A Hundred reasons to celebrate for Yorkshire CCC star Matty Revis as he eyes big chance

“If I can perform as well as I know I can do, and put in a few decent performances, then who knows where it can go,” said Revis.

“You never know where it can take you. If you look at the young lads that are at the top of the game now, you can see from that how quickly things can happen.

“Six months to a year of good cricket, and the world's your oyster nowadays.

“Obviously, you've got to keep your feet on the ground, and everything like that, and you’ve still got to take it day by day and keep working hard.

“But this is a great opportunity. You never really know what can happen from that opportunity, so to get the chance was a pleasant surprise.”

The Wildcard Draft rewards good performances in the Vitality Blast, with the eight Hundred franchises allowed to finalise their squads with four extra players (two men, two women).

Revis, 24, is joined by Charlie Allison, the 21-year-old Essex batsman, while SunRisers have also recruited Darcey Carter, the 21-year-old Scotland spin-bowling all-rounder, and Sophia Turner, the 23-year-old former Northern Diamonds’ seamer who now plays for Durham.

It is a new era for the competition after it was sold last year to the highest bidders, generating a valuation of nearly £1bn.

Yorkshire sold their entire stake in the franchise formerly known as Northern Superchargers to Sun Group in a deal worth some £100m.

“It’s definitely very exciting for the tournament.” said Revis, who was drafted in part way through last summer’s competition by the Superchargers as an injury replacement for Rocky Flintoff but was not required to play.

“It's a very similar kind of playing group to the Superchargers, with Zak (Crawley) the captain as well now, who I’m really looking forward to working with.

“He’s someone who I got along with really well last year, and it's all very exciting with the new owners and everything like that. Hopefully, it’s going to be a really good competition.”

Revis said he was surprised to get the wildcard call-up.

"There was no real build-up to it, or anything like that, it was just a quick text from my agent and that was that”, he said.

He does not know, at this stage, whether he would be released back to Yorkshire to play in the One-Day Cup should he not be needed for any reason this time.

Last year, Revis returned to play in a One-Day Cup game against Sussex at Hove.

The competitions run concurrently, both starting on July 21 and ending on August 16.

“To be honest, I've not heard a great deal about that yet,” he said.

“Obviously, that's kind of how it's happened in years gone by (players going back to their counties).

“I tried to play as much as I could throughout the (50-over) tournament.

“So, yeah, we'll just have to play that by ear. Obviously, first and foremost, I’d be with the Sunrisers, but if not then obviously I’d love to play for Yorkshire if that was possible.”

Revis is pleased with the state of his white-ball game as the clock ticks down to sixth edition of the 100-ball event.

He is a multi-format player whose potential was recognised last winter by a deserved call-up for the England Lions.

“I like to think I've done pretty well in white-ball,” he said.

“I'm quite a flexible player in terms of where I bat in the order, and the overs that I bowl, so it’s just about trying to impact the game as much as I can.

“Whether that's me coming in in the 10th over with the bat, or the 19th over, and trying to hit boundaries at the end of the innings, I kind of pride myself on how I can impact games and how many wins I can kind of impact. I’m just learning all the time and trying to do the best that I can.”

Revis has been ever-present as Yorkshire have enjoyed a fine first half of the T20 Blast, the club sitting top of the North Group leading into the game against Hampshire in Southampton on Friday.

The club has made a noticeable effort to try to win the competition for the first time with some quality signings such as the former England all-rounder Moeen Ali and Pakistan pace man Hassan Ali.

“We’ve done very well,” said Revis.

“We recruited really well in the winter, and it's all kind of come together pretty well so far.

“Hopefully, we can carry that on now in the second block of games and really make a stake for a home quarter-final.

“Winning the competition would be great for the club, and hopefully we can at least get ourselves to Finals Day to give us that chance of going all the way.”