DARREN STEVENS

It was great to see my old team Kent hold out for a draw in the Battle of the Bridge last weekend at Chelmsford, and in particular to see 18-year-old Jaydn Denly play a match-saving knock of 41 off 128 balls when it looked for all the world that Essex were heading to their second win of the new campaign. Picking Joe’s nephew was a good piece of selection by Kent because he had just scored a hundred to win a Second XI match on a dry pitch at Beckenham.
It was no mean feat to deny Simon Harmer and Matt Critchley on a turning fourth-day pitch. Even at such a young age, Jaydn lo...