Players who we may lose to the hundred

[mawallace]

After our great success last night which players do you think we will lose to the hundred comp.

Here's my list

Harmer
Bopara. - I accept he may have moved on
Lawrence
Westley
Chopra

[Perov]

Not sure about Chopra, but if still playing, Tendo could be in the mix.

[nat]

Don't care. Don't given this tourney any oxygen.

[Valentines Park]

Chopra isn't good enough hence why we've resigned him.

Not sure Westley will find a taker either.

Lawrence might be an outside bet.

[honkytonk]

Prob depends how many are in a squad and how many OS players are allowed

[mawallace]

Teams will be able to select a maximum of three overseas players while there is no limit to the number of players from any county or country

Thus it would be theoretical possible for us to lose all of our squad if they were chosen across the eight teams. I know that won't happen though as I can't see all the squad putting thier name forward and if they did being chosen

[mawallace]

So Dan is the 'Icon' player - and getting £60,000 for the privilege!

[SirChef26]

I reckon this all but confirms that Ravi is off. He’d have surely been picked over Lawrence if he were contracted to Essex.

[mawallace]

I reckon this all but confirms that Ravi is off. He’d have surely been picked over Lawrence if he were contracted to Essex.

Not too sure. Lawrence was the one many were tipping. As an example, from Espncric info:-

There are no realistic options from Northants - though Josh Cobb could be an interesting main draft selection - and both Essex and Middlesex were expensive with the ball throughout 2019, but there are three batsmen with three relatively different profiles who must be considered.

Dawid Malan is an impressive player, but he is pedestrian at the start of an innings (powerplay SR 122 since 2017) and might eat up too many balls at the top of the order given the fielding restrictions are lifted so soon (after 25 percent of the innings, rather than 30 percent in T20). Ravi Bopara starred under pressure in the second half of the Blast, but similarly takes ten balls to bed in, and has a more obvious weakness, as a slow-scorer against spin.

That opens up Dan Lawrence as an option, who would likely be cheaper than the other two. Lawrence is exceptional against spin (SR 154, av. 36.3 since 2017) and useful against pace (SR 148, av. 26.35), and bowls useful offspin to boot; he is the perfect man to keep things moving in the middle overs.

[SirChef26]

I don’t bother analysing things like they do in order to get their word count up. Bottom line is that Ravi is a better T20 player and one of the best in the country. I’m not buying for a second that Lawrence was picked over him.

[IlfordEagle]

At a tangent if I followed Kent I'd be a bit miffed that they won't have an 'icon' in the Oval whatevers, surely Billings at least has a case?
They seem to be making up much of this as they go along, players putting themselves in lower wage brackets etc, give it 1/2 years it will be doomed to failure - with any luck!!

[bwildered]

Player fee is only for contracted time with franchise team, not a complete season. But what will happen is some players from smaller sides will head turned by white ball careers .

[mawallace]

Saw this on another forum - which may explain why Lawrence was picked ahead of Bopra!

whoever is the Lord's coach (and the CEO's of each county) would know that: that Lawrence's salary price was £60,000 to play in the event, they would also know the prices of their other locals.  For the sake of argument say Malan and Bopara wanted £75k, Delport and Harmer wanted £100k and Vasconceles only £50k. They would have considered their options and decided to choose Lawrence and forsake an 8th round pick, rather than choose any of their other options to employ an alternative local 'icon' player, and miss out on another round later this month.

[smandlej]

Admittedly I know nothing about the way they are going about picking players, but I did work with figures most of my life: have read this last post twice and can honestly say I don't understand a word of it!

Just as well the 'new' audience they are hoping to attract doesn't have to understand how the selection process goes - it's more complicated than the rules of cricket!

Lynda

[Sunny1066]

If it is the ECB who expects to understand?