Joey Evison is a talented all-rounder who progressed through Lincolnshire’s county age group sides to the Nottinghamshire Academy then into first-class cricket first with Nottinghamshire and now with Kent.
Joey’s father Gareth and older brother Sam have both played county cricket for Lincolnshire but his talent was quickly identified by Nottinghamshire after a century for Lincolnshire Under-14s against Derbyshire in 2015.
He joined Nottinghamshire the following summer and quickly announced himself with another century for their Under-15s against Essex at Kibworth which helped to win him selection for the 2016 ESCA Bunbury Festival at Radley College and again in the 2017 competition at Stowe School.
Another century followed for Joey for Nottinghamshire’s Academy against Attenborough in a county Premier League match while he was still a student at Stamford School.
Joey’s first-class debut came against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in September 2019 where he made a composed 45 in the first innings.
That followed his debut for England Under-19s in a home ODI Tri-Series with India and Bangladesh and was followed by another triangular competition in the West Indies against the hosts and Sri Lanka.
Joey was a member of England’s squad at the ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa where he made a half-century in the Plate final victory over Sri Lanka.
His second first-class appearance came against Derbyshire in August 2020 in the Covid-delayed season in which he took three first innings wickets and scored 38 and 31 batting at number nine.
Joey’s maiden first-class five wicket haul – five for 21 – came against Durham at Chester-le-Street in 2021 and his maiden hundred at the start of the following season against Sussex at Hove where made 109 not out batting at number eight and sharing an eighth wicket partnership of 145 with his captain, Steven Mullaney.
Joey appeared for three counties in the 2022 season with a short loan spell at Leicestershire being followed by another loan deal with Kent ahead of a permanent move for the 2022 campaign.
He made his maiden List A century against Glamorgan in only his second appearance for Kent which helped set them on course to the final where Joey enjoyed his return to Trent Bridge by making 97 opening the batting and adding two wickets to claim the Man of the Match Award against Lancashire.
A second List A century – a career-best 131 – against Yorkshire at Scarborough followed in 2023 in Kent’s opening match of their title defence.
He enjoyed his most productive season in 2024 with 753 first-class runs, including six half-centuries, and 149 more runs in white ball cricket plus 25 wickets across the formats.
First-class
Highest score: 109 not out Nottinghamshire v Sussex at Hove 2022
Best bowling: 5-21 Nottinghamshire v Durham at Chester-le-Street 2021
List A
Highest score: 136 v Yorkshire at Scarborough 2023
Best bowling: 3-62 Kent v Essex at Chelmsford 2022
T20
Highest score: 46 Kent v Somerset at Taunton 2023
Best bowling: 3-25 Kent v Middlesex at Canterbury 2023
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