Billings' Twenty20 links help Kent seal Brathwaite deal
[ad_1] West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite has signed to play in Kent Spitfires' opening four matches of the Vitality Blast. The World T20 champion, who made his name hitting four successive sixes in the final over of the 2016 final against England, will join the Spitfires squad before the opening group match agaist Surrey on July 6. Brathwaite can at least be confident of getting on the field at Kent. He has yet to figure for Surisers Hyderabad in this season's IPL, a continuation of his inactivity when he played only twice for Delhi Daredevils in 2017. It will be the first experience of county cricket for Brathwaite, who has played three Tests, 28 ODIs and 25 T20s for West Indies, and who said Sam Billings had been instrumental in persuading him to sign during conversation at IPL and BBL when they have been team-mates. "I have a good relationship with Sam, having played in the same team at the IPL and BBL," he said. "Sam chatted to me about the opportuni...