: Thu May 28, 2009 1:52 pm
Surprised this hasn't been mentioned already, but Flintoff is out of the T20 cup side, and has been replaced by Adil Rashid. Quite surprised they didn't go for a more like-for-like replacement, such as Bresnan, but delighted that Deidre's got his chance.
As we've seen quite reguarly, spin bowlers can be a key weapon in such a short game, and he's got something different, what with being a leg spinner rather than a more orthodox finger spinner. He's also quite useful as a late order batsmen, and in T20 I think it's very important you bat as far down as possible.