Comedians to provide T20 with extra entertainment this season but the weather may be no laughing matter But many of the counties are now building business models that are more robust than perhaps they were with a lot of off-field initiatives. Leicestershire, who launch their defence of the Friends Life T20 title against Nottinghamshire at Grace Road on Tuesday night, reckon that an average home gate of around 2,500 generates around £20,000 in revenue. Nottinghamshire estimate a Twenty20 home match to be worth £80,000 from an average gate of 7,500 but, like the other international venues with large capacities, they are more dependent upon fine weather on the day for attracting a crowd than smaller county grounds where most tickets are sold in advance. We have a capacity of 17,000. The need to buy in advance is much reduced compared to some of the smaller non-Test match grounds with capacities of 6,000 where, if you want to be there, you have to buy in advance," said Nottinghamshire chief executive Lisa Pursehouse. Despite the wonderfully optimistic British public we are at the mercy of the weather. Meanwhile, Bremner, a keen cricket fan, will appear at finals day in Cardiff on Aug 25 with other comedians hired by the ECB for the group stages of what is sometimes dismissed as the hit and giggle competition. Players to watch Rana Naved-ulHasan: Derbyshire The all-rounder topped the wicket-taking charts for Hobart Hurricanes in Australia's Big Bash League and previously played for Yorkshire and Sussex. Herschelle Gibbs: Durham With 90 Tests and 271 limited-overs games for South Africa, he has scored 3,050 runs for the Proteas. He became the first player to hit six sixes in one over in an ODI, during the 2007 World Cup. Muttiah Muralitharan: Gloucestershire The Sri Lankan is highest wicket-taker in both Test (800 scalps) and ODIs. Shahid Afridi: Hampshire The leading wicket- taker in T20 with 53 in 43 international matches. He holds a record seven Player of the Match awards in international T20 cricket. Cameron White: Northamptonshire The former Australia T20 captain, has played four Tests for Australia. Scored 43 off 31 balls in the T20 World Cup semi-final win over Pakistan.