Quote Originally Posted by chrisp_1927 View Post
A deduction for Essex and Surrey winning all their games would make it easier for us to go through, as it would for every other side in the group.

I don't see us a weak side though. There's a T20 world cup on at the moment, which has shorn the tournament of a lot of overseas players. We've got 2 absolute stars as overseas. We've got the strongest top 6 in the tournament (in my very humble opinion). In our 2 games we've battered Surrey(but blew it with fielding) and then battered Sussex.

I don't think we need to be too concerned about the rest, if we play well we will win enough games to qualify. I really don't see us as the 'plucky underdogs' that some seem to. We're a good T20 side, and with the T20 world cup lessening the player pool, I think this is probably our best chance in years to really make a mark
I hope you're right but T20 is so unpredictable. We've had two games so far, McIlroy went at 12 an over in the first, 4 an over in the second. The spare bowlers went for 51 in the first but Labuschagne and Ingram bowled 4 overs for 24 in the second. Labuschagne was our top scorer in the first but got bowled first ball in the second. We dropped crucial catches in the first but held everything in the second. Hard to know where we are for now.

The batting should see us trouble the best teams at some point, the bowling might mean we're going to take a couple of shellackings too. We need to take care of business against the weaker sides and hope we can get the wind in our sails against the big boys. We play Essex, Hampshire and Somerset after our trip to Lords tomorrow, the table should be starting to take shape by next Friday.