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Sam Billings: Wicketkeeper-batsman extends Kent contract until 2022


Sam Billings has scored 10 centuries and 34 half-centuries for Kent

Kent captain Sam Billings has signed a two-year contract extension which will keep him at Canterbury until the end of the 2022 season.

The 28-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman has played 218 matches for Kent in all formats since making his debut in 2011.

He has scored a total of 6,408 runs for the county, as well as taking 260 catches and making 32 stumpings.

Billings has also played 15 one-day internationals and 26 Twenty20 internationals for England.

“I’ve been at Kent since I was eight years old, so being at this club means a lot to me,” he told the club website.