NatWest t20 Blast 2017
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 3:38 pm
All kicks off again on Friday, with seven matches taking place.
Back to being in a single block format (although with one round of CC matches squeezed in!), and for once no real gap after the group stages: final round of group matches is Friday 18 August; QFs are Tuesday 22 to Friday 25; Finals Day is Saturday 2 September.
England test players can pretty much be ruled out prior to Finals Day, other than maybe the round of fixtures on (or close to) Sunday 23 July and maybe the early QFs. On the flip side, there isn't a single England limited-overs match during the entire period.
Skybet have the following odds:
Surrey 7/1
Notts 8/1
Yorkshire 8/1
Essex 10/1
Hants 10/1
Middlesex 11/1
Lancs 12/1
Warwickshire ("Birmingham") 12/1
Somerset 14/1
Northants 14/1
Durham 16/1
Sussex 16/1
Kent 16/1
Gloucs 16/1
Worcs 22/1
Glamorgan 25/1
Derby 40/1
Leics 40/1
I would suggest that Notts, Surrey and Yorks are all nailed on for the QFs. Cannot see how any of them won't make it. Other five places are not as nailed on, but I will go with Lancs, Essex, Hants and, um, Northants and Middlesex.
In terms of players:
SURREY
Overseas: Finch, Sangakarra/Henriques (Henriques to cover for when Sangakarra is at the CPL)
England: Roy available. Could lose Stoneman or Foakes to a test call up.
Other: KP will rejoin Surrey for the competition
NOTTS
Overseas: Christian, Sodhi. (I understand that yesterday was Pattinson's final game for Notts)
England: Hales available. Broad unavailable.
YORKSHIRE
Overseas: Handscombe, S Marsh
England: Rashid, Plunkett and Willey available. Root and Bairstow unavailable.
Other: Kohler-Cadmore will be available to make his white-ball debut.
ESSEX
Overseas: Amir. Not aware that they have signed a second one.
England: Cook unavailable.
HANTS
Overseas: Bailey, Afridi
England: Dawson could be unavailable.
MIDDLESEX
Overseas: Southee, McCullum/Voges (Voges to replace McCullum when he goes to the CPL)
England: Morgan available. TRJ could be unavailable. Could lose Finn to a test call up.
LANCS
Overseas: Junaid Khan, McLaren
England: Jimmy unavailable. Could lose Buttler to a test call up.
Other: Jayawardene has pulled out of deal to join them as a non-overseas player.
WARWICKSHIRE
Overseas: Patel, de Grandhomme
England: Woakes unavailable/injured.
Other: Grant Elliot has joined as a t20 only kolpak
SOMERSET
Overseas: Anderson. Dean Elgar is of course their main overseas player - I am not aware that they intend to replace him whilst he is on test duty with SA.
England: None
DURHAM
Overseas: Latham. I'm not aware that they have announced a second overseas.
England: Stokes, Jennings and Wood unavailable
SUSSEX
Overseas: Taylor (captain). As well Somerset and Elgar, I am not sure if Sussex intend to replace Philander.
England: Jordan is available.
KENT
Overseas: Milne and Neesham
England: Billings is available.
GLOUCS
Overseas: At the moment it appears to be Klinger and Bancroft. But they were due to have Tye, and when he pulled out injured Gloucs did say they might sign a replacement.
England: None
WORCS
Overseas: Hastings, Santner
England: Moeen is unavailable
GLAMORGAN
Overseas: Rudolph. I'm not aware that they have announced a second overseas.
England: N/A
DERBY
Overseas: Tahir, Henry
England: N/A
LEICES
Overseas: McKay, Ronchi
England: N/A
Back to being in a single block format (although with one round of CC matches squeezed in!), and for once no real gap after the group stages: final round of group matches is Friday 18 August; QFs are Tuesday 22 to Friday 25; Finals Day is Saturday 2 September.
England test players can pretty much be ruled out prior to Finals Day, other than maybe the round of fixtures on (or close to) Sunday 23 July and maybe the early QFs. On the flip side, there isn't a single England limited-overs match during the entire period.
Skybet have the following odds:
Surrey 7/1
Notts 8/1
Yorkshire 8/1
Essex 10/1
Hants 10/1
Middlesex 11/1
Lancs 12/1
Warwickshire ("Birmingham") 12/1
Somerset 14/1
Northants 14/1
Durham 16/1
Sussex 16/1
Kent 16/1
Gloucs 16/1
Worcs 22/1
Glamorgan 25/1
Derby 40/1
Leics 40/1
I would suggest that Notts, Surrey and Yorks are all nailed on for the QFs. Cannot see how any of them won't make it. Other five places are not as nailed on, but I will go with Lancs, Essex, Hants and, um, Northants and Middlesex.
In terms of players:
SURREY
Overseas: Finch, Sangakarra/Henriques (Henriques to cover for when Sangakarra is at the CPL)
England: Roy available. Could lose Stoneman or Foakes to a test call up.
Other: KP will rejoin Surrey for the competition
NOTTS
Overseas: Christian, Sodhi. (I understand that yesterday was Pattinson's final game for Notts)
England: Hales available. Broad unavailable.
YORKSHIRE
Overseas: Handscombe, S Marsh
England: Rashid, Plunkett and Willey available. Root and Bairstow unavailable.
Other: Kohler-Cadmore will be available to make his white-ball debut.
ESSEX
Overseas: Amir. Not aware that they have signed a second one.
England: Cook unavailable.
HANTS
Overseas: Bailey, Afridi
England: Dawson could be unavailable.
MIDDLESEX
Overseas: Southee, McCullum/Voges (Voges to replace McCullum when he goes to the CPL)
England: Morgan available. TRJ could be unavailable. Could lose Finn to a test call up.
LANCS
Overseas: Junaid Khan, McLaren
England: Jimmy unavailable. Could lose Buttler to a test call up.
Other: Jayawardene has pulled out of deal to join them as a non-overseas player.
WARWICKSHIRE
Overseas: Patel, de Grandhomme
England: Woakes unavailable/injured.
Other: Grant Elliot has joined as a t20 only kolpak
SOMERSET
Overseas: Anderson. Dean Elgar is of course their main overseas player - I am not aware that they intend to replace him whilst he is on test duty with SA.
England: None
DURHAM
Overseas: Latham. I'm not aware that they have announced a second overseas.
England: Stokes, Jennings and Wood unavailable
SUSSEX
Overseas: Taylor (captain). As well Somerset and Elgar, I am not sure if Sussex intend to replace Philander.
England: Jordan is available.
KENT
Overseas: Milne and Neesham
England: Billings is available.
GLOUCS
Overseas: At the moment it appears to be Klinger and Bancroft. But they were due to have Tye, and when he pulled out injured Gloucs did say they might sign a replacement.
England: None
WORCS
Overseas: Hastings, Santner
England: Moeen is unavailable
GLAMORGAN
Overseas: Rudolph. I'm not aware that they have announced a second overseas.
England: N/A
DERBY
Overseas: Tahir, Henry
England: N/A
LEICES
Overseas: McKay, Ronchi
England: N/A