England’s domestic twenty20 tournament starts today and Lalit Modi has upped the ante with a £2.5 million prize to the winner of the Champions League in September. The big money now luring the players into this recently formed branch of cricket could put unwanted pressure on the game. Again those loyal to Test cricket raise their complaints about T20’s risk to the future of cricket. However, demand for T20 is growing, even England’s domestic tournament has inexorably doubled its venues.
Former champions Kent are up against Sussex today. It already looks pretty decisive given that Sussex have lost one of their top run scorers, Luke Wright, and Mushtaq Ahmed is out for the whole tournament due to injuries. To cope they’ve signed Dwayne Smith, a West Indies all rounder known to be inconsistent in form (a possible promise of brilliance). William Hill and Betfred both have Kent at 4/6 for this match.
Racing Post’s Ed Hawkins feels Leicestershire are the best side to put up for the champions league, Totesport has them up at 16/1 to win the tournament. It’s reasonable to say they have a good chance against Lancashire today but the northern teams are a cut above the rest and in this competition conditions are liable to turn around at the drop of a hat.
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