2021 English Cricket Season

[chris.hinton]

The Hundred 2021 men’s squads
Birmingham Phoenix

Shaheen Afridi, Moeen Ali, Henry Brookes, Pat Brown, Chris Cooke, Tom Helm, Benny Howell, Adam Hose, Liam Livingstone, Dom Sibley, Kane Williamson, Chris Woakes, Adam Zampa, Tom Abell, Miles Hammond, Daniel Bell-Drummond

London Spirit

Mohammad Amir, Mason Crane, Zak Crawley, Joe Denly, Jade Dernbach, Dan Lawrence, Glenn Maxwell, Eoin Morgan, Mohammad Nabi, Luis Reece, Adam Rossington, Roelof van der Merwe, Mark Wood, Chris Wood, Ravi Bopara

Manchester Originals

Jos Buttler, Joe Clarke, Wayne Madsen, Matt Parkinson, Phil Salt, Nicholas Pooran, Kagiso Rabada, Harry Gurney, Jamie Overton, Shadab Khan, Tom Lammonby, Steven Finn, Colin Ackermann, Richard Gleeson, Tom Hartley

Northern Superchargers

Aaron Finch, Brydon Carse, Chris Lynn, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Adam Lyth, Adil Rashid, John Simpson, Ben Stokes, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, David Willey, Harry Brook, Olly Stone, Matthew Potts, Matthew Fisher, Callum Parkinson

Oval Invincibles

Sam Billings, Alex Blake, Rory Burns, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Laurie Evans, Will Jacks, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy, Nathan Sowter, Reece Topley, Rory Burns, Colin Ingram, Saqib Mahmood, Brandon Glover, Jordan Clark

Southern Brave

Jofra Archer, Alex Davies, Liam Dawson, George Garton, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Craig Overton, Delray Rawlins, Andre Russell, Marcus Stoinis, James Vince, Max Waller, Ross Whiteley, David Warner, Danny Briggs


Trent Rockets

Matthew Carter, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ben Cox, Lewis Gregory, Rashid Khan, Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Tom Moores, Steven Mullaney, Joe Root, D’Arcy Short, Luke Wood, Luke Wright, Samit Patel, Timm van der Gugten

Welsh Fire

Qais Ahmad, Jonny Bairstow, Tom Banton, Ben Duckett, David Payne, Liam Plunkett, Ollie Pope, Kieron Pollard, Ian ****bain, Jake Ball, Jhye Richardson, Josh Cobb, Matthew Critchley, David Lloyd


Some squads look better than others. Looking forward to it. Likely to be the highest quality domestic cricket in my lifetime in this country.

Oh come on censoring C-ock lol

 

[chris.hinton]

News from the counties this week

Warwickshire sign Pieter Malan as their overseas player (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56195158)
Warwick CEO Proposes Pilot games for fans in the CC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56173921)
Birmingham sign Carlos Brathwaite as their T20 overseas player (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56154191)
Harry Swindells signs new contract with Leicestershire (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56131509)
Sam Main signs new Warwickshire Contract (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56124726)

 

[chris.hinton]

More news from the countries this week

Liam Norwell & 3 Academy Quicks sign New Warwickshire contracts (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56291896)
Kemar Roach signs for Surrey ahead of their championship season (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56281458)
Hampshire sign Mohammed Abbas for the Championship season (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56280936)
Lockie Ferguson agrees to sign for Yorkshire for the T20 Blast (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56278311)
James Bracey extends Gloucestershire contract (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56266282)
England Seamer Jake Ball agrees new Notts deal (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56250760)
Worcester Keeper Ben Cox agrees a new 3 year deal (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56257071)
Kent announce deficit of over 200k in their 2020 accounts (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56252070)

 

[Tom Flint]

Is there 2 overseas now allowed for this year? Is morkel returning to Surrey and Abbott for Hampshire.?

 

[Tom Flint]

I have just read the article and he will be playing alongside Abbott, I guess that means rousoww is out then

 

[chris.hinton]

Yeah i think he is gone

 

[Woodster]

So, couple of developments today on the county circuit - Wayne Parnell signs on for Northants for the entirety of the 2021 season, i suppose it’s a big bonus to have some continuity these days with your overseas players and to have someone available for all competitions throughout the season could be important. I’d imagine he’ll make a bigger impact in the shorter forms, but will add to the pace bowling depth with rotation in the CC, looks a steady if not overly exciting signing.

Scott Borthwick, who recently returned to Durham, has been announced as the new County Championship for the, taking over from Ned Eckersley. Since the start of the 2019 season Durham have had Cameron Bancroft and Eckersley as skippers, I’m sure they’ll be hoping Borthwick becomes a more permanent leader.

Finally, I think the most exciting signing, is Derbyshire’s move for Billy Stanlake that’s just awaiting final approvals. Another overseas available for all formats for the full season, which I think will be massive for a club like Derby. A bowler capable of high speed, Cricket Australia i’m sure will be keeping a close eye on his workload with games over here coming thick and fast, the Aussie quick keen to develop his red ball cricket aswell. Expect him to make a big impact in all formats.

 

[chris.hinton]

Derbyshire signing Stanlake is a major coup

 

[chris.hinton]

30 days till the start of the cricket season (In England)

 

[chris.hinton]

The National Counties will resume after have 2020 Cancelled

National Counties Championship

This is still in two regions but now both regions will have 2 divisions of 5 with a 1 up and 1 down system, All teams will play 4 3 day matches during the summer. The top team in each West/East Division 1 will have a play off for the championship title.

Divisions

Eastern Division 1: Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Staffordshire
Eastern Division 2: Northumberland, Hertfordshire, Cumbria, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire

Western Division 1: Cheshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire
Western Division 2: Cornwall, Devon, Wales, Shropshire, Herefordshire

National Counties Trophy

This is a 50 over competition which is divided into 4 groups of 5. With the Winners and Runners-Up qualifying for the last 8 and obviously this is a knockout competition from that point.

National Counties T20 Competition

Same format and qualification as the 50 over game but this is T20

 

[chris.hinton]

A futher feature for 2021 is the chance for a National Counties team to face a first class country. A Long term goal is for a 50 over competition which includes all First Class and National teams

20th July

Bedfordshire v Northamptonshire
Berkshire v Middlesex
Buckinghamshire v Surrey
Cambridgeshire v Essex
Cheshire v Warwickshire
Cornwall v Somerset
Cumbria v Lancashire
Dorset v Hampshire
Herefordshire v Worcestershire
Lincolnshire v Durham
Norfolk v Nottinghamshire
Northumberland v Yorkshire
Oxfordshire v Sussex
Shropshire v Derbyshire
Staffordshire v Leicestershire
Suffolk v Kent
Wales National Counties v Glamorgan
Wiltshire v Gloucestershire

22nd July (Somerset & Middlesex play two games)

Devon v Somerset
Hertfordshire v Middlesex

 

[chris.hinton]

Another week goes by here are the stories from the past week

Durham name Scott Borthwick as CC captain (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56319790)
Derbyshire sign Billy Stanlake as their overseas across all formats (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56319833)
Northants sign Wayne Parnell (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56322660)
Dieter Klein signs new Leicester contract (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56337375)
Worcester sign Aussie Seamer Ben Dwarshuis for T20 Blast (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56345121)
Bancroft is resigned by Durham for Red Ball Campaign (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56346797)
Sam Northeast extends his contract with Hampshire (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56362999)
Miguel Cummins signs Short term Kent deal (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56362792)
Curran Brothers & Topley sign new Surrey deals (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56372922)

 

[chris.hinton]

Pre-Season has started today

https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#m0e5ecc82-69c4-4c4f-8475-4290f77d6509

(Somerset vs Worcestershire)

 

[tony p]

Lancashire have signed Jackson Bird for a 6 match- spell and will be available from their third fixture of the season against Kent, scheduled to start on April 22nd.

 

[chris.hinton]

County news for the past week

Lancashire sign Jackson Bird & Finn Allen for 2021 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56438124)
Sarah Taylor joins Sussex coaching staff (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56402525)
Glamorgan resign Ireland Captain Andrew Balbirnie (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56404960)

A pretty quiet week

 

[mackembhoy]

The National Counties will resume after have 2020 Cancelled

National Counties Championship

This is still in two regions but now both regions will have 2 divisions of 5 with a 1 up and 1 down system, All teams will play 4 3 day matches during the summer. The top team in each West/East Division 1 will have a play off for the championship title.

Divisions

Eastern Division 1: Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Staffordshire
Eastern Division 2: Northumberland, Hertfordshire, Cumbria, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire

Western Division 1: Cheshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire
Western Division 2: Cornwall, Devon, Wales, Shropshire, Herefordshire

National Counties Trophy

This is a 50 over competition which is divided into 4 groups of 5. With the Winners and Runners-Up qualifying for the last 8 and obviously this is a knockout competition from that point.

National Counties T20 Competition

Same format and qualification as the 50 over game but this is T20

I see minor counties suffer from lack of geography lessons too.

Cumbria being in the east is quite something. It's further west than most of the counties in the west.

 

[chris.hinton]

Yep its certainly weird. I suppose this is to balance itself out

 

[theegyptian]

Some of the clubs already streaming their preseason games.

Always interesting to see who has tinkered with their batting techniques and which random medium pacer has put on 5 mph in the off-season.

Saqib Mahmood had Ali Cook out twice yesterday.

 

[chris.hinton]

County Cricket news

George Scrimshaw signs for Derbyshire (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56454960)
Ian Holland extends Hampshire Contract (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56462913)
Shreyas Iyer will play for Lancashire in the 50 over completion (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56485697)
Alzarri Josepth will play for Worcestershire in the first half of the CC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56486658)
Joe Root will play in Yorkshire's first 2 CC matches (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56488524)
BBC Local Radio will continue to broadcast County Matches (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56484505)
Dan Christian & Dane Peterson have both signed for Nottinghamshire (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56496833)
Joe Weatherley extends contract with Hampshire till 2022 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56514651)
Will Young signs short term Durham deal as their overseas (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56514362)
Nepal's Sandeep Lamichhane signs for Worcestershire on a T20 contract (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/56521468)

 

[theegyptian]

Following the preseason games. https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/# Some thoughts from what i've seen.

Notts terrible batting vs Warwickshire all out for 131. Doesn't exactly instill confidence that they are going to improve on their terrible 2019 and 2020 4 day batting. Very loose from the likes of Clarke, Duckett et all.

Leeds/Bradford running up a big score vs Yorkshire. Cornall and De Caires with tons. De Caires (athertons son) contracted to Middlesex. Cornall looks well organized too with some good straight driving- would think he'd pick up a contract with a county at some point based on this knock.
Matt Fisher of Yorkshire has definite England potential. Not sure at present he or Yorkshire are getting the best out of himself though. Doesn't have the fitness across a day and match

Sonny Baker , a somerset academy player, looks a prospect. Opened the bowling in their warmup vs Worcestershire. A little raw and occasionally erratic but good pace and movement. Wouldn't have thought he'd play much this year
Looking forward to seeing more of Will Smeed of Somerset too. Balanced young strokemaker. Looks to have that touch of class that could make him an England player at some point in the future.
Adam Finch of Worcestershire looks good. Tall, Good strong action, bowls close to the stumps. Doesn't move the ball prodigiously just a bit either way which is ideal. Definite test potential.