Essex Eagles Champions Header has now been removed and past on to the new owners Nottingham Outlows, congrats to them.
The final was played over 16/16 overs, than the full 20, a smaller version of next years franchise,(with some tinkering with next years rules to come ) it did feel like franchise cricket had arrived because most players had already played for previous counties, game in itself in rembering former counties kept it intresting. Considering 29 players made first class red ball debuts in the BWT, the final only had a minority who had only played for the one county.
The power play was strange due to finishing mid over rather than the end of a complete one, must be some bizarre equation which keeps rule makers in work.
It was all a bit flat, with No Caroline being sung around the stands, the only noise coming from the players themselves for encouragement and motivation. These competitions are sometimes won by fine margins, so spare a thought to Leicester Foxes, who twice mis fielded, letting the Outlaws through in the quater finals only a few dats before.
Anyway good family entertainment with plenty of spitting and swearing present, if the ECB put a fine on it could have recovered most of the prize money.