By Richard Edwards

Collective: Jason Kerr

THE 2018 T20 Blast has proved to be one of English cricket’s great levellers – and the boys from the West Country have shown that you don’t need big money to be a huge hit.
Somerset, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire are all well placed to upset the odds this season in what has amounted to a West Country takeover.
It’s a perfect illustration of how money in the sport’s shortest format is no guarantee of success.
Just ask Hampshire. The Royal London Cup champions were heavily backed for a double summer of success but...