a think and see how the bodies are in the next couple of days before we pick the next side.
“When you’re out of it, the upside in some small way is that you can have a