Heino Kuhn is set to remain Kent captain for their Specsavers County Championship match against Warwickshire.

The South African skippered the team instead of Joe Denly in last week's 285-run win over Nottinghamshire at Tunbridge Wells.

Kuhn had offered to take over the responsibility in order for Denly to concentrate on his batting, with the England international going on to hit an unbeaten 167.

Denly said: "Heino is going to do it for the next few championship games. It just gives me a chance to focus on my batting, try and score lots of runs and see where we go from there.

"I think it's just nice to go into these games just being able to focus on my batting and not have to worry about all the off-field stuff and everything that comes with being captain.

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"Obviously I'm still vice-captain and any help or advice Heino needs I'm always going to be there for him, I'm still a senior player and offering my advice there.

"It's just really about focusing on my batting for a few games.

"Going into this game it's a very important one, Warwickshire are obviously close to us in the table and they're coming off the back of a loss against Surrey. We're excited and I'm sure if we play like we did last week we'll come out on top."

Kuhn served as the club's interim captain while both Denly and Sam Billings were plying their trade in the IPL over the first part of the season.

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