Our take a look at how the counties are shaping up because the Twenty20 Blast takes centre stage
NORTH GROUP
BEARS
Captain: Alex Davies Abroad gamers: Tom Latham (New Zealand, all), Hasan Ali (Pakistan, tbc)
The massive query: After 4 successive quarter-final defeats, can the Bears overcome the nerves of huge knockout video games? Clearing the reminiscence of final 12 months’s quarter-final implosion in opposition to Gloucestershire at Edgbaston, once they did not chase 138, will certainly be a driving drive.
Wildcard watch: Ethan Bamber. Quick-format cricket thrives on exuberance and Bamber has it by the bucketload. An attac…
