Road to IPL 2009.

[Precambrian]

Just because six 6's were whacked of his one over doesn't necessarily turn him into a terrible T20 bowler, tbh i think Broad is a much better limited overs bowler than he is in the longer form of the game, and it was really his strong T20 performances for Leicestershire that helped him break into the English side in the first place, and 28 wkts @ an eco rate of 6.7 in 22 T20 games is hardly a terrible record.

His T20 International record is not good. Average of 27 at Eco rate of 8 per over.

 

[pup11]

I just cannot believe what you did. Trying to defend a Strike rate of 60 in 18 ODIs stating bad pitches?

Tendulkar, Dhoni, Gambhir et all played the CB series also mate, and they all averaged in the 80s! Admittedly he had a poor run against Bangladesh, but a SR of 30 against the worst team in the world begs belief.

When your team is 50-5 or in a similar state, which was often the case with Australia right through in the CB series and in West Indies, then you can't really expect a batsman to gunning the ball to all parts of the ground can you, and btw his SR has taken a plunge because of his knocks in West Indies and Darwin, in CB series his SR is not that bad at all.

In other news Pietersen to get $1.3 million base price in IPL - report

I think its a fair enough base price for the man, and Freddie too at a base price of $900,000 is pretty failry price, but what the hell are like of Saj Mahmood, Cork and Joyce trying to do by putting their names into the hat, can't see too many franchises lining up to sign them.

In other rumours, reports claim that Michael Clarke, the Australia vice-captain, will be listed for the auction at a base price of $ 1 million. However, the Australian newspaper reported that Clarke was yet to decide on his participation in the IPL.

 

[Precambrian]

When your team is 50-5 or in a similar state, which was often the case with Australia right through in the CB series and in West Indies, then you can't really expect a batsman to gunning the ball to all parts of the ground can you, and btw his SR has taken a plunge because of his knocks in West Indies and Darwin, in CB series his SR is not that bad at all.

In other news Pietersen to get $1.3 million base price in IPL - report

I think its a fair enough base price for the man, and Freddie too at a base price of $900,000 is pretty failry price, but what the hell are like of Saj Mahmood, Cork and Joyce trying to do by putting their names into the hat, can't see too many franchises lining up to sign them.

In other rumours, reports claim that Michael Clarke, the Australia vice-captain, will be listed for the auction at a base price of $ 1 million. However, the Australian newspaper reported that Clarke was yet to decide on his participation in the IPL.

50-5 often included Clarke among them.

 

[Uppercut]

Swann and Panesar are both better than Kreyfish IMO. Broad > McDonald and
^ Doesn't matter much none will take any wickets

Flintoff > Siddle
Johnson > Anderson
Lee =Sidebottom

Agree with this, but if Krejza plays he'll score a reverse-ton in both innings therefore making him the worst.

 

[FBU]

List of players for second auction - said to be 148 but the IPL say it is 114

Australia: Brad Haddin, Michael Clarke, Nathan Hauritz, Stuart Clark, Brad Hogg, Beau Casson, Mark Cameron, Peter Forrest, Lee Carseldine, Doug Bowler, Michael Dighton, Jason Krejza, Nathan Reardon, Chris Hartley, Shaun Tait, Ashley Noffke, Bryce McGain, George Bailey, Travis Birt, Michael Hill, Chris Swan, Michael Klinger, Ben Edmondson, Aiden Blizzard, Mark Cosgrove, Adam Voges, Shane Harwood

England: Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison, Ravi Bopara, Monty Panesar, Robert Key, James Foster, Tyron Henderson, Sajid Mahmood, Matt Prior, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Shaun Udal, Darren Gough, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright, James Anderson, Ed Joyce, Dominic Cork

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Mehrab Hossain jnr, Rajin Saleh, Ziaur Rehman, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Raqibul Hasan, Nadif Chowdhury

New Zealand: Mark Gillespie, Tim Southee, Jesse Ryder, Jeetan Patel, Kyle Mills, Chris Martin, Jamie How, Peter Fulton, James Franklin

Pakistan: Asim Kamal, Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Danish Kaneria, Yasir Arafat

South Africa: Gulam Bodi, Rory Kleinveldt, Charl Langeveldt, Ashwell Prince, JP Duminy, Martin van Jaarsveld, Roelof van der Merwe, Andre Nel, Neil McKenzie, Yusuf Abdullah, Paul Harris, Johan Botha, Morne van Wyk

Sri Lanka: Thilan Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Mahela Udawatte, Dammika Prasad, Thilina Kandamby, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Jehan Mubarak, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Malinga Bandara, Malinda Warnapura, Michael Vandort, Prasanna Jayawardene, Upul Tharanga, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Jeevantha Kulatunga

West Indies Sylvester Joseph, Darren Sammy, Andre Fletcher, Kieron Pollard, Kieran Powell, Fidel Edwards, Dwayne Smith, Kemar Roach

Zimbabwe Vusi Sibanda



and The Times reckon there are 11 places available

Bangalore (full up) M Boucher, N Bracken, S Chanderpaul, D Du Preez, J Kallis, Misbah-ul-Haq, A Razzak, D Steyn, R Taylor, C White

Chennai (three spaces) M Hayden, M Hussey, C Kapugedera, A Morkel, M Muralitharan, M Ntini, J Oram

Deccan (one space) S Afridi, H Gibbs, A Gilchrist, R Harris, C Silva, S Styris, A Symonds, C Vaas, N Zoysa

Delhi (full up) AB De Villiers, T Dilshan, B Geeves, F Maharoof, S Malik, A McDonald, G McGrath, D Nannes, D Vettori, D Warner

Kolkata (one space) S Akhtar, C Gayle, B Hodge, D Hussey, B McCullum, A Mendis, R Ponting, T Taibu, U Gul

Mumbai (three spaces) L Bosman, D Bravo, D Fernando, S Jayasuriya, G Napier (not confirmed), L Ronchi, D Thorneley

Punjab (two spaces) J Hopes, M Jayawardena, S Katich, B Lee, S Marsh, L Pomersbach, K Sangakkara, R Sarwan

Rajasthan (one space) K Akmal, Y Khan, J Langer, D Mascarenhas, M Morkel, G Smith, S Tanvir, S Warne, S Watson

 

[four_or_six]

I suppose the reserve prices have to be higher as with such a small % of players to actually be picked, there's not going to be much actual bidding.

 

[Hoggy]

Did Kyle Mills get delisted from Punjab?

Tim Southee and JP Duminy to the Kings XI please.

 

[sanwel123]

112 players for auction

List of players for second auction

Australia: Brad Haddin, Michael Clarke, Nathan Hauritz, Stuart Clark, Brad Hogg, Beau Casson, Mark Cameron, Peter Forrest, Lee Carseldine, Doug Bowler, Michael Dighton, Jason Krejza, Nathan Reardon, Chris Hartley, Shaun Tait, Ashley Noffke, Bryce McGain, George Bailey, Travis Birt, Michael Hill, Chris Swan, Michael Klinger, Ben Edmondson, Aiden Blizzard, Mark Cosgrove, Adam Voges, Shane Harwood

England: Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison, Ravi Bopara, Monty Panesar, Robert Key, James Foster, Tyron Henderson, Sajid Mahmood, Matt Prior, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Shaun Udal, Darren Gough, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright, James Anderson, Ed Joyce, Dominic Cork

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Mehrab Hossain jnr, Rajin Saleh, Ziaur Rehman, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Raqibul Hasan, Nadif Chowdhury

New Zealand: Mark Gillespie, Tim Southee, Jesse Ryder, Jeetan Patel, Kyle Mills, Chris Martin, Jamie How, Peter Fulton, James Franklin

Pakistan: Asim Kamal, Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Danish Kaneria, Yasir Arafat

South Africa: Gulam Bodi, Rory Kleinveldt, Charl Langeveldt, Ashwell Prince, JP Duminy, Martin van Jaarsveld, Roelof van der Merwe, Andre Nel, Neil McKenzie, Yusuf Abdullah, Paul Harris, Johan Botha, Morne van Wyk

Sri Lanka: Thilan Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Mahela Udawatte, Dammika Prasad, Thilina Kandamby, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Jehan Mubarak, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Malinga Bandara, Malinda Warnapura, Michael Vandort, Prasanna Jayawardene, Upul Tharanga, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Jeevantha Kulatunga

West Indies Sylvester Joseph, Darren Sammy, Andre Fletcher, Kieron Pollard, Kieran Powell, Fidel Edwards, Dwayne Smith, Kemar Roach

Zimbabwe Vusi Sibanda

COURTSEY: pakspin.com

 

[NUFAN]

Who I would consider from Australia

Certain - Brad Haddin, Michael Clarke, Brad Hogg, Lee Carseldine, Shaun Tait, Ashley Noffke

Good chance - Shane Harwood, Stuart Clark, Adam Voges, Jason Krejza

Possible: Nathan Hauritz, Mark Cameron, Michael Dighton, Nathan Reardon, Bryce McGain, George Bailey, Travis Birt, Michael Klinger, Ben Edmondson, Aiden Blizzard, Mark Cosgrove, Chris Swan.

No - Beau Casson, Peter Forrest, Doug Bowler [surely it's meant to be Bollinger so he'd be moved to a maybe], Chris Hartley, Michael Hill.

 

[Howsie]

List of players for second auction

Australia: Brad Haddin, Michael Clarke, Nathan Hauritz, Stuart Clark, Brad Hogg, Beau Casson, Mark Cameron, Peter Forrest, Lee Carseldine, Doug Bowler, Michael Dighton, Jason Krejza, Nathan Reardon, Chris Hartley, Shaun Tait, Ashley Noffke, Bryce McGain, George Bailey, Travis Birt, Michael Hill, Chris Swan, Michael Klinger, Ben Edmondson, Aiden Blizzard, Mark Cosgrove, Adam Voges, Shane Harwood

England: Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison, Ravi Bopara, Monty Panesar, Robert Key, James Foster, Tyron Henderson, Sajid Mahmood, Matt Prior, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Shaun Udal, Darren Gough, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright, James Anderson, Ed Joyce, Dominic Cork

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Mehrab Hossain jnr, Rajin Saleh, Ziaur Rehman, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Raqibul Hasan, Nadif Chowdhury

New Zealand: Mark Gillespie, Tim Southee, Jesse Ryder, Jeetan Patel, Kyle Mills, Chris Martin, Jamie How, Peter Fulton, James Franklin

Pakistan: Asim Kamal, Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Danish Kaneria, Yasir Arafat

South Africa: Gulam Bodi, Rory Kleinveldt, Charl Langeveldt, Ashwell Prince, JP Duminy, Martin van Jaarsveld, Roelof van der Merwe, Andre Nel, Neil McKenzie, Yusuf Abdullah, Paul Harris, Johan Botha, Morne van Wyk

Sri Lanka: Thilan Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Mahela Udawatte, Dammika Prasad, Thilina Kandamby, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Jehan Mubarak, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Malinga Bandara, Malinda Warnapura, Michael Vandort, Prasanna Jayawardene, Upul Tharanga, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Jeevantha Kulatunga

West Indies Sylvester Joseph, Darren Sammy, Andre Fletcher, Kieron Pollard, Kieran Powell, Fidel Edwards, Dwayne Smith, Kemar Roach

Zimbabwe Vusi Sibanda

COURTSEY: pakspin.com

Jesse Ryder and Maybe Tim Southee are the only ones I can see getting a deal in the IPL.

Kieran Powell from the West Indies would have a pretty good chance, he is going to be a good player one day.

 

[chaminda_00]

There going to be a lot of players with smashed egos after this. Aparting only 16-20 of those players are likely to be selected. Most side will struggled to fit in more then 2-3 players under $2 mill.

Time for expansion?

 

[NUFAN]

Surely Shakib Al Hasan will be the highest paid player from that bunch above. lol.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Very surprised Hughes hasn't gone for it. Unless he's already been picked up and I missed it?

 

[pasag]

Wasn't Noffers playing for Bangalore?

 

[chaminda_00]

Wasn't Noffers playing for Bangalore?

Injury replacement for Bracks. He wasn't re-signed by them, like Bravo for Mumbai.

 

[NUFAN]

Vusi Sibanda is wasting his time seriously. If the IPL expanded to 28 teams he'd struggle to get a game. Elton Chigumbura should have nominated though, real clean striker of the ball.

 

[four_or_six]

Very surprised Hughes hasn't gone for it. Unless he's already been picked up and I missed it?

No, I'm sure I read somewhere that Hughes was hoping to play county cricket as he thought that would better serve his career. Don't think he's been signed yet though.

 

[chaminda_00]

Reckon he would be a good chance as an overseas replacement player, with guys missing two months playing IPL.

 

[four_or_six]

Reckon he would be a good chance as an overseas replacement player, with guys missing two months playing IPL.

Oh yeah, definitely. Would be surprised if he isn't snapped up.

 

[Precambrian]

Very surprised Hughes hasn't gone for it. Unless he's already been picked up and I missed it?

Overrated T20 player for me. Has just the same shot. Move away from the stumps and drive. His 20-20 figures look almost a fluke considering his mediocre run in the Ford Ranger Cup.