Cricket-Match-Special ... A forum for discussion

Rules

Pick one player from each of the 18 teams competing at the 2019 Vitality Blast:

Birmingham Bears
Derbyshire Falcons
Durham Jets
Essex Eagles
Glamorgan
Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Kent Spitfires
Lancashire Lightning
Leicestershire Foxes
Middlesex
Northamptonshire Steelbacks
Nottinghamshire Outlaws
Somerset
Surrey
Sussex Sharks
Worcestershire Rapids
Yorkshire Vikings

Scoring

Sum of all runs scored by your eighteen players multiplied by their combined total of wickets, catches and stumpings.

Teams in by first match: Thursday July 18th.
Good luck one and all

this one will wait until tomorrow

it'll have to

Birmingham Bears: Sam Hain
Derbyshire Falcons: Wayne Madsen
Durham Jets: Darcy Short
Essex Eagles: Ravi Bopara
Glamorgan: Coin Ingram
Gloucestershire: Ryan Higgins
Hampshire: Liam Dawson
Kent Spitfires: Joe Denly
Lancashire Lightning: Liam Livingstone
Leicestershire Foxes: Ackerman
Middlesex: De Villiers
Northamptonshire Steelbacks: Faheem Ashraf
Nottinghamshire Outlaws: Dan Christian
Somerset: Lewis Gregory
Surrey: Aaron Finch
Sussex Sharks: Rashid Khan
Worcestershire Rapids: Ben Cox
Yorkshire Vikings: David Willey

Birmingham Bears: Adam Hose
Derbyshire Falcons: Wayne Madsen
Durham Jets: Graham Clark
Essex Eagles: Adam Wheater
Glamorgan: Chris Cooke
Gloucestershire: Gareth Roderick
Hampshire: Rilee Rossouw
Kent Spitfires: Sean Dickson
Lancashire Lightning: Dane Vilas
Leicestershire Foxes: Colin Ackermann
Middlesex: James Fuller
Northamptonshire Steelbacks: Ricardo Vasconcelos
Nottinghamshire Outlaws: Tom Moores
Somerset: Steven Davies
Surrey: Ben Foakes
Sussex Sharks: Laurie Evans
Worcestershire Rapids: Ed Barnard
Yorkshire Vikings: Jonathan Tattersall

MY PICKS

Birmingham - Ed Pollock
Derbyshire - Billy Godleman
Durham - Graham Clark
Essex - Ravi Bopara
Glamorgan - Graham Wagg
Glocuestershire - Ian Cockbain
Hampshire - Liam Dawson
Kent - Joe Denly
Lancashire - Jos Buttler
Leicstershire - Mark Cosgrove
Middlesex - Dawid Malan
Northants - Richard Levi
Notts - Alex Hales
Somserset - James Hildreth
Surrey - Tom Curran
Sussex - Stiian Van Zyl
Worecsershire - Ben Cox
Yorkshire - Tim Bresnan

Hain Bir
Reece Der
Short Dur
Chopra Ess
Ingram Gla
Howell Glo
Dawson Ham
Bell-Drummond Ken
Vilas Lan
Ackermann Lei
Stirling Mid
Cobb Nor
Christian Not
Gregory Som
Finch Sur
Briggs Sus
Barnard Wor
Willey Yor

Durhamfootman wrote:Hain Bir
Reece Der
Short Dur
Chopra Ess
Ingram Gla
Howell Glo
Dawson Ham
Bell-Drummond Ken
Vilas Lan
Ackermann Lei
Stirling Mid
Cobb Nor
Christian Not
Gregory Som
Finch Sur
Briggs Brown Sus
Barnard Wor
Willey Yor

sorry Ian.... 1 change

GG - Amir Sohail wrote:Birmingham Bears: Sam Hain
Derbyshire Falcons: Wayne Madsen
Durham Jets: Darcy Short
Essex Eagles: Ravi Bopara
Glamorgan: Coin Ingram
Gloucestershire: Ryan Higgins
Hampshire: Liam Dawson
Kent Spitfires: Joe Denly
Lancashire Lightning: Liam Livingstone
Leicestershire Foxes: Ackerman
Middlesex: De Villiers
Northamptonshire Steelbacks: Faheem Ashraf
Nottinghamshire Outlaws: Dan Christian
Somerset: Lewis Gregory
Surrey: Aaron Finch
Sussex Sharks: Rashid Khan
Worcestershire Rapids: Ben Cox
Yorkshire Vikings: David Willey

Can I have VD Merwe in for Gregory and Howell in for Higgins please. For Somerset and Gloucestershire respectively. Cheers.

My XVIII:

Birmingham Bears Agar
Derbyshire Falcons Masden
Durham Jets Short
Essex Eagles Harmer
Glamorgan Ingram
Gloucestershire Klinger
Hampshire Dawson
Kent Spitfires Nabi
Lancashire Lightning Parkinson
Leicestershire Foxes Ackermann
Middlesex Stirling
Northamptonshire Steelbacks Cobb
Nottinghamshire Outlaws Christian
Somerset Azam
Surrey Finch
Sussex Sharks Carey
Worcestershire Rapids Brown
Yorkshire Vikings Willey

The kid says ...

J Patel (Birmingham Bears)
Godleman (Derbyshire Falcons)
D'Arcy Short (Durham Jets)
Zampa (Essex Eagles)
Ingram (Glamorgan)
Klinger (Gloucestershire)
Rossouw (Hampshire)
Milne (Kent Spitfires)
Maxwell (Lancashire Lightning)
Ackerman (Leicestershire Foxes)
Mujeeb (Middlesex)
Pretorius (Northamptonshire Steelbacks)
Hales (Nottinghamshire Outlaws)
Azam (Somerset)
Finch (Surrey)
Mills (Sussex Sharks)
Guptill (Worcestershire Rapids)
Pooran (Yorkshire Vikings)

My side ... ...

Agar (Birmingham Bears)
Madsen (Derbyshire Falcons)
D'Arcy Short (Durham Jets)
Wheater (Essex Eagles)
Ingram (Glamorgan)
Howell (Gloucestershire)
Dawson (Hampshire)
Bell-Drummond (Kent Spitfires)
Maxwell (Lancashire Lightning)
Ackerman (Leicestershire Foxes)
Stirling (Middlesex)
Cobb (Northamptonshire Steelbacks)
Christian (Nottinghamshire Outlaws)
Azam (Somerset)
Finch (Surrey)
L Evans (Sussex Sharks)
Guptill (Worcestershire Rapids)
Willey (Yorkshire Vikings)

Birmingham Bears - Patel
Derbyshire Falcons - Stevens
Durham Jets - Lees
Essex Eagles - Bopara
Glamorgan - Wagg
Gloucestershire - Howell
Hampshire - Morris
Kent Spitfires - Kuhn
Lancashire Lightning - Maxwell
Leicestershire Foxes - Mike
Middlesex - Malan
Northamptonshire - Rossington
Nottinghamshire - Duckett
Somerset - Trego
Surrey - Clark (Jordan)
Sussex Sharks - Briggs
Worcestershire - Cox
Yorkshire Vikings - Bresnan

Bir - Patel
Der - Godleman
Dur- Short
Ess- Harmer
Gla _Ingram
Glo - Howell
Ham - Crane
Ken- Nabi
Lan - Parkinson
Lei - Ackerman
Mid - Malan
Nor- Rossington
Not - Hales
Som - Banton
Sur- Clark
Sus - Rawlins
Wor - Guptill
Yor - Willey

Ian we have a bit of a problem and you would need to ask people or make a decision.
my Middlesex player doesn't even play for middlesex.
if I am allowed to change it can I have John Simpson instead please.

Damn it, I thought it started today.... oh well