New Zealand pacer Matt Henry's contract with Kent Cricket for the primary seven fits of this season's County Championship has been mutually withdrawn due to the rapidly-spreading COVID-19 pandemic.
The 28-yr-old seamer turned into a set to join Kent for a 2d stint after having performed for the club in 2018 however a cricket shutdown in UK until May 28 because of the coronavirus outbreak intended he's going to now not can be capable of play for the membership this season.
"Kent Cricket can verify that New Zealand International Matt Henry will no longer be joining the Club for the primary seven County Championship fits of 2020," the membership stated in an announcement.
"Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and disruption to the legitimate start of the 2020 county cricket season, both the Club and player have determined to cancel plans which would have visible Henry go back to Kent for a 2d time."
Henry thus have become the fourth cricketer after Nathan Lyon, Cheteshwar Pujara and Michael Neser to miss out on a stint in county cricket this 12 months due to the lethal disorder.
Kent's Director of Cricket, Paul Downton, stated: "Once the choice became announced with the aid of the ECB that there could be no cricket till as a minimum the give up of May it have become inevitable the Matt could not be returning to Kent this season.
"The Club maintains to enjoy an amazing courting with Matt. He has many pals right here and the overwhelmingly wonderful remarks we received when we introduced he might return in 2020 is a measure of Matt himself: he is a fantastic character on and stale the cricket field.
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