Posted by Tony Hutton
The confusing saga of the county second eleven T20 competition took another couple of unfortunate twists today before the two semi-finals to be played at Arundel Castle, Sussex on Thursday could finally be decided.
Middlesex seconds whose final match was cancelled last week, due to transport problems getting both them and opponents Hampshire across the water to the Isle of Wight, were able to replay their match today at South Wiltshire cricket club, Salisbury. Obviously no suitable venue could be found in the whole county of Hampshire. Middlesex took advantage of the situation by playing about half of their first team players, who saw them home to a comfortable victory.
That seemed to mean that Yorkshire had lost out by one point, however it soon transpired that the North group winners Durham had actually withdrawn from the competition due to covid problems within their squad, having already cancelled two age group matches this week. This means that Yorkshire have been re-instated and will now play Sussex in the second semi-final on Thursday with Warwickshire playing Middlesex in the first semi-final.
Yorkshire have announced a thirteen man squad for the long journey south which includes three young Academy players in Will Luxton, Yash Vagadia and Ben Cliff together with overseas player Duanne Olivier.
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Remarkable twist in a confusing season !
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