It is widely acknowledged that left-arm pace bowlers are one of Twenty20’s most valuable commodities and so it should be noted that Sussex head into finals day with an embarrassment of riches.
In Tymal Mills and George Garton they possess not one, but two southpaw speed machines whose individual career resurgences have run parallel during a 2021 season that has seen them earn England recalls after four-year absences and become inaugural Hundred champions with Southern Brave.
They are both in heavy demand on the global scene, too. Garton — who has been on the radar of the Indian Premier League for a while, having been invited to a Rajasthan Royals trial in 2019 — will hook up with Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for the resumption of this year’s IPL on Sunday.