![]() Surrey have snapped up West Indian spinner Sunil Narine, who will be very familiar with his Kia Oval surroundings, having also played there for Oval Invincibles in the The Hundred over the past two years, and while there is no Rashid Khan down in Sussex this season, the Sharks have replaced the Afghanistan leg-spinner with another expert tweaker in Pakistan leggy Shadab Khan. Lancashire Lightning will bring a couple of Kiwis to the table, with the explosive power-hitting of Colin de Grandhomme paired with the relentless run-scoring of Daryl Mitchell, a man who England fans know all about after his exploits with the bat on New Zealand's tour to these shores last summer. Image: Pakistan left-armer Shaheen Afridi will add searing pace to the Notts Outlaws bowling attack The Vitality Blast boasts a number of England white-ball specialists set to star in that tournament or, at the very least, players desperately keen to advance their case to be selected for it. It means that England's Test players are unlikely to feature much in the Blast this season but, at the same token, there is the small matter of a 50-over World Cup title defence on the horizon in India in October/November. England World Cup places to be wonĪ jam-packed summer of international cricket gets under way on June 1 as England host Ireland at Lord's, just over a fortnight before the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston on June 16. ![]() ![]() The winners of the North Group will face the fourth-placed team in the South Group in the quarter-finals and so on and so forth, with the winners of the quarter-finals advancing to Finals Day at Edgbaston on Saturday, July 15. ![]() Each side plays 14 group games, seven at home and seven away, between May 20 and July 2, with the top four teams in each pool progressing to the quarter-finals in early July. ![]()
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