While New Zealand is heading into winter, in the Northern Hemisphere the cricket season is heating up.
The domestic Friends Provident Twenty20 competition kicked off last week in the UK, featuring 18 counties and a number of well known players from New Zealand.
The competition is spilt into north and south divisions with games being played between June and July, with the top four teams from each division continuing onto the quarter finals. The overall final will be played on August 14.
Ross Taylor
Durham Dynamos
http://www.durhamccc.co.uk/
Brendon McCullum
Sussex Sharks
http://www.sussexcricket.co.uk/
Ian Butler, James Franklin and Hamish Marshall
Gloucestershire Gladiators
http://www.gloscricket.co.uk/
Iain O’Brien
Middlesex Panthers
http://www.middlesexccc.com/
Scott Styris
Essex Eagles
http://www.essexcricket.org.uk/
Nathan McCullum
Lancashire Lightning
http://www.lccc.co.uk/
Andre Adams
Notts Outlaws
http://www.nottsccc.co.uk/
To follow the competition overall log onto http://www.friendsprovident.co.uk/assets/fp/cricket/index.html
