 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.