Lessons learnt for county teams

Given the disappointing performances of Sussex and Somerset in the Champions League, the county coaches have problems of a different sort to solve before embarking upon another campaign against the world's best Twenty20 outfits. Nick Hoult investigates in the Daily Telegraph.

But the usual English one-day weakness of a lack of power in the batting line-up cost Sussex and Somerset a chance of making any real impact in India.

Only five county batters featured in the top 50 strike rates. Luke Wright was the only Englishman to hit more than one six in the entire tournament and Wes Durston recorded the solitary county half-century.