Natwest T20 Blast Fantasy league

Hello there chaps/ladies/Olly

Apologies if this is posted in the wrong place, feel free to move it around to wherever is fit mods. Anyway, just spotted this knocking around on Twitter;

http://fantasy.ecb.co.uk/a/home

I know T20 isn't a favoured format around here but thought it would be fun for us all to pit our wits against each other and see once and for all who knows the most about cricket on this forum(or who is the luckiest, whichever you prefer!) If anyone is interested in getting involved, drop a post on here, get your team picked-I have to say it took me a while to get within the budget- and I'll create a V2 mini league for us to see who comes out on top.

Cheers
Mat

Edit: League code is 12058-1948

Make the league I'm in Matthew despite the insult!

Should be a BLAST! 

(See what I did there)

My squad is as follows

Batsmen

David Sales - Northamptonshire
Alexei Kervezee - Worcestershire
Josh Cobb - Leicestershire
Jesse Ryder - Essex - Overseas

All rounders

Glenn Maxwell - Hampshire - Overseas
Paul Stirling - Middlesex
Keith Barker - Warwickshire

Wickter keeper

Craig Kieswetter - Somerset

Bowlers

Jamie Overton - Somerset
Tymal Mills - Essex
Liam Plunkett - Yorkshire
Danny Briggs - Hampshire

Gone for some expensive options who should come off like Maxwell/Kieswetter and then filled the team with express pace in the bowlers and some outside punts in the batters

The code for the league is: 12058-1948, Olly.

This is my squad:

Batsman
Smith-Surrey
Nash-Sussex
Trescothick-Somerset
Balance-Yorkshire

All Rounders-
Rikki Clarke-Birmingham
Gareth "The Goose" Andrew-Worcestershire
Ashar Zaidi-Sussex

Wicketkeeper
Ned Eckersley-Leicestershire

Bowlers
Saeed Ajmal-Worcestershire
Chris Wood-Hampshire
Stephen Parry-Worcestershire
Moin Ashraf-Yorkshire

A few bargain basement picks in Ashraf and Zaidi, but I've got some strong batting and the other three bowlers are pretty tidy, going on the tried and tested formula that spin picks up a fair amount of wickets.

I wanted Cooke from Glamorgan as my keeper but couldn't afford him so went with Eckersley who I think is quite under-rated.

Cmon folks!

I'm in. Loaded up on batsmen who bowl and bowlers who bat a bit if I could!

Vince - Hampshire
Mitchell - Worcs
Adams - Hampshire
Nash - Sussex

Stevens - Kent
Patel - Notts
Leach - Worcs

Billings - Kent

Dernbach - Surrey
Patel - Warks
Liddle - Sussex
Wright - Warks

Im in and entered the league.

Batsman
Jimmy Adams - Hampshire
Billy Goldeman - Derbyshire
Joe Denly - Middlesex
Marcus Trescothick - Somerset

All Rounders
Samit Patel - Nottinghamshire
Scott Styris - Leicestershire
Graham Napier - Essex

Bowlers
Mark Footit - Derbyshire
Chris Liddle - Sussex
Jade Dernbach - Surrey
Alfonso Thomas - Somerset 

Wicketkeeper
James Foster - Essex

Seen much of the Worcs games so far Mat? Richie Oliver has made his debut and got 34 (23) and 43 (31). Been smashing it everywhere in league cricket the past few years and at Minor County level. Quality to see these blokes get a chance and take it.

No mate, not caught much of the games so far, only the scorecards. He's come in out of nowhere, pretty low in the pecking order for the first class games considering who's come in today for the game with Essex

Going just off his scores, seems like he's going very well for us, one of few batsman who can in that form. It's nice to see us giving guys like him a chance, obviously not got the biggest budget so have to look around and be a bit more creative with our additions.

After a poor defeat against Glamorgan, Hampshire beat Sussex and Middlesex in the space of 3 days. Vince and Briggs the stars.

I was a bit late to the party with the Fantasy, missing the first game week, but I'll stick my team in anyway if that's cool!

RE: Rich Oliver, he's apparently on a pay as you play and if he churns out some more knocks like the first couple then he should get plenty of pay days! I've only seen a couple of games live, the Lancs and Notts games, and whilst he visited the crease pretty briefly at Trent Bridge he was very impressive at Old Trafford. One six in particular, off Junaid Khan no less, cleared the temporary stand altogether. He looks a clean striker of the ball with an uncomplicated technique. I wish him all the success in the world!

Hampshire beat Essex last night. Was at the Rose Bowl. Quality knock from Vince (as always) and a word on Owais Shah. Made a fielding howler then took 9 balls to score a run. He then played some delightful shots. 6 runs needed to win, Shah on 44, you know the rest....

Maxwell joins the Hampshire squad for the first time this year. Squad to face Kent:

Vince, Abbott, Adams, Bates, Briggs, Carberry, Coles, Ervine, Gatting, Maxwell, Shah, Smith, Wheater, Wood.

  

No idea who will be left out (other than Gatting)

I would go:

Carberry
Vince
Adams
Maxwell
Shah
Smith/Ervine
Bates
Coles
Wood
Abbott
Briggs

Maxwell is my x factor in my side, bring him on!

If you get a chance watch the catch by Lyth in the roses game today, takes fielding to a whole other level!!

Also Middlesex somehow managed to lose despite Dan Christian hitting 129 off 57 balls!!

Stunning work from lyth, great awareness and athleticism.

So Worcester go top (temporarily and on NRR) of the north group after beating Durham by 5 wickets at New Road. It was a gripping game, albeit reduced to 13 overs per side. Ross Whiteley and Gaz Andrew took us home when it seemed like the game had got away from Worcester. They took 19 off John Hastings' last over and 16 off the first four balls of the 13th over, bowled by Rushworth, to seal the win.