


Sam Northeast is an English professional cricketer who currently plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He rejoined the county at the start of the 2026 season after an eight-year absence that included stints at Hampshire and Glamorgan.
He is a right-handed batsman. Northeast made his senior debut in 2007 and until 2017 played for Kent County Cricket Club. He captained the Kent First XI for most of the 2015 season before being formally appointed as club captain in 2016. He captained the side in 2017 before being replaced before the 2018 season after declining to sign a contract extension committing himself to the club in the longer term.
After signing for Hampshire in February 2018, Northeast made his debut for the England Lions later in the month against the West Indies A in Antigua.
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