***Official*** English Domestic Season 2008

[TT Boy]

Shane Watson is apparently close to securing a deal to be Hampshire's overseas player for the middle part of the season. Watson will fill in after Bond returns home (June) and before Warne returns, which won't be until August.

Although, given that Bond has not received his NOC clearance Watto maybe required earlier.

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

Kent have Justin Kemp in addition to Azhar Mahmood on kolpaks this season, as well as the usual suspects (Van Jaarsveld, McLaren, Dexter, Joseph).

Hopefully Denly will go from strength to strength this year and maintain his form throughout the season. Having Amjad Khan back (hopefully) will be a big boost to the bowling attack, but we still look a bit thin in that department. It'll be interesting to see if Sam Northeast gets his chance this season as well.

Unfortunately I don't think I'll get to see much, if any cricket this summer as I have a degree to complete, and then I'm working/away for most of the rest of the summer. I reckon Kent will just survive in the CC again and hopefully continue their improvement in limited overs cricket.

Looking forward to the start of the season now

 

[superkingdave]

Interesting note vis a vis ICL players playing as overseas players

"Unqualified cricketers requiring a 'no objection certificate' to be registered for cricket in England and Wales are unlikely to receive such certificates from their home boards if they participate in unauthorised events," added the ECB.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/7267979.stm

Shane Bond's county deal could be under threat from this

 

[PhoenixFire]

Nottinghamshire have lost David Hussey for 1/3 of the season due to IPL, I heard earlier.

 

[Goughy]

Any non-English player needs a "no objection certificate" (NOC) from their home board before being allowed to play in England, and it is believed that several, including New Zealand Cricket and the Pakistan Cricket Board, are refusing to issue them.

So even if a player is no longer contracted to a board this NOC can be withheld? Is that correct? The Boards have that power?

If thats true, that is terrible and a real restraint of trade.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

So even if a player is no longer contracted to a board this NOC can be withheld? Is that correct? The Boards have that power?

If thats true, that is terrible and a real restraint of trade.

There is a lot of things happening in cricket that just wouldnt stand up in court. Its only going to be a matter of time that a player gets fed up and takes the legal option, just like whats happened in football a number of times over the year.

The fact is unless a board has a contract with a player stating he cant play for anyone else without their say so (which is perfectly fine) they have absolutely no say on what he can or cannot do. I also think that banning players because they chose to play for the rebal league is also highly illigal and only a matter of time before its taken to court.

 

[TT Boy]

There is a lot of things happening in cricket that just wouldnt stand up in court. Its only going to be a matter of time that a player gets fed up and takes the legal option, just like whats happened in football a number of times over the year.

The fact is unless a board has a contract with a player stating he cant play for anyone else without their say so (which is perfectly fine) they have absolutely no say on what he can or cannot do. I also think that banning players because they chose to play for the rebal league is also highly illigal and only a matter of time before its taken to court.

Such a move was touted to be happening in Pakistan, I believe Imran Farhat and Taufeeq Umar were/are preparing to take the PCB to court in regard to restraint of trade.

 

[TT Boy]

Leicestershire have signed pacemen Jermaine Lawson.

Incidentally, Lawson like his fellow Jamaican, Wavell Hinds has signed a Kolpak deal.

 

[TT Boy]

Interesting note vis a vis ICL players playing as overseas players

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/7267979.stm

Shane Bond's county deal could be under threat from this

Fair chance the deal is off now for Yorkshire today issued an ultimatum to Rana Naved, ICL or county cricket.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7267979.stm

Naved will doubtlessly side with the ICL, for even if the ICL goes belly up he stands to make more in one year then he would playing the rest of his career with the Tykes.

 

[brockley]

Jason gillespie retired from aussie cricket today,to join ICL,and said he will fulfill his committmentas at glamorgan if they remain true to their word.

 

[brockley]

Paul stirling 59 for ireland under 19 today,will join middlsex on their staff.

 

[roseboy64]

Leicestershire have signed pacemen Jermaine Lawson.

Incidentally, Lawson like his fellow Jamaican, Wavell Hinds has signed a Kolpak deal.

Weren't getting picked for the WI for different reasons. Would like to see how Lawson goes and if he gets called. If he doesn',t WI should get him back in the fold.

 

[TT Boy]

Wavell Hinds Kolpak deal with Derbyshire is now in doubt after signing with the ICL. Similarly, Justin Kemp has had to go to India to sort out his dispute and may not feature for Kent this year.

Sticking with the Kolpak theme, Leicestershire, unsurprisingly has recruited another non-overseas cricketer for 2008 in the form of South African pacemen Dillon du Preez.

But unlike a couple of Leicestershire recent Kolpak cricketers, the signing of du Preez could actually be inspired, for his had a fantastic season with ball and occasionally bat and is also apart of South Africa’s High Performance Squad.

 

[brockley]

Am interested how steve smith will go for surrey,he would be at least worth a go at surrey in the one dayers,could bat at 6/7.
Heard squlain mustaq may beed clearance from the pcb to play for surrey.
See latest article in the times.
Seems wavell hinds and murray goodwin need clearance too.

 

[brockley]

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John Emburey coaches new rebel ICL team
The former Middlesex and England spinner believes that the unofficial league and the Indian Premier League could coexist
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John Emburey, the former England spin bowler who left his job as Middlesex's director of cricket last month, has been appointed to coach one of the two new franchises in the unofficial Indian Cricket League (ICL). Emburey has signed a three-year contract with the Ahmedabad Rockets, who will be captained by Damien Martyn, the former Australia batsman, and include Murray Goodwin, the Sussex and Zimbabwe batsman, Wavell Hinds, of Derbyshire and West Indies, and Jason Gillespie, the former Australia fast bowler, who is due to play for Glamorgan.

Speaking to The Times from Chandigarh yesterday, Emburey said that he was relying on his core of senior players to lift the inexperienced young Indians in his team and added that there was no reason why the league could not coexist with the official Indian Premier League (IPL), which is backed by the Indian board.

“The competition between the two will be good for the game,” Emburey said. “People have been surprised how much financial impact the ICL can have. There are lots of companies out there interested in sponsoring it.”

Edelweiss Capital Services was named yesterday as title sponsor for the month-long Twenty20 tournament, which starts on Sunday. The first IPL match is on April 18. Half of the 18 first-class counties have signed players who are in the rebel ICL, but the ECB has warned the counties that they will not be allowed to play without permission from their national boards. Yorkshire fear that they will lose Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, who has signed for the second new ICL franchise, the all-Pakistani Lahore Badshahs. There are similar doubts over Gillespie and Shane Bond, the New Zealand fast bowler who may not be allowed to play for Hampshire.

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Two county captains (Dale Benkenstein, of Durham, and Nicky Boje, of Northamptonshire) are playing in the ICL, but their clubs do not expect a problem with them playing in England. Nic Pothas, the Hampshire wicketkeeper, will also not be banned for signing for the ICL, but Hampshire said that he had effectively lost the chance to captain his county in the absence of Shane Warne, who is playing in the IPL. Stuart Law, the Lancashire captain, is listed by the ICL as the captain of the Chennai franchise, but his county insisted that he will be with them at a pre-season event in Dubai next week instead of in India.

Kent are hoping to gain clearance for Azhar Mahmood, who is now a British citizen, and Justin Kemp to play this season. Hinds has been given permission by West Indies to play in England but Derbyshire are waiting for ECB approval. Surrey, while supporting the position of the ECB, said they hoped that Saqlain Mushtaq would be free to play for them. Sussex are still waiting to hear about Goodwin and Mushtaq Ahmed.

 

[sideshowtim]

Shane Watson is apparently close to securing a deal to be Hampshire's overseas player for the middle part of the season. Watson will fill in after Bond returns home (June) and before Warne returns, which won't be until August.

Although, given that Bond has not received his NOC clearance Watto maybe required earlier.

Any more news on this?

 

[sideshowtim]

Am interested how steve smith will go for surrey,he would be at least worth a go at surrey in the one dayers,could bat at 6/7.
Heard squlain mustaq may beed clearance from the pcb to play for surrey.
See latest article in the times.
Seems wavell hinds and murray goodwin need clearance too.

So Steve Smith is officially going to Surrey?!

 

[brockley]

Shane watson deal is on dunno how long for maybe increased since shane bond isn't coming.
Yeh heard on the world youth cup radio he had signed for surrey.
Will defnitely keep my eyes pinned for him for surrey.
Ryan harris from south australia is playing for sussex,amd will play for south australia next year,so you can now do both.

 

[four_or_six]

Any more news on this?

Rumour has it that Watto would prefer IPL as it continues the season on, then a break before pre-season. I think he might be in the second IPL auction on Tuesday if all goes well in the last Pura cup match.

 

[brockley]

ECB block county players joining rebel league
By Simon Briggs and Paul Bolton
Last Updated: 12:42am GMT 07/03/2008


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As the rebel Indian Cricket League prepare to launch their second tournament in Hyderabad on Sunday, the England and Wales Cricket Board are meeting lawyers today in the hope of extending their battle against ICL-registered players.

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The worldwide campaign against the breakaway league has prevented a number of overseas players - Shane Bond and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan among them - from completing their registrations with county sides this summer.

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Now the ECB believe they can apply a similar policy to a second group, namely Nicky Boje, Andrew Hall and Johan van der Wath at Northamptonshire, Wavell Hinds at Derbyshire and Justin Kemp at Kent. All these players are intending to register this year under the Kolpak arrangement, but the ECB plan to block them. One possible route would be the item of small print that requires Kolpaks to have gone 12 months without playing domestic cricket in their home country, another the clause which requires the registration to be in "the best interest" of English cricket.

"The ECB tried to go down this same route a year ago in the case of Jacques Rudolph," Derbyshire's chief executive Tom Sears said. "When Yorkshire took legal advice, they found it to be unsustainable. But we would be reluctant to take this issue to a test case.

"The ECB are consulting their lawyers again and we await the outcome with interest," Sears added. "Wavell is over in India at the moment, and we have got flights and accommodation to sort out, let alone the question of finding a replacement if he can't be registered. It's all the kind of thing we could do without at this time of year."

Mushtaq Ahmed, Sussex's star leg spinner, is one of several players whose case will be discussed at a meeting of the Pakistan Cricket Board tomorrow. The PCB are expected to deny Mushtaq the no-objection certificate he needs to play for Sussex this year.
This is madness poor northants.