The Week in Cricket

Well this week has been quite a quiet one in the world of cricket with only a few things to talk about but they are exciting things that are to be talked about including the return home of Marcus Trescothick, the big question of who is going to sign Matthew Hoggard up for next Season and of course the Champions League Twenty/20 is reaching its conclusion.

Firstly it was no surprise when I turned on my TV and saw that Marcus Trescothick had succumbed to the same mental injury that had forced him to retire from International Cricket and unfortunately he has now said that he will never go abroad again to tour with cricket. This really was no surprise as if he couldn't do it for his Country why did they think he would be able to leave his family here and go back to India with his county? although in the end it didn't matter much as Somerset won just once and were soon knocked out of the competition as their batsmen failed game after game.

Next came the departure, from Yorkshire, of Matthew Hoggard (former Ashes winning England Bowler) and after a bitter battle of words between both the player and his former county all yes have now turned to see just which county is going to stump up the wages and the length of contract that Matthew wants, with Leicestershire already said to have offered him a 3 year deal. This is a shame for both Hoggard and Yorkshire though as he had previously played for only them throughout his whole career but it appears that they just did not have the financial means to offer him a good enough contract.

Finally the inaugural Twenty20 Cricket Champions League is beginning to draw to a close with one of the finalists already decided and the other one being decided today and then progressing to tomorrows final. Already in the final are the New South Wales Blues (who have the likes of Simon Katich, David Warner, Brett Lee, Stuart Clark and Phil Hughes in their side) and they will surely be favourites to win the title, but should face some stiff competition in the final where they will meet the winners of today's clash between Trinidad and Tobago Vs Cape Cobras.

So until next week lets hope that the Aussies don't win the Champions League and i know that I for one am hoping that Trinidad and Tobago can upset the odds :)