It's time to make your Cricket Draft changes before the County Championship's August break - check out our tips for the best fantasy cricket buys for this gameweek
With the last chance to accumulate Cricket Draft points ahead of the County Championship's August break, fantasy cricket managers will be fevourishly changing their XIs ahead of the next gameweek starting on Tuesday.
Simon Harmer showed why, in the last round, he's the most expensive player in the 2023 game. His total of five wickets and 83 undefeated runs helped Essex secure a win aganst Kent and made Harmer the gameweek's top scorer with a massive 391.
Elsewhere, Ian Holland and James Fuller were Hampshire's star turns at Trent Bridge, Matt Henry continued his excellent form for Somerset and Durham pair, Alex Lees and David Bedingham, both smashed centuries for Durham at Derbyshire.
Below are the most in-form, available players from each of this gameweek's fixtures, together with the best value options under the £90k salary-mark.
And you can still sign up for The Cricket Draft County Championship game for free here
The Cricketer’s Star Drafts
Simon Harmer, all-rounder, £195k
Liam Dawson, all-rounder, £139k
Sam Cook, bowler, £159k
Bargain Buys
John Turner, bowler, £44k
Will Buttleman, batter/wicketkeeper, £62k
Michael Pepper, batter/wicketkeeper, £73k
Injury List
Will Sutherland (stress fracture)
The Cricketer’s Star Drafts
Oliver Hannon-Dalby, bowler, £142k
Tom Helm, bowler, £123k
Ryan Higgins, all-rounder, £148k
Bargain Buys
Josh De Caires, batter, £63k
Jake Lintott, bowler, £83k
Daniel Mousley, all-rounder, £81k
Injury List
Keshav Maharaj (achilles), Liam Norwell
The Cricketer’s Star Drafts
Tom Bailey, all-rounder, £155k
Christopher Tremain, bolwer, £137k
Rob Keogh, all-rounder, £115k
Bargain Buys
Rob Jones, batter, £87k
James Sales, all-rounder, £61k
Jack Blatherwick, all-rounder, £78k
Injury List
Richard Gleeson (wrist)
Joey Evison of Kent [Ben Hoskins/Getty Images for Surrey CCC]
The Cricketer’s Star Drafts
Brett Hutton, all-rounder, £97k
Matthew Carter, bowler, £91k
Wes Agar, bowler, £134k
Bargain Buys
Arafat Bhuiyan, bowler, £71k
Tawanda Muyeye, batter, £68k
Joey Evison, all-rounder, £88k
Injury List
None
The Cricketer’s Star Drafts
Matt Henry, bowler, £171k
Sean Abbott, all-rounder, £156k
Craig Overton, all-rounder, £156k
Bargain Buys
James Rew, batter, wicketkeeper, £85k
Kasey Aldridge, Bowler, £76k
Alfie Ogborne, bowler, £69k
Injury List
Peter Siddle (hand), Sonny Baker (Back), Jack Leach (Back), Reece Topley
The Cricketer’s Star Drafts
Henry Brookes, bowler, £111k
George Scrimshaw, bowler, £91k
Leus du Plooy, batter, £116k
Bargain Buys
Mark Watt, bowler, £90k
Jamie McIlroy, bowler, £53k
Zain ul-Hassan, all-rounder, £53k
Injury List
None
Durham's Alex Lees [Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images]
The Cricketer’s Star Drafts
Alex Lees, batter, £131k
Ben Coad, bowler, £139k
Craig Miles, bowler, £111k
Bargain Buys
Finlay Bean, batter/wicketkeeper, £67k
Dominic Leech, bowler, £51k
Matthew Revis, all-rounder, £82k
Injury List
Matt Milnes, Matt Kuhnemann
The Cricketer’s Star Drafts
Dillon Pennington, bowler, £105k
Miles Hammond, batter, £91k
Chris Dent, batter, £103k
Bargain Buys
Matt Taylor, bowler, £86k
Ajeet Dale, bowler, £62k
Zaman Akhter, bowler, £53k
Injury List
Charles Morris
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