 In 2017 he and Joe Denly set Kent's record partnership for any wicket in T20 cricket, adding 207 runs for the first wicket against Essex at Chelmsford.This was a world record opening partnership in Twenty20 cricket, and the third highest in the world for any wicket in the format..Earlier in the same season he and Denly had scored 163 runs against Surrey for the first-wicket at The Oval, setting the previous highest partnership for any wicket for Kent.