Starring on the domestic Twenty20 circuit

England may have packed their ICC World Twenty20 squad with specialist players but their campaign has suffered because of a brittle top order. Their openers have added 20, 29, 0 and 62 in four matches so far, and you can't help but wonder if someone like Marcus Trescothick, who averages nearly 40 at a strike-rate of 147.38 in domestic Twenty20 matches, but had made himself unavailable for selection for this tournament, would have made a difference. This week, the List looks at the best Twenty20 players on the domestic circuit who haven't made it to the championship in South Africa.

Australia picked their one-day team and did not include the allrounder Cameron White in their Twenty20 squad, despite his impressive form for Somerset. White holds the record for the highest Twenty20 score - 141 not out off 70 balls against Worcestershire - and has an average of nearly 50 and a strike-rate of 165.75. He also shares the record for the second highest score, 116 off 53 balls against Gloucestershire. He's in Pakistan at the moment on an Australia A tour.

Best Twenty20 batting averages by players not in World Twenty20 squads (qualification: 10 innings)

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50
TL Tsolekile	18	12	7	266	52	53.20	118.22	0	1
CL White	23	23	6	847	141*	49.82	165.75	2	5
SM Katich	18	17	5	533	59*	44.41	128.74	0	2
Asif Hussain	19	19	3	658	84	41.12	141.20	0	4
L Klusener	37	34	14	814	111*	40.70	139.14	1	3
ME Trescothick	10	10	0	395	76	39.50	147.38	0	4
HD Ackerman	35	35	4	1224	87	39.48	122.76	0	11
K Goel	10	10	2	313	82	39.12	107.93	0	3
JL Langer	16	16	1	583	97	38.86	149.87	0	4
AN Petersen	22	18	5	496	78*	38.15	128.49	0	5
GA Hick	28	27	2	929	116*	37.16	165.00	2	7
ND McKenzie	24	23	7	591	85*	36.93	123.38	0	4
Abdul Razzaq	12	11	2	327	63	36.33	150.00	0	2
Imran Farhat	11	11	1	363	115	36.30	165.00	1	2
MR Ramprakash	34	34	7	977	85*	36.18	129.06	0	7

Pakistan left opener Imran Farhat out of their Twenty20 squad, a decision which prompted Farhat to give up his central contract and sign for the Indian Cricket League. Farhat has an impressive Twenty20 record - an average of 36.30, strike-rate of 165, and a high score of 115 for the Lahore Eagles. Meanwhile Pakistan's openers - Salman Butt, Imran Nazir and Mohammad Hafeez - have had a torrid time in South Africa, adding only 9, 12, 22 and 25 for the first wicket. Another Australian allrounder, Ian Harvey, is the only player to have scored three domestic Twenty20 hundreds, two for Yorkshire and one for Gloucestershire. He averages 35.46 with the bat and has a strike-rate of nearly 170. He also has a handy bowling record - 33 wickets in 32 matches at an economy-rate of 8 an over.

Twenty20 hundreds by players not in World Twenty20 squads

Player	Runs	BF		Team	Opposition	Match Date	Scorecard
CL White	141*	70		Somerset	Worcs	9 Jul 2006	Scorecard
GA Hick	116*	65		Worcs	Northants	5 Jul 2004	Scorecard
IJ Thomas	116*	57		Glamorgan	Somerset	5 Jul 2004	Scorecard
CL White	116*	53		Somerset	Gloucs	27 Jun 2006	Scorecard
Imran Farhat	115	62		L Eagles	Tigers	1 Mar 2006	Scorecard
Moin Khan	112	59		K Dolphins	L Lions	25 Apr 2005	Scorecard
L Klusener	111*	59		Northants	Worcs	29 Jun 2007	Scorecard
MG Dighton	111	56		Tasmania	NSW	10 Jan 2007	Scorecard
GA Hick	110	49		Worcs	Northants	29 Jun 2007	Scorecard
IJ Harvey	109	55		Yorkshire	Derbyshire	28 Jun 2005	Scorecard
IJ Harvey	108*	59		Yorkshire	Lancs	14 Jul 2004	Scorecard
BF Smith	105	45		Worcs	Glamorgan	6 Jul 2005	Scorecard
LL Bosman	104	45		Eagles	Lions	10 Apr 2005	Scorecard
MW Goodwin	102*	65		Sussex	Essex	22 Jun 2007	Scorecard
SG Law	101	58		Lancs	Yorkshire	1 Jul 2005	Scorecard

While the spinners have been hammered for plenty on the small grounds in South Africa, they've been successful on the domestic circuit. Five out of the top six bowlers with the best economy-rates who haven't been chosen in their national Twenty20 squads are spinners.

The best economy-rate, however, belongs to left-arm medium-pacer Cliff Deacon, who has bowled 86 overs for the Eagles and conceded only 5.52 runs an over. He has also taken 34 wickets in 23 matches at an average of just under 14.

Best Twenty20 economy-rates by players not in World Twenty20 squads (qualification: 250 balls)

Player	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	4	5
WA Deacon	23	516	475	34	3/10	13.97	5.52	0	0
LJP Gunaratne	17	268	249	20	4/21	12.45	5.57	1	0
Mushtaq Ahmed	29	591	580	42	5/11	13.80	5.88	1	1
J Ormond	12	264	259	16	5/26	16.18	5.88	1	1
D Mongia	32	523	535	28	3/19	19.10	6.13	0	0
Sohail Ahmed	14	304	312	25	4/20	12.48	6.15	3	0
G Onions	13	282	291	11	3/25	26.45	6.19	0	0
G Keedy	29	593	619	27	3/25	22.92	6.26	0	0
Imran Khalid	19	408	431	28	4/21	15.39	6.33	1	0
DW Steyn	12	252	267	11	2/10	24.27	6.35	0	0
J Botha	20	444	476	12	2/12	39.66	6.43	0	0
RJ Peterson	22	393	425	21	2/21	20.23	6.48	0	0
GR Breese	25	469	513	29	4/14	17.68	6.56	2	0
GJ Kruis	14	289	317	13	2/15	24.38	6.58	0	0
Malik Aftab	13	276	305	15	4/17	20.33	6.63	1	0

Tasmania's allrounder Michael Dighton is the only player to have taken a six-for and scored a century in Twenty20 matches. He took 6 for 25 off three overs against Queensland in January 2007 but his spell couldn't prevent Queensland from piling up 202 and winning by 38 runs. Nine days later Dighton led Tasmania into the domestic Twenty20 final by hammering 111 off 56 deliveries in his side's 37-run win against New South Wales.

Twenty20 five-fors by players not in World Twenty20 squads

Player	Figs	Overs		Team	Opposition	Match Date	Scorecard
SR Abeywardene	6/15	4.0		Panadura	SL Air SC	30 Oct 2005	Scorecard
TJ Murtagh	6/24	4.0		Surrey	Middlesex	23 Jun 2005	Scorecard
Irfanuddin	6/25	4.0		K Dolphins	S Stallions	3 Mar 2006	Scorecard
MG Dighton	6/25	3.0		Tasmania	Queensland	1 Jan 2007	Scorecard
JE Taylor	5/10	3.4		Jamaica	Bermuda	21 Jul 2006	Scorecard
I Abdulla	5/10	4.0		Mumbai	Haryana	17 Apr 2007	Scorecard
Mushtaq Ahmed	5/11	3.3		Sussex	Essex	22 Jun 2005	Scorecard
M Kartik	5/13	4.0		Middlesex	Essex	6 Jul 2007	Scorecard
MV Nagamootoo	5/15	4.0		Guyana	Grenada	10 Aug 2006	Scorecard
DMGS Dissanayake	5/15	3.0		Bloomfield	Saracens	2 Mar 2007	Scorecard
SB Bangar	5/16	4.0		Railways	Rajasthan	6 Apr 2007	Scorecard
Imranullah Aslam	5/17	4.0		Tigers	Leopards	22 Dec 2006	Scorecard
Zeeshan Khan	5/19	4.0		Tigers	Zebras	25 Apr 2005	Scorecard
NM Carter	5/19	3.5		Warwicks	Worcs	1 Jul 2005	Scorecard
SDC Malinga	5/20	3.5		Saracens	Panadura	15 Oct 2005	Scorecard