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English Domestic Season 2025
- Thread starter Third_Man
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Durham Fan
Cricket Spectator
Possibly could still do a job in the second division. Last time Middlesex were in the top flight he struggled mightily.
CartyDurham
International Captain
Young Minto is a left arm seamer from Durham
Ideally join his mate Badger coaching the Durham Academy.
Durham Fan
Cricket Spectator
Don’t think he left on particularly good terms unfortunately.
SeamUp
International Coach
Saw the clip on twitter on his debut. Had decent gas. Bowled a good bumper.
Thomas Rew has been an exchange student in SA at St Stithians last year. Assume he will be a key batsman with Vaughan.
Must say, squad representation wide spread. Quite rare. Just no Northants, Gloucs, Glamorgan, Sussex & Essex
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mackembhoy
International Regular
Don't blame him, he's never going to play test cricket, and he's nearly 34, so why not cash in?
Third_Man
First Class Debutant
Have the ECB issued NOCs?
If so the Championship has also lost a lot of quality overseas players who would have been available to play in England had the PSL not moved to coincide with the English season. For example Lancashire were taling to Daryl Mitchell to return.
mackembhoy
International Regular
Yeah on all leagues apart from the IPL. As ECB can't piss off their soon to be masters.
Don't think the NOC's extend to overseas players though. They need them to sell the Hundred.
Third_Man
First Class Debutant
I thought the ECB had said they would refuse to issue NOCs except for the IPL unless the player concerned had a white ball only contract with a county. TKC and Vince are about to test that. Presumably the players hope to renegotiate their county contract to white ball only or hope the ECB relent. Counties and supporters about to lose out, I would guess.
The point I was trying to make about overseas players was that the ECB were trying to maintain quality of their product - the championship but losing Vince and TKC to the PSL is nothing compared to maybe losing half a dozen Overseas players like Williamson, Mitchell, Hasan Ali etc. who would have been signed up by counties for April and May but now will be replaced by lesser players. Counties, the ECB and supporters to lose out yet again to franchise cricket. All due to PSL changing their window.
The point I was trying to make about overseas players was that the ECB were trying to maintain quality of their product - the championship but losing Vince and TKC to the PSL is nothing compared to maybe losing half a dozen Overseas players like Williamson, Mitchell, Hasan Ali etc. who would have been signed up by counties for April and May but now will be replaced by lesser players. Counties, the ECB and supporters to lose out yet again to franchise cricket. All due to PSL changing their window.
chris.hinton
International Captain
Get rid of them. No player is bigger than the county
Durham Fan
Cricket Spectator
Quite funny that in Hampshire’s first year under Indian ownership one of their best players has chosen not to play for them. 
mackembhoy
International Regular
Hampshire in trouble unless they make a bunch of signings.
Losing their top run scorer and their second top run scorer Dawson surely will be chasing T20 coin and could fall foul of the same NOC.
They've also currently not got any overseas signed up for next season. So without 2/3 top wicket takers in Abbott and Abbas.
Would be a delicious irony in their first season owned by the IPL. That the NOC's placed against other leagues by the ECB, while not on the IPL. Could impact their red ball season massively
But at the same time they will probably chuck a boat load of money at it.
Shame that wanker Bransgrove that stuck the boot in on Durham sold up, would love for Hampshire to have failed with him still in charge.
mackembhoy
International Regular
Funny that we had similar thoughts at the same timeQuite funny that in Hampshire’s first year under Indian ownership one of their best players has chosen not to play for them.
Albeit I posted something similar on our other forum last night!
He chose the Pakistani side in the great divide. It was either a principled ideological stance or he was offered more money.Quite funny that in Hampshire’s first year under Indian ownership one of their best players has chosen not to play for them.
While I agree, It is curious that there is a carve out for white ball only contracts. This distinction could simply encourage more players to go white ball only and ‘have their cake and eat it’.