hitting his maiden first-class double-hundred against Loughborough MCCU followed by a century in his first innings of the County Championship season against Leicestershire. He and Tom Latham then combined for two first-wicket century partnerships in Kent's opening home match of the Championship against Glamorgan, only the third time this had been achieved in the same championship match in the county's history. Bell-Drummond was selected for England Lions again during the 2016 summer, playing limited overs matches against both Pakistan A and Sri Lanka A. He scored his highest List A cricket score of 171 not out against Sri Lanka A at Canterbury during the series of matches as he combined with Ben Duckett to post the second highest List A partnership on record. During the 2016–17 English off-season Bell-Drummond was again selected for the Lions, playing against the UAE in Dubai during December and in the List A matches against Sri Lanka A in March, scoring a century in the 4th match of the series. He was also chosen to play in the North v South pre-season series in the United Arab Emirates. Bell-Drummond was signed as injury cover by the Rajshahi Kings during the 2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League season. He made his debut in the competition on 21 November 2017, although only played once for the team. After playing for Kent in the Caribbean 2017–18 Regional Super50 competition, he played in the North v South pre-season series in Barbados and captained the MCC side in the Champion County match. Good form in one-day cricket during the 2018 promotion season was followed by Bell-Drummond signing a new, long-term contract with Kent during the 2018/19 off-season, despite only averaging 19.82 in the County Championship and not having scored a century in first-class cricket in the previous two seasons. During the off-season he played Sydney Grade Cricket for Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, making a century on his debut in the first grade competition before being signed to play in the later stages of the 2018–19 Super Smash T20 competition in New Zealand for Auckland. The 2019 season saw Bell-Drummond lead Kent's batting, scoring a club best 987 runs in first-class cricket. He broke his run of seasons without a first-class hundred, scoring a century against Warwickshire, registering his highest County Championship score of 166 runs. He scored six half-centuries in first-class cricket, was Kent's leading T20 run scorer and scored a century