KENT cricket captain David Fulton is demanding the county's former Test batsman Ed Smith withdraws charges that he was “reckless and gung ho” in practice.

Fulton was speaking at a clear-the-air members’ forum in Canterbury held to discuss the turbulent last few months at the county club.

The Kent skipper sought legal advice over comments in a book written by Smith, who has now left Kent for Middlesex, about a nets accident in which the captain suffered a severe eye injury.

“On a subject as sensitive as my eye injury, I thought Ed should have had the decency to phone me up and run what he was going to write about April 11 past me,” said Fulton.

“I thought he got it wide of the mark as he implies I was a bit gung ho and reckless in my practice.

“It was never my intention to take legal action against Ed, but my solicitor required a confirmation letter from Ed that my practice is nothing other than absolutely professional.

“He is in the process of getting that letter to me. There are a couple of other pieces in the book I challenged him on and said my piece to him face to face.”