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The age of The Spitfire

The Spitfire is an attempt to revitalise coverage of KCCC in the AI era. Editor FRED ATKINS takes a look at how the cricket media has evolved in the quarter of a century years since he made the transition from Kent fan to sports reporter.

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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