Kent has appointed Daniel Bell-Drummond as club captain, succeeding Sam Billings - although Billings will continue to lead the T20 side.

Daniel Bell-Drummond has been named Kent Cricket's 36th men's captain.

A graduate of the Kent Cricket Academy, the 30-year-old has made 369 appearances for the county so far in his 12-year county career, scoring over 15,000 runs and earning the distinction of being one of six male cricketers to have played in all three formats of the game Century scored for Kent.

Bell-Drummond, 30, graduated from Kent's academy and made 369 appearances for the club across all formats, captaining the team on several occasions in Billings' absence. Last season he managed a career-best 300 points against Northamptonshire, helping set up one of two wins for Kent as they narrowly edged out Division One of the LV= Insurance County Championship.

The right-hander has also captained the team 42 times across all formats over the last four seasons, with an overall win rate of 47% so far (including draws and no results). He is officially the club's 36th captain and will lead Kent in the first-class competition.

2023 was an outstanding season for the opening batter, who is also known for his part-time medium-pace bowling. He backed up his second career T20 hundred, 111 against Middlesex at Canterbury by becoming Kent's third triple centurion less than a week later. His score of 300* was the first time an opposition player had reached 300 in Kent's victory over Northamptonshire at Northampton.

At the 2023 Spitfire Kent Cricket Awards, Bell-Drummond won five out of nine awards among the men, including the Men's Player of the Year award, voted by his teammates, and the Men's Player of the Year award, voted by was elected by the members and supporters of the club. He is the first cricketer of Caribbean descent to be appointed captain of Kent Men's Club.

On being appointed club captain, Bell-Drummond said: “It is an absolute honor and privilege to be club captain of Kent Cricket.”

“It’s now my job to captain Kent Cricket into a new season alongside the rest of the playing squad and that’s a challenge I’m looking forward to.”

“I’m looking forward to working with Simon Cook and Matt Walker and shaping this team to be competitive on all fronts, but also ensuring that this ethos spreads to our age group squads with the help of our fantastic pathway coaches.”

"I would like to thank Sam Billings for his six years as an outstanding club captain and of course I will work closely with Sam as he continues to be a leader in the dressing room. "This is a team sport and everyone will play their part.

“To Kent members and supporters – we will both have good times and I’m sure there will be difficult times too, but we will get through it all together.”

“We will try to get going in 2024 and that will start with pre-season training in the new year. Before we all know it, it will be April and it will be time to wear the Kent shirt with pride again.”