Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
Quick to get into his stride
‘I had a little purple patch where I bowled straight. . . it paid off’
Gloucestershire eight days earlier, it made it 11 wickets in two secondinnings hauls for Stevens.
He has 13 scalps this season at an average of 11. He claimed just 37 in all of last season. His batting has also impressed, with 189 runs at an average of 63 in his four knocks so far.
Asked where the start ranked, Stevens said: “It’s up there. If I look back on my 10 years or so at Kent, we’ve always got off to poor starts. The first few games we have not been quite on it.
“Our preparations this winter –