The T20 Champions League begins on Thursday, and England players past, future and present will be involved in this 12-team signal of the way the game is headed. Fortunately, there are few front-line England players on show; they both need and deserve a rest. So, most of those on display have a point to prove. They are:
Owais Shah - Delhi Daredevils.
Dimitri Mascarenhas - Otago Volts.
Craig Kieswetter and James Hildreth - Somerset.
Will Beer, Michael Yardy, Rory Hamilton-Brown, Ed Joyce and Luke Wright - Sussex Sharks.
For the likes of Mascarenhas and Joyce, it's a chance to nudge the ribs of England selectors whose eyes have been focused elsewhere of late. For youngsters like Kieswetter and Hamilton-Brown, it's a chance to shine on the biggest stage they've encountered so far. The IPL should be on the periphery of their minds; some of last year's foreign player picks were out of leftfield - players barely known beyond the South African and Australian domestic game. The stage is set.
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