DARREN STEVENS

Rob Key, my old Kent captain and a great mate, has been on at me about retiring for a few years now. He wants a golf partner. I say to him, ‘Well, that’s easy for you to say because you’ve got a very good job which pays well [managing director of England men’s cricket]!’
When it came out that Kent were releasing me in August 2022, Keysie’s first text to me was: “About bloody time!”. Then he wrote: “Congrats. You will be fine. Life’s better on the other side!” In his own way, he was telling me that everything will be ok if I’m not playing county cricket.
And you know what? K...