TFC 2019 - County Challenge - team news and chat

[kingcurtley]

The weather is comfortably in single figures, so it must be time for the start of the county season.

Sign up here - https://fantasycricket.telegraph.co.uk/county/home

Please post all team news and chat around the game in this thread. Normally to be sourced from club websites and twitter.

Fixture list wise, forum member ooozzzie normally runs an excel fixture list (may have to PM him for access).

FFStuff kindly shared his fixture list too - http://www.ffstuff.co.uk/

Who is playing for who? County ins and outs here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/45263823

Tomorrow to kick off, we have:

DIVISION ONE

Hampshire v Essex
Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire
Somerset v Kent

DIVISION TWO

Derbyshire v Durham
Northamptonshire v Middlesex
Sussex v Leicestershire

League wise, Jester runs the FISO league here - viewtopic.php?f=24&t=130000

Telegraph also run paid leagues.

A T20 and World Cup game run later in the summer, so you can also have a fresh crack at it if you get off to a shocker...
Enjoy!

[kingcurtley]

Durham squad vs Derbyshire (5-8 April)

Alex Lees (c), Gareth Harte, Will Smith, Michael Richardson, Jack Burnham, Stuart Poynter, Ned Eckersley, Ben Raine, James Weighell, Liam Trevaskis, Josh Coughlin, Matt Salisbury, Chris Rushworth

[roverinexile]

Durham are off to a flier with their squad up already:

Alex Lees (c), Gareth Harte, Will Smith, Michael Richardson, Jack Burnham, Stuart Poynter, Ned Eckersley, Ben Raine, James Weighell, Liam Trevaskis, Josh Coughlin, Matt Salisbury, Chris Rushworth

Bancroft not arrived yet, Steel out with a concussion, no Mark Wood either. Eckersley signed this week and could play.

[getfunky]

12 man squad for Derbyshire:

Billy Godleman, Luis Reece, Wayne Madsen, Tom Lace, Alex Hughes, Harvey Hosein, Matt Critchley, Anuj Dal, Logan van Beek, Tony Palladino, Ravi Rampau, Sam Conners

14 man squad for Middlesex vs Northants:

Dawid Malan (c), Stephen Eskinazi, Nick Gubbins, Steven Finn, James Harris, Tom Helm, Max Holden, Eoin Morgan, Tim Murtagh, Sam Robson, Toby Roland-Jones, John Simpson, Nathan Sowter, Paul Stirling

[primitive man]

Somerset 13-man squad: Tom Abell (c), Azhar Ali, Jack Brooks, Eddie Byrom, Josh Davey, Steve Davies, Lewis Gregory, Tim Groenewald, James Hildreth, Jack Leach, Craig Overton, Marcus Trescothick and Paul van Meekeren.
Kent : Heino Kuhn (c), Daniel Bell-Drummond, Alex Blake, Mitchell Claydon, Zak Crawley, Sean Dickson, Fred Klaassen, Matt Milnes, Harry Podmore, Matt Renshaw, Adam Riley, Ollie Robinson and Darren Stevens.

[getfunky]

Notts 12-man squad to face Yorkshire: Jake Ball, Stuart Broad, Joe Clarke, Paul Coughlin, Ben Duckett, Luke Fletcher, Jake Libby, Tom Moores, Steven Mullaney, Chris Nash, Samit Patel, Ben Slater

No Chappell

[primitive man]

Yorks 13 in squad - Gary Balance Harry Brook Ben Coad Jack Leaning Adam Lyth Duanne Olivier Steven Patterson (Captain) Mathew Pillans Josh Poysden Joe Root Jonathan Tattersall (Wicketkeeper) Tom Kohler-Cadmore Matthew Waite

[primitive man]

Leicestershire squad (13) Paul Horton, Colin Ackermann, Hasan Azad, Mark Cosgrove, Will Davis, Harry Dearden, Gavin Griffiths, Lewis Hill, Ateeq Javid, Arron Lilley, Ben Mike, Tom Taylor, Chris Wright.

[primitive man]

Sussex Squad - Ben Brown Danny Briggs Michael Burgess Harry Finch Tom Haines Mir Hamza Chris Jordan Ollie Robinson Abi Sakande Phil Salt Stiaan van Zyl Luke Wells David Wiese

[roverinexile]

Leicestershire squad (13) Paul Horton, Colin Ackermann, Hasan Azad, Mark Cosgrove, Will Davis, Harry Dearden, Gavin Griffiths, Lewis Hill, Ateeq Javid, Arron Lilley, Ben Mike, Tom Taylor, Chris Wright.

No Abbas yet.

[primitive man]

Leicestershire squad (13) Paul Horton, Colin Ackermann, Hasan Azad, Mark Cosgrove, Will Davis, Harry Dearden, Gavin Griffiths, Lewis Hill, Ateeq Javid, Arron Lilley, Ben Mike, Tom Taylor, Chris Wright.

No Abbas yet.

Only news is here http://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/news ... nship.html

[getfunky]

Northants 14 man squad: Nathan Buck, Ben Curran, Josh Cobb, Jason Holder, Rob Keogh, Richard Levi, Blessing Muzarabani, Rob Newton, Luke Proctor, Adam Rossington, Ben Sanderson, Ricardo Vasconcelos, Alex Wakely, Luke Wood

[getfunky]

Hampshire 13 man squad: Tom Alsop, Oli Soames, Aiden Markram, Rilee Rossouw, Liam Dawson, Joe Weatherley, Gareth Berg, James Fuller, James Vince, Fidel Edwards, Keith Barker, Kyle Abbott, Sam Northeast

[Bluearmy16]

Essex squad to face Hampshire:

Ryan ten Doeschate (27) (Captain)
Aaron Beard (14)
Ravi Bopara (25)
Nick Browne (10)
Alastair Cook (26)
Sam Cook (16)
Simon Harmer (11)
Dan Lawrence (28)
Aron Nijjar (24)
Rishi Patel (12)
Jamie Porter (44)
Matt Quinn (94)
Tom Westley (21)
Adam Wheater (31) (Wicket-keeper)

That’s all the teams in I think

[wld]

Notts 12-man squad to face Yorkshire: Jake Ball, Stuart Broad, Joe Clarke, Paul Coughlin, Ben Duckett, Luke Fletcher, Jake Libby, Tom Moores, Steven Mullaney, Chris Nash, Samit Patel, Ben Slater

No Chappell

And just for information in advance of next week, Footit has joined Lancs on an initial 28 day loan. Gleeson and Bailey (and Hurt, although he would only be in contention for one dayers I think) are injured, but Bailey is hoping to be back next week.

Davies has also said he’s fully fit to keep.

[roverinexile]

Notts 12-man squad to face Yorkshire: Jake Ball, Stuart Broad, Joe Clarke, Paul Coughlin, Ben Duckett, Luke Fletcher, Jake Libby, Tom Moores, Steven Mullaney, Chris Nash, Samit Patel, Ben Slater

No Chappell

And just for information in advance of next week, Footit has joined Lancs on an initial 28 day loan. Gleeson and Bailey (and Hurt, although he would only be in contention for one dayers I think) are injured, but Bailey is hoping to be back next week.

Davies has also said he’s fully fit to keep.

Thanks. Any idea how Lancs may line up?

[wld]

Notts 12-man squad to face Yorkshire: Jake Ball, Stuart Broad, Joe Clarke, Paul Coughlin, Ben Duckett, Luke Fletcher, Jake Libby, Tom Moores, Steven Mullaney, Chris Nash, Samit Patel, Ben Slater

No Chappell

And just for information in advance of next week, Footit has joined Lancs on an initial 28 day loan. Gleeson and Bailey (and Hurt, although he would only be in contention for one dayers I think) are injured, but Bailey is hoping to be back next week.

Davies has also said he’s fully fit to keep.

Thanks. Any idea how Lancs may line up?

Davies has also told Chapple he wants to open and Chapple normally listens to Davies as probably our most influential player - I suspect he’ll open with Jennings. Maxwell will obviously play, as will Vilas, Anderson, Bohannon, Footit (otherwise why sign him?), Bailey and Onions.

Parkinson would ordinarily play but he’s not fit (at least for the university game) after getting smacked in the face by a ball in Dubai - there’s no front line spinner in the squad tomorrow so I’m guessing they think he’ll be all right. Allott has described Hameed as a player hanging on by his fingernails - a real morale booster for the lad but I still think he’ll sneak in.

Davies
Jennings
Jones or Hameed or Croft
Maxwell
Vilas
Bohannon
Bailey
Parkinson
Onions
Anderson
Footit

Quite a long tail! If Bailey isn’t fit Mahmood will play but Mahmood will play a big part in the one dayers. A massive talent who needs to stay fit.

[roverinexile]

Very long tail. Interesting about Bohannon. What about Livingstone, not fit yet?

[wld]

Very long tail. Interesting about Bohannon. What about Livingstone, not fit yet?

At the IPL, there for the duration but will probably only play once Buttler and Stokes come home.

[roverinexile]

Thanks. Had missed that.

[Bluearmy16]

Interesting stuff guys. Lancs look strong on paper if Anderson Bailey onions all play. Notts look strong, hope Paul Coughlin plays as I have picked him. Noticed McManus is missing for Hampshire not sure who their keeper is without him? Anyway looking forward to the first day, have to sneak away from my desk at work around 10.30 for any team adjustments

[leeloo]

Alsopp will probably keep for Hants. He's down as a 6 rated batsman. Not sure if his rating's tempting enough.

[Fantasist]

I finally sorted three teams out tonight so I'm ready to go. Starting bargains aren't particularly obvious this season, only really managed to squeeze one or two in to each of my teams, meaning lots of mid-range picks instead of the top choices. As always, I find the WK picks the hardest of all.

Taunton has been wet most of the day and this evening (still raining now). Prospects don't look great for much play tomorrow. To be honest I predicted this would happen even when it was sunny and hot in the last week or two. It's what you expect from cricket, isn't it.

Anyway, good luck to all and thanks for all the team news everyone

[Ducks Deluxe]

Many thanks to all who posted squad news...much appreciated!

I had hoped to spend time reviewing all tonight....but ' stuff happened ' so will have to abide with previous rubbish...same old,same old!

Good luck to all you seasoned warhorses!

DD...

[primitive man]

As suspected Somerset v Kent Inspection 11:30

[roverinexile]

And, breathe, we're underway. Anyone who picked Reece or Salt has got their first duck of the year

[raoul]

And, breathe, we're underway. Anyone who picked Reece or Salt has got their first duck of the year

yep that'll be me with Reece. Golden duck scores some bonus points, yes?

[roverinexile]

And, breathe, we're underway. Anyone who picked Reece or Salt has got their first duck of the year

yep that'll be me with Reece. Golden duck scores some bonus points, yes?

Madsen now as well, who was in a decent number of teams. And to think that Derbyshire won the toss and decided to bat!

[robgraham]

And, breathe, we're underway. Anyone who picked Reece or Salt has got their first duck of the year

Reece in most teams and captain in 1! Ha! What a start!

Who’s this Tom Taylor fellow at Leics? Was on my radar after picking up 6 wickets in last week’s warm-ups but naturally didn’t take the plunge... Went for Will Davis, their other cheapie newbie, instead...

[raoul]

newbie question alert.

when does a transfer take effect?