SteveTreacle
Vital 1st Team Regular
Beckenham is the hub for all the West Kent players coming through the youth setup. If it didn't exist they'd end up playing for Surrey.
So basically Zak Crawley, Alex Blake, Daniel Bell-Drummond and Sam Billings would all have been lost.
The boroughs of Bexley, Lewisham, Bromley and Greenwich are all historically kent, and within the Kent CCC catchment area, and have a population of around 1.2m people combined. The population of modern Kent is 1.8m, so you'd be frankly stupid to just sack off that many cricket mad people.
The top flight of the Kent Cricket League is also currently made up of ten sides, with Bexley top, Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, Bickley Park, Blackheath, Holmesdale CC, Beckenham and Bromley - ALL OF WHOM ARE WEST KENT.
Sandwich and Lordswood are the only non west kenters up there - basically Kent should be focussing MORE on the west then the rest.
Surely by your argument re the Hundred in getting new people involve in cricket, Kent should be focusing less on the West and focusing more on areas where they generate less interest and fewer players and fans? Medway probably being the best example....