In October 2023 he was appointed as Kent's club captain, replacing Sam Billings who had resigned the role at the end of the 2023 season.

[2] His parents are of Jamaican descent and he has described how watching both West Indian and English cricket home was a major influence on his development.

[27] He was the leading run-scorer in the competition with 287 runs at an average of 95.66,[28] including a match-winning 103 not out against Australia in an innings when the next highest score for the England team was 28.

[29] Later the same month he was described as "perhaps the most exciting young batsman in the country"[30] and was named in the England team for the 2012 Under-19 World Cup, held in Queensland in August 2012.

[32] Bell-Drummond made his first-class cricket debut for Kent at the age of 17 in a university match against Loughborough MCCU in May 2011, scoring 80 runs from 103 balls.

[35][36][37][38] In August 2015 he deputised as an emergency wicket-keeper in Kent's County Championship match at Derby when Sam Billings suffered a finger injury, keeping wicket until Ryan Davies arrived from Second XI duty to act as a substitute.

[40] In December 2015 Bell-Drummond made his first appearance for England Lions against the United Arab Emirates in a T20 match in Dubai.

[43][44] Bell-Drummond was selected for England Lions again during the 2016 summer, playing limited overs matches against both Pakistan A and Sri Lanka A.

[50][51] 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.

[62] During 2017 Bell-Drummond set up Platform, a cricket project aiming to increase participation in the sport by young people based in the London Borough of Lewisham, the area in which he grew up.

The project involves reintroducing the sport into local primary schools and includes after-school and winter coaching.

It ran a cricket festival for school children at Deptford during 2018 and was initially funded by Bell-Drummond and a business partner.

[72] 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.