in January 2018 and opted to replace him as club captain with Sam Billings, concerned that Northeast was unwilling to sign a contract extension which would have committed him to the club beyond the end of the 2018 season. Northeast requested permission to speak to other counties and was allowed to do so. He was not selected for Kent's squad for the 2017–18 Regional Super50 competition in the West Indies, with the expectation being that he would leave the county before the start of the 2018 season. He joined Hampshire in February 2018. At the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup final, he was booed by Kent fans. In July 2022, in the County Championship match against Leicestershire, Northeast scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket, turning it into his maiden triple century. Northeast finished on 410 not out to become the first batsman to score 400 runs in a first-class innings since Brian Lara made 400 not out for the West Indies against England in April 2004. References External links Sam Northeast at Kent County Cricket Club 1989 births Living people People educated at Harrow School English cricketers Hampshire cricketers Kent cricketers Kent cricket captains Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers North v South cricketers Yorkshire cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers People from Ashford, Kent Glamorgan cricketers