 He made his senior Kent debut in July 2003 in the County Championship.Ferley left Kent to join Nottinghamshire at the end of the 2006 season after finding it difficult to dislodge Min Patel from the Kent team.He played for Nottinghamshire in 2007 and 2008 before returning to Kent for the 2009 and 2010 season before being released in July 2010.