County Cricket Season Preview
With the county cricket pre-season friendlies on at the moment, and the first county championship games starting this week, it seems a good time to take a look at the runners and riders for this season.
And instead of having to do all the research and write it all up, I’ve been looking around for a preview which sums it up best, and I think that the one that fits the bill is at Sky Sports. It is listed by county, so it can take a while to read it all, but it cuts the right balance showing enough useful information without going into overload.
As you’ll see when you read it all, there are some good players coming over this year as overseas players, and seeing people such as Shane Warne play all year will be fantastic. The fact that the Rose Bowl is the closest first class ground to me makes it all the better! There are also some controversial signings, mainly those coming in as Kolpak players. Jacques Rudolph playing up at Yorkshire is one of these, and there are also people such as Saqlain Mushtaq who is playing for Sussex from May time after he gains a British passport I believe. The rights and wrongs of this kind of player are probably for another debate and blog posting though at some point in the season!
The first one-day competition of the season will be the Friends Provident Trophy, a 50 over affair attempting to replicate International Cricket. One difference this year though is the ability of the fielding side to be able to argue an umpire’s decision, which will see the decision referred to the third umpire. I’m not too sure on this as I’m wondering where will it all end? Will batsmen be able to appeal when they’ve been given out they think wrongly? I suppose in my thinking “It’s just not cricket”.
The middle of the season will see the ever successful twenty20 competition again, and will Leicestershire be able to retain their title? I’m a big fan of this competition, and enjoy coming in of a summer evening to watch it on Sky Sports, so lets hope it continues in the way it has in recent seasons.
The Telegraph Fantasy Cricket season also kicks off this week, when you can start to register. Seeing as I won the mini-league I was in last year I’ll definitely be entering this again! Enter from Wednesday at Telegraph Fantasy Cricket. I may give out my super tips once I’ve seen the list of players but it may give my competitors an advantage so I may keep it close to my chest!
Hopefully that has given you everything you need to enjoy the county cricket 2007 season, if you know anything else of interest please leave me a comment!
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