Who is the captain?

Rikki Clarke (right)

Who are the overseas players?

Mahela Jayawardena (Sri Lanka) and Chris Rogers (Australia)

Who has arrived?

Clarke (Surrey), Nayan Doshi (Surrey), Jayawardena, Rogers, John Sadler (Leicestershire), Akhil Patel, Dominic Telo (Kolpak)

Who has left?

Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Boyd Rankin (Warwickshire), Chris Taylor (Yorkshire), Hassan Adnan, Ant Botha (Warwickshire), Phil Weston, Travis Birt, Simon Cusden, Michael Dighton, Ian Harvey, Richard Hodgkinson, Simon Katich, Graeme Welch

What has the IPL/ICL done to them?

Kolpak registration of Wavell Hinds, the former West Indies batsman, fell through because of association with the ICL

What is their nickname?

Phantoms

How did they fare last season?

LV County Championship: 6th, second division; NatWest Pro40: 8th, second division; Friends Provident Trophy: 8th, North conference; Twenty20 Cup: 6th, North division

What are their prospects?

John Morris begins his first full season as head of cricket in buoyant mood after a big turnaround in personnel. For all that, promotion in either four-day or one-day competitions would be a big achievement

What are their strengths?

The pace pair of Tom Lungley and Graham Wagg threatened with the ball in enjoying their best seasons in 2007 and the pugnacious Wagg also hit more than 500 Championship runs. Doshi has recovered from surgery on his left shoulder to replace Botha as a frontline spin option

What are their weaknesses?

Clarke is an unknown quantity as captain - although that could work either way - and the loss of Katich means a lot of runs for the top order to make up

One to watch

Telo, 22, a batsman who averaged almost 60 for Western Province over the winter, but has decided to begin a four-year qualification process for England after becoming the latest South African talent to grow disillusioned with the selection policy at home