Kent Cricket coach Ryan ten Doeschate on the batters' 'unlimited potential'

The sky’s the limit for Kent’s exciting crop of young batters, according to the latest addition to their coaching staff.

Former Essex captain and Netherlands international Ryan ten Doeschate has joined Kent after retiring as a player at the end of the 2021 campaign.

“There’s unlimited potential in the team - certainly with the batters,” said new batting coach ten Doeschate.

“You have got two ends of the spectrum - Joe (Denly), Darren Stevens and even Deebz (Daniel Bell-Drummond) who have been around forever. Then you have some really exciting young players.

“Coxy (Jordan Cox), Tawanda (Muyeye) and Robbo (Ollie Robinson) is still a fairly young player.

"I think that’s where I can have the biggest impact in this job.”

The move sees ten Doeschate work with Kent head coach Matt Walker once again, the pair having previously played alongside each other at Essex.

Explaining the move, ten Doeschate said: “There was a chance to get into a set-up and work with an exciting group of batters. Obviously, I’m familiar with the players here.

“I thought there was a chance to make an impact as well as the chance to work with Matt - someone I played with.

"I see a lot of similarities between the two counties so, hopefully, I can bring a bit of the good things from Chelmsford and influence the players.

“It wasn’t a difficult decision at all. I think that you don’t have that football rivalry - where it’s ‘the enemy’.

“The chance to get into the system and really affect peoples’ careers or how they go about the sport was more important than going to a franchise model or something like that.

“I wanted something a bit more permanent, and somewhere where you can drip your information across and really build relationships.

“That’s what I really