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Roll up, roll up for the biggest show on earth

well.... the second biggest show on earth (damn the IPL)

sorry, I mean the third biggest show on earth (damn the BBL)

yes third biggest... definitely!

probably!

well..... maybe!

please?

The NatWest T20 Blast
faster than a speeding train
bigger than Piers Morgan's head
louder than Radiohead at Glastonbury
but still with no England players in sight

Rules

pick 11 players, no substitutes are allowed and there are no restrictions on who you can pick

anyone picking durham players will have 4 points deducted before the FL starts (ignore that, I made it up... sorry)

Scoring

Batting
1pt for every run scored
Batsman scoring at least 25 runs will be awarded an additional 10 points, plus another 10 points for every further increment of 25 runs scored
Batsmen scoring at least 15 runs at a strike rate between 125 and 174 will be awarded 10 bonus points
Batsmen scoring at least 15 runs at a strike rate between 175 and 224 will be awarded 20 bonus points
Batsmen scoring at least 15 runs at a strike rate of 225 and above will be awarded 30 bonus points

Bowling
25 pts per wicket plus
5 points bonus for maiden over
10 pt bonus for a 2fer
20 pt bonus for a 4fer
Bowler with an economy rate of <=4.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 50 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=5.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 40 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=6.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 30 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=7.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 20 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=8.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 10 point bonus

Fielding
10 points for each catch taken and stumping.
20 points for sole run out (10 each if shared)
10 pt bonus for being involved in 3 catches / run-outs / stumpings

Squads

no squads on cr@pinfo, however this link will take you to the BBC 'all teams' page

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/teams

simply click on a team and then click on squad

Teams must be submitted by 1400 BST on Friday 7th July

may the best footman win

obviously!

I've gone big on bowlers

Roy (Surrey)
Northwick (Surrey)
Patel (Notts)
Dawson (Hampshire)
Willey (Yorkshire)
Parry (Lancashire)
Coles (Kent)
Coughlin (Durham)
J. Overton (Somerset)
Sibley (Kent)
Mills (Sussex)

Are there many England clashes?

4 match test series, so that'll be 3 weeks of crossover, with something daft like a couple of days between tests. (once upon a time a 4 test series would have taken 7 weeks)

Colin Ingram
liam dawson
benny howell
joshua Cobb
jason Roy
ian bell
syed Zaidi
tim bresnon
Samit patel
ian cockbain
ben Duckett

Ta for the info!

MY SIDE

1.Varun Chopra (Ess)
2.Daniel Bell-Drummond (Ken)
3.Dawid Malan (Mid)
4.Joe Clarke (Wor)
5.Luke Ronchi (wk) (lei)
6.James Franklin (Mid)
7.Mitch Santner (Wor)
8.Marchant De Lange (Glam)
9.Luke Fletcher (Not)
10.David Payne (Glos)
11.Steven Patterson (York)

provisional 11

Rushworth (Dur)
Cobb (Nor)
Patel (Not)
Clarke (War)
Leach (Wor)
Bresnan (Yor)
Bopara (Ess)
Ingram (Gla)
Howell (Glo)
Dawson (Ham)
Northeast (Ken)

Durhamfootman wrote:provisional 11

Rushworth (Dur)
Cobb (Nor)
Patel (Not)
Dawson (Ham) Mullaney (Not)
Clarke (War)
Leach (Wor)
Bresnan (Yor)
Bopara (Ess)
Ingram (Gla)
Howell (Glo)
Northeast (Ken)

feels unnatural only having 4 south players

Alex Hales
Jason Roy
James Vince
Jos Buttler
Colin Ingram
Samit Patel
Steven Mullaney
Darren Stevens
Shahid Afridi
Benny Howell
Chris Jordan

Roy (Surrey)
Dernbach (Surrey)
Buttler (Lancs)
De Grandhomme (Warks)
Cobb (Northants)
McCullum (Middlesex)
Willey (Yorks)
Anderson (Somerset)
Vince (Hants)
Hales (Notts)
Billings (Kent)

Durhamfootman wrote:

Durhamfootman wrote:provisional 11

Rushworth (Dur)
Cobb (Nor)
Patel (Not)
Dawson (Ham) Mullaney (Not)
Clarke (War)
Leach (Wor)
Bresnan (Yor)
Bopara (Ess)
Ingram (Gla)
Howell (Glo)
Northeast (Ken)

feels unnatural only having 4 south players

In my view the north has overtaken the south in the last two or three years when it comes to t20 - after about a decade of the south comfortably being superior.

That said, this unique situation of the England limited-overs only players being available for most (all?) the competition does probably strengthen the south slightly more. Off the top of my head: Roy, Morgan, Billings, Jordan, I can see having a bigger overall impact than the Yorkshire trio of Willey, Rashid and Plunkett, plus Hales (and Buttler, if he doesn't get a test call up).

My XI:

Bopara (Ess)
Bresnan (Yor)
Buttler (Lan)
Cobb (Nor)
Hales (Not)
Howell (Glo)
Ingram (Gla)
Klinger (Glo)
Patel S. (Not)
Roy (Sur)
Zaidi (Ess)

not long to get teams in