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English Domestic Season 2025

Red_Ink_Squid

Red_Ink_Squid

Global Moderator
FYI I've merged the Durham pre-season match thread into here just for tidiness - usually we use this as the catch-all Counties thread each season so this is the best place to chat about upcoming/ongoing domestic matches. (Or there's the Durham CCC thread to use for general Durham-y updates if you think that's a better fit!)
 
Third_Man

Third_Man

First Class Debutant
Franchise retained lists out today. Surrey still lending the most players (10) at this stage.

www.bbc.co.uk

The Hundred 2025 Teams: Full squad lists

Find out who is set to play for each team in The Hundred for the 2025 season.
www.bbc.co.uk

Lancashire next at 9, Hampshire 7, Warwickshire 5.

Maybe 10 across all counties who are on white ball contracts / were never going to play for their county of 59 domestic players named.

Draft for bulk of the remaining players 12 March. £200k for top rated players for a month's cricket!

Price banding:
200k
200k
120k
120k
78.5k
78.5k
63k
63k
52k
52k
41.5k
41.5k
31k
 
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Durham Fan

Durham Fan

Cricket Spectator
Middlesex have certainly made some statement signings.

I’ve decided to head down to the Cheltenham festival in July to watch them play Gloucestershire.
 
Third_Man

Third_Man

First Class Debutant
They've probably been out for a while but I've just caught up with the FCC Second XI fixtures.

Last year Lancashire were scheduled to play 9 SEC matches (one was cancelled after the death of Josh Baker). In 2023 they played 12. In 2025 there are just 5 SEC games plus a few "red ball" friendlies. Clearly nothing scheduled for August as many of the 2nds squad will be involved in the One Day Club.
 
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Cornsay62

School Boy/Girl Captain
Blenkinsop said:
Northants have signed an Aussie pace bowler called Liam Guthrie, of whom I know nothing except that he is a left armer and has a UK passport.

Is he any good?
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To be honest I've never heard of him Made his
FC debut in 2018 and hasn't made any national games in either of the 3 formats At first glance it's a risky signing but Darren Lehman is head coach there so hopefully has some idea about his potential 🤔
 
Starfighter

Starfighter

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Blenkinsop said:
Northants have signed an Aussie pace bowler called Liam Guthrie, of whom I know nothing except that he is a left armer and has a UK passport.

Is he any good?
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That's a left field signing. He's got some pace, I think up to high 130s, but his control is generally so-so at best. Even though he's stepped up a bit over the past two seasons he can't break in the Queensland team ahead of Neser, Bartlett and Sketetee (who hasn't exactly covered himself in glory in his County stints), and has strong competition from Whitney, Straker and Vidler. This season he's played two matches and averaged 30 at 4 an over. He took 11 wickets in two matches the season before, but was still expensive.

The main thing is that we are talking about Northamptonshire, whose attack is almost completely lacking in any kind of pace. He's on the short side but that's not necessarily a problem in Div 2 where the pitches tend to be a bit rougher. The fact he's playing as a local is no doubt a factor.

For me his main claim to fame is conceding 70 in a BBL match a few years ago.
 
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Blenkinsop

U19 Captain
Yeah I think there's something about the County Ground that breaks pace bowlers. We should probably accept that it's our inevitable fate to turn out a quartet of medium paced trundlers bowling 78mph dibbly dobblers. Oh well. I hope he's a more successful signing than Blessing Muzarabani.
 
Hungry Llama

Hungry Llama

U19 Cricketer
All the northants bowlers i can remember were exactly that, mallender, griffiths, capel etc with the exception of Sarfraz. Theyd do better signing a proper spinner, they once had bedi and mustaq in the same team along with willey steele and williams, 5 spinners!
 
Hungry Llama

Hungry Llama

U19 Cricketer
Third_Man said:
Franchise retained lists out today. Surrey still lending the most players (10) at this stage.

www.bbc.co.uk

The Hundred 2025 Teams: Full squad lists

Find out who is set to play for each team in The Hundred for the 2025 season.
www.bbc.co.uk

Lancashire next at 9, Hampshire 7, Warwickshire 5.

Maybe 10 across all counties who are on white ball contracts / were never going to play for their county of 59 domestic players named.

Draft for bulk of the remaining players 12 March. £200k for top rated players for a month's cricket!

Price banding:
200k
200k
120k
120k
78.5k
78.5k
63k
63k
52k
52k
41.5k
41.5k
31k
Click to expand...
that seems a terrible waste of money which could be invested elsewhere in the county game.
 
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