17/07
All you can ask for is a level playing field. England have announced today that they have released two of their ODI squad to take part in Finals Day: Tom Banton (Somerset) and Liam Dawson (Hampshire).
If Fernando's hand injury rules him out for Saturday, it would have been nice to be able to call upon the services of an England International (not that he has even debutted for Notts Outlaws yet or would get selected ahead of Dillon in that instance as the squad are now tightly bonded). Would the Notts bowler even be eligible for the squad, as he has not played a single group match? The ECB are not new to making exceptions or the bending of regulations when it comes to selections.
In the great scheme of things, Notts have used so few players in the 13 matches so far, 17 players by my estimation (including Duckett, James and Farhan - none of whom have featured since about game 2).
Notts have 1 win in 4 matches against opponents Hampshire at T20, that win being in the semi-final of 2017.
Does anyone know if Ben Duckett and or Josh Tongue will be released to play on finals day as others are?
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