Australian overseas fast bowler Wes Agar will be prepared to put his “ego on the hook” in pursuit of wickets for Kent.

Agar, 26, has signed for Matt Walker’s side on a four-match County Championship Division 1 stint and played the first of those games at Canterbury in a rain-affected draw with Essex.

The right-armer had been with Australia A in New Zealand earlier this month but now is adapting to English conditions.

“I keep it pretty simple,” he said. “I don’t think too much at the best of times!

“I’ll just do what I do, that’s what has put me in the position to be here.

“Obviously length changes here, you have got to be a little bit more full, putting your ego on the hook. If you get driven down the ground a couple of times, then it’s okay.

“That’s my process, going into it, trying to bowl at a good pace.”

Kent have now conceded 450 runs twice in the first innings this summer, taking just nine wickets, after they had won their opening four-day fixture against Northamptonshire.

Agar hopes to help Kent create more chances to take wickets, ahead of their match against Middlesex at Lord’s which will start from tomorrow.

On how the surface had played at The Spitfire Ground on his debut, he replied: “It’s definitely different to Australian wickets.

“Coming over here, you get told what to expect, but you can’t really experience it until you are out there in the middle. It’s about adapting to that.

“They’re a little bit slower, they don’t have the bounce and carry that Australian wickets do, so it’s just about adapting to that, talking to the boys, using their experience to decide how we’re going to go about it.

“The goal is to get 20 wickets. That might come unconventionally but, if we can create those 20 chances, that’ll go a long way.”

Kent had reportedly hoped to sign fellow Australian Joel Paris for the start of the season but, after he picked up an injury, they eventually switched their attention to signing Agar. He’ll front their attack until the arrival of Indian international bowler Arshdeep Singh from June.

On how the move came about, Agar explained: “It happened really fast. I went over to New Zealand and hadn’t heard much about county cricket.

“I sort of had my plans for the off-season but my manager called me one night and told me that Kent were keen. I think a few bowlers they had tried to get had got injured or weren’t allowed to come.

“When I heard about that opportunity, I didn’t want to pass it up.”

Agar’s first Kent wicket was that of former England captain Sir Alastair Cook, as he ended with figures of 2-67 from 21 overs.

Ironically, opener Cook was also the first Test-match wicket of Australian spinner Ashton Agar - the older brother of Wes - in the 2013 Ashes at Trent Bridge.

Agar cannot wait to come up against some more players, like Cook, that he idolises.

“There’s some great players in each side,” he noted.

“[I’m] coming up against great players I’ve watched - and follow the Instagrams of as well - so I’ve seen a lot of the players! I’m no stranger to the quality of the cricket here.”

Agar is already familiar with plenty of Kent’s squad.

He has been up against skipper Sam Billings and Joe Denly in the Australian T20 Big Bash League, as well as England opener Zak Crawley - who hit his best-ever Kent score of 170 in 183 balls in their draw against Essex. He has crossed paths with all-rounder Grant Stewart and young bowler Jas Singh Down Under too.

He said: “I have played against Joe Denly, I have played against Sam Billings.

“Back home in Adelaide, I play with Jas Singh, who’s a young up-and-coming quick here so I’ve got some ties with the boys.

“Grant Stewart, I played with many years ago back in Adelaide, so I do know the boys. It makes it a lot easier, fitting in.”