Cricket: Twenty20 Cup 2009

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As one twenty20 tournament finishes, as is the way with cricket at the minute, another one begins. Our domestic twenty20 tournament begins tomorrow.

	Durham	7	7	7	8	7.5	7	7.5	7	7.5	7.5	7	7	7.5	7	7	9.4
	Kent	7	7	7	8	8	6	8	8	7	7.5	7	7	8.5	7.5	7	8.6
	Essex	7	7.5	7.5	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	8.5	10	9	8	9.6
	Lancashire	10	10	10	11	11	9	10	11	11	10	11	10	11	10	10	11
	Nottinghamshire	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	13	11	12	13	13
	Somerset	13	11	13	13	11	11	11	13	13	12	11	13	15	11	13	11
	Middlesex	12	11	11	15	15	9	13	11	15	17	15	11	9	13	11	16
	Sussex	15	15	15	15	17	15	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15.5
	Warwickshire	17	17	17	17	15	15	17	17	15	13	17	17	15	15	17	17
	Yorkshire	17	17	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	13	15	17	13	15	17	14.5
	Hampshire	13	15	17	15	13	15	15	13	17	15	15	15	19	15	17	17
	Gloucestershire	17	17	13	15	17	23	17	17	17	17	21	17	17	19	17	20
	Surrey	21	17	15	23	19	15	21	26	19	21	15	15	17	21	17	30
	Worcestershire	26	21	21	26	23	21	21	26	23	19	21	21	19	23	21	28
	Northamptonshire	26	21	21	29	21	23	26	21	23	21	26	26	29	21	21	28
	Glamorgan	41	34	34	34	29	29	34	41	41	29	34	26	26	34	41	27
	Leicestershire	41	34	34	41	41	34	41	41	34	41	34	34	29	34	41	42
	Derbyshire	41	34	34	34	34	34	34	51	41	34	34	34	34	34	41	42
Place terms		5 1/4	2 1/3	2 1/3	2 1/3	2 1/2			4 1/5	2 1/3	2 1/3		2 1/3	2 1/2

Best Price Percentage: 105.9%, Bookies Only: 108.8% Quick run down of the format for those new to domestic cricket. The 18 counties are split into 3 geographical groups and play each other twice. At the end of the group stages the top 2 go through to the quarter finals and the 2 best 3rd placed finishers also go through. Quarter finals are then played before the semi finals and final take place on the same day on what for me is the best day on the sporting calendar. Edgbaston hosts finals day this season. Any teams tied on points at the end of the groups are settled by H2H and then run rate. All teams finishing in the top 3 of their group this season will go into Division 1 of next season's twenty20 league and the bottom 3 in each group into division 2. There's an extra reward for the finalists in this competition in that they qualify for the Champions League which has been scheduled for October. I'll do a preview post for each group as with the world twenty20 clashing with this there's a lot of comings and goings.

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Re: Cricket: Twenty20 Cup 2009 North Group

	Durham	3.1	3.75	3.5	3.5	3
	Lancashire	4	3.75	3.75	4.5	4
	Nottinghamshire	4.33	4	3.75	4.5	4.33
	Yorkshire	5.5	5.5	6	4.8	6
	Derbyshire	11	10	11	8	11
	Leicestershire	11	11	11	10	11

Durham made finals day last year and have Dave Warner in their side for this competition. Paul Collingwood will be with England and Shiv Chanderpaul will be in for finals day instead of Warner. Lancashire will have VVS Laxman in as their overseas player but will only miss the regular England players - Flintoff and Anderson. Nottinghamshire are perhaps worst hit in this group. Their overseas player is Adam Voges. Graeme Swann, Ryan Sidebottom and Stuart Broad will be away with England and Kevin O'Brien will be with Ireland. Yorkshire are able to play Rana Naved this season after he was released from his ICL contract but they'll be without Tim Bresnan who is with England's ODI side for the 1st few days. Derbyshire don't miss anyone. They have Chris Rogers as overseas player throughout the tournament. Leicestershire will be without overseas player Iain O'Brien when the world twenty20 kicks off.