Do the big fellas still have the appetite?

Three Finals Days in four years is a remarkable achievement for Northants, who have put Big Fellas at the centre of English T20. We fanbcy another one. Tuck into a burger and chips and watch them biff it out of the park.

Two counties have taken advantage of the fact that the NatWest Blast is in a block by employing specialist coaches with bags of IPL street-cred. John Wright seems to have his work cut out at Derbyshire, but Dan Vettori might be just the man to inspire Middlesex to glory.

He will be a little late on parade admittedly, but as we first told you, KP will be treading the boards again for Surrey. Is he still awash with gold dust or has he sprinkled it by now on a series of outside interests and social gatherings with Piers Morgan?

Advance sales are up yet again for the competition that one suspects some in the ECB heirachy would rather kept a sense of modesty as they concentrate on a new think-out-of-the-box eight-team marketing extravaganza in 2020. Sod's Law will probably mean that it packs in the crowds like never before.

Yes, we think they will. Remember where you read it first