South African Justin Kemp has been told his appeal against the ECB's decision to block his player registration will be held at Lord's at the end of the month.

Kent chief executive Paul Millman said the club had been given a provisional date for the end of April.

Mr Millman said: "I believe Justin will fly over from Cape Town next week to give himself chance to prepare, both for the hearing and in terms of match fitness.

"Some may say another two weeks may seem a bit slow and too much of a delay for an appeal, but the ECB need time to assemble a sub-committee, so the timescale of things settles well with us."