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Apparently There’s Cricket Tomorrow

It was four short months ago that we heralded the start of another cricket season. Now with the exception of the Premier League run-in, the Champions’ League Final, the Football League play-offs, and the small matter of the FIFA World Cup, I would love to say that I have noticed some cricket this summer!!

Even at last week’s Npower Test Match in Birmingham, the big screen was awash with the sponsors announcing their new sponsorship of the Football League!

Tomorrow will bring the the first major silverware of the 2010 domestic cricket season, with the T20 Finals Day at the Rose Bowl. I can happily say that I picked Hampshire to win this tournament back in April, and whilst they might appear the weakest of the four semi-finalists on paper, I am going to stay true to my initial prediction.

Of course, tomorrow also ushers in a new Premier League season, one that Sky Sports promises will be ‘bigger and better than ever’! Now where have I heard that before? Oh yes, in the Sky Sports promotional commercials before the cricket season!

However, Fantasy League teams have been picked, no doubt to be updated each week for at least a fortnight until it fades into the distant memory! As an aside, you are cordially invited to join the He Tore A Hamstring Fantasy League by clicking here, and entering the code 1146328-253634. I shall decide on the prize next May, once the winner is clear!!

As a pundit, professional or not, it would be remiss of me not to give my predictions for the season ahead:-

Premier League

1. Chelsea
2. Liverpool
3. Manchester City
4. Manchester United

Relegation

• Wigan Athletic
• Blackpool
• Bolton Wanderers

FA Cup

• Arsenal

League Cup

• Manchester United

I will admit that certain of my predictions are exactly as the derived adjective would suggest … predictable! I hope, however, that some of them are a touch controversial, or should I say thought provoking?

Either way, I have published them now, and you can all measure my success come May 2011. For now, however, enjoy the season ahead, and please remember that it is apparently bigger and better than ever!