Kent head coach Matt Walker on Robbie Joseph’s return as bowling coach and new batting coach Toby Radford

Matt Walker believes the additions of Kent’s new batting and bowling coaches will offer a freshness to their squad - but concedes those who take such positions may never stick around for long.

Kent have appointed Toby Radford and ex-bowler Robbie Joseph to assist head coach Walker ahead of the new season.

They replace Alex Gidman, who departed to become England Women’s assistant coach, and Simon Cook, who stepped up from his bowling coach role to become director of cricket.

Radford becomes Kent’s fourth batting coach in just over two years. Others to have recently held the role are Dutch international Ryan ten Doeschate and one-time England player Mike Yardy, who left Kent in November 2021.

Walker, who will also start the season with a new club captain in Daniel Bell-Drummond, admitted: “It will be nice to have some consistency at some stage but, equally, it’s a bit of freshening up.

“Hopefully, these guys are here for a little while but, with the nature of that role, it chops and changes.

“People move onto bigger and better things quite quickly if you’re any good at it.

“So, we’re always prepared for that constant flow of people coming in.

“With Simon as director of cricket, the two new assistant coaches and the new captain, that gives us a sense of freshness, which is quite exciting.”

Joseph, who had enjoyed a stint with Gloucestershire in the same position, made 110 appearances for Kent between 2004 and 2011 and in 2014, in which he took 230 wickets across all formats.

The 42-year-old had been Gloucestershire lead bowling coach since last November and now moves back ‘home’ to Kent.

Walker, who turned 50 early in 2024, said: “We have got an old face coming back to the club in Robbie Joseph.

“He’s someone that I played