The age of The Spitfire
27.03.26, 08:37 Updated 29.03.26, 20:35 10 Minute Read
Fred Atkins
The year 2000 wasn’t the happiest for Kent, with a difficult season bookended by the deaths of two icons.
EW Swanton’s passing in January wasn’t a huge surprise given that was 92, but when Colin Cowdrey didn’t see out the year it was something of a shock, even if he had been ill for several months after suffering a stroke. He succumbed to a heart attack in December, aged just 67.
It was a landmark season for English cricket because the county championship had been split into two divisions for the first time, but Kent had a forgettable campaign, falling in the group stages of the B&H Cup and losing to Glamorgan by five wickets in the fourth round of the Nat West Trophy.
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Fred Atkins Fred Atkins is a former Kent Messenger sports editor and has written several books, including The Spitfire Diaries, an account of Kent's 2021 season and Monty Panesar's "The Full Monty". He has followed KCCC since 1993 and has covered them for the ECB and Wisden since 2021.