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Kent to act over Kemp ban

Kent chairman George Kennedy has hinted that his county may appeal against the ECB's decision to bar South Africa all-rounder Justin Kemp from county cricket.

Kemp has been prevented from joining Kent due to his involvement in the breakaway Indian Cricket League and Kennedy is far from impressed by the way things stand.

He told the Kent Messenger: "If you look back to the days of Kerry Packer, there's no doubt that he gave the establishment a bloody nose by shaking the game up in the way he did.

"I wasn't involved in cricket in those days, but in many ways I feel the game needs a bit of a shake-up from time to time to make the administrators take another look at things.

"Twenty20 cricket started in the UK, yet we're letting it drift overseas and into other hands with big money.

"But if we want big money in the game over here, then we have to get involved and get into it.