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We all know the feelings of some SA Footy members, but

IPL 2009 is scheduled between 10 April and 29 May, with a tenattive date for the player auction of Jan 29

IPL news so far

- Adam Gilchrist will captain the Deccan Chargers taking over from VVS Laxman (who cried)
- Darren Lehmann will coach the Deccan Chargers taking over from Robin Singh
- Sri Lankas tour of England in May has been postponed, so allowing players to compete in the IPL
- Ray Jennings, former South African coach will coach Bangalore
- Michael Clarke has stated that "I'll definitely play at some stage," he said, "it's just about when.
- Graham Napier, Essex allrounder is in talks with the IPL. Essex shot to fame with his 58 ball 152 against Sussex
- Shaun Pollock will return to Mumbai Indians
- Glenn McGrath will return for the Delhi Daredevils
- Auction day postponed until Feb 6
- IPLs one month trade window opened Dec 22 (Apart from buying or selling contracted players through the trading window, franchises can sign up international players not already part of the IPL through a fresh auction on February 6; uncapped players, who are not centrally contracted to their national boards, can be signed separately.)
- Mohammad Ashaduddin, son of former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin, has been selected for the trials camp of Kolkata Knight Riders on January 6-7
- Moises Henriques (Kolkata) and David Warner (Delhi), Ryan Harris (Deccan) sign on
- Stephen Felming will replace Kepler Wessells as coach of Chennai
- English players will be able to participate for 15 days between 10-25 April

interesting stat that was raised on the weekend on ABC was that all the Australian Test Players that played in in the IPL have all suffered form slumps since yet the two that didnt go M.Clarke and M. Johnson havent.

The IPL is part of a long-term Indian plot to lift India to its rightful dominant position in World Cricket.
The plan is to lure foreign players to India with big money and subtly poison them using rediscovered KGB techniques...

Psyber wrote:The IPL is part of a long-term Indian plot to lift India to its rightful dominant position in World Cricket.
The plan is to lure foreign players to India with big money and subtly poison them using rediscovered KGB techniques...

dinglinga wrote:interesting stat that was raised on the weekend on ABC was that all the Australian Test Players that played in in the IPL have all suffered form slumps since yet the two that didnt go M.Clarke and M. Johnson havent.

I heard this too and it was an excellent point. Symonds, M. Hussey and Ponting spring quickly to mind. Although, Punter's form has still been decent, just not up to his usual lofty standards.

australian players stats since the ipl

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Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s 
SM Katich 12 22 3 1109 157 58.36 2233 49.66 4 4 0 124 1 
MJ Clarke 11 19 2 978 138 57.52 2113 46.28 4 4 1 98 2 
RT Ponting 12 22 0 974 158 44.27 1585 61.45 3 5 2 106 5 
BJ Haddin 12 21 2 736 169 38.73 1431 51.43 1 1 0 87 12 
MEK Hussey 12 22 1 685 146 32.61 1687 40.60 1 5 3 73 2 
A Symonds 7 13 2 431 79 39.18 707 60.96 0 4 2 46 7 
ML Hayden 9 17 1 383 83 23.93 642 59.65 0 2 3 59 2 
MG Johnson 12 18 3 327 64 21.80 616 53.08 0 1 2 42 2 
B Lee 11 18 3 267 63* 17.80 569 46.92 0 1 2 39 3 
PA Jaques 3 6 0 245 108 40.83 470 52.12 1 1 0 25 2 
SR Watson 5 9 0 176 78 19.55 400 44.00 0 1 0 25 1 
CL White 4 7 2 146 46 29.20 330 44.24 0 0 0 15 1 
BJ Hodge 1 2 0 94 67 47.00 175 53.71 0 1 0 13 1 
PM Siddle 4 7 2 75 23 15.00 167 44.91 0 0 1 7 0 
JJ Krejza 2 4 1 71 32 23.66 146 48.63 0 0 0 8 0 
NM Hauritz 3 4 0 57 41 14.25 104 54.80 0 0 0 9 0 
SR Clark 7 8 5 38 18 12.66 83 45.78 0 0 0 5 0 
AB McDonald 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 54 27.77 0 0 0 1 0 
B Casson 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 44 22.72 0 0 0 1 0 
SCG MacGill 2 2 0 2 2 1.00 13 15.38 0 0 1 0 0 
DE Bollinger 1 1 1 0 0* - 5 0.00 0 0 0 0 0

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Player Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10 
MG Johnson 12 23 472.5 93 1413 52 8/61 11/159 27.17 2.98 54.5 2 1 
B Lee 11 22 427.1 81 1431 39 5/59 9/171 36.69 3.34 65.7 2 0 
SR Clark 7 14 245.0 72 579 22 5/32 8/91 26.31 2.36 66.8 1 0 
PM Siddle 4 7 161.4 38 478 14 5/59 5/59 34.14 2.95 69.2 1 0 
JJ Krejza 2 4 123.5 8 562 13 8/215 12/358 43.23 4.53 57.1 1 1 
SR Watson 5 10 130.4 23 375 12 4/42 5/84 31.25 2.86 65.3 0 0 
NM Hauritz 3 5 113.0 30 302 8 3/98 4/95 37.75 2.67 84.7 0 0 
MJ Clarke 11 15 146.3 29 414 6 2/20 2/36 69.00 2.82 146.5 0 0 
SCG MacGill 2 4 76.0 7 325 5 2/43 4/143 65.00 4.27 91.2 0 0 
CL White 4 8 93.0 8 342 5 2/71 3/119 68.40 3.67 111.6 0 0 
B Casson 1 2 32.0 4 129 3 3/86 3/129 43.00 4.03 64.0 0 0 
A Symonds 7 10 67.0 17 130 2 1/17 1/17 65.00 1.94 201.0 0 0 
MEK Hussey 12 4 23.0 4 77 1 1/22 1/22 77.00 3.34 138.0 0 0 
SM Katich 12 3 19.0 3 73 1 1/60 1/65 73.00 3.84 114.0 0 0 
AB McDonald 1 1 22.0 8 41 1 1/41 1/41 41.00 1.86 132.0 0 0 
DE Bollinger 1 1 23.0 4 78 0 - - - 3.39 - 0 0 
RT Ponting 12 1 2.0 0 11 0 - - - 5.50 - 0 0 
BJ Haddin 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - 
ML Hayden 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - 
BJ Hodge 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 
PA Jaques 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -

So thats Wattos new excuse?

brod wrote:So thats Wattos new excuse?

back fractures?

Punk Rooster wrote:

brod wrote:So thats Wattos new excuse?

back fractures?

Very ordinary excuse

Australian represenatives will be hugely impcated by the probable announcement later this week of the Australian series vs Pakistan in April will go ahead in a neutral venue

The BBC has reported that the few England players in line to secure lucrative IPL contracts are very unhappy with having to pay 10% of their auction fee back to their counties.

Under the conditions imposed by the ECB, any player signing for one of the IPL franchises has to compensate his county for his time away by handing over the set amount.

12 English players have been cut from the IPL's revised list, leaving only seven on the 43-man list for this Friday's auction in Goa.

Steve Harmison and Monty Panesar were among those chopped, leaving only three centrally-contracted players - Andrew Flintoff, Pietersen and Paul Collingwood - in the reckoning.

Ian Bell and Matt Prior withdrew after deciding that they needed a break between the end of the West Indies series and the start of the English summer.

Essex's Graham Napier is close to finalising a contract with the Mumbai Indians but as an uncapped player is outside the auction process.

Pietersen is the highest valued of the seven, with Flintoff priced at US$950,000. Collingwood, by comparison, is a snip at US$250,000. The other four are Luke Wright (US$150,000), Owais Shah (US$150,000), Ravi Bopara (US$150,000) and Samit Patel (US$100,000).

Mark Cameron, the New South Wales fast bowler, could join Shane Warne as a player-coach in the Indian Premier League, with Kolkata Knight Riders interested in procuring his services. Matthew Mott, a coach with New South Wales and Kolkata, has spoken with the franchise's executives about the possibility of recruiting Cameron for the forthcoming season.

South African batsman JP Duminy's rising stature in international cricket was reflected in the final IPL auction list of 43 cricketers. Duminy's base price has been pegged at US$300,000, the most expensive after those of Kevin Pietersen, Michael Clarke and Andrew Flintoff.
The new list has only 43 players - the original had 111 - and includes 15 from Australia, four from Bangladesh, seven from England, three from New Zealand, five from South Africa, four from Sri Lanka, and five from the West Indies.
Each franchise has a maximum of US$2m to spend on their overseas signings in the auction. The bidding for Pietersen will start at $1.35m, while that for Clarke and Flintoff will begin at $1m and $950,000 respectively
Final list of players for auction (all figures in US$)
Australia: Aaron Bird (45,000), Brett Geeves (45,000), Bryce McGain (50,000), Daniel Harris (50,000), Dominic Thornley (50,000), George Bailey (50,000), Jon Moss (50,000), Michael Clarke (1,000,000), Michael Dighton (85,000), Michael Hill (50,000), Phil Jaques (100,000), Shane Harwood (75,000), Shaun Tait (250,000), Steven Smith (75,000), Stuart Clark (250,000).

England: Kevin Pietersen (1,350,000), Andrew Flintoff (950,000), Luke Wright (150,000), Owais Shah (150,000), Paul Collingwood (250,000), Ravi Bopara (150,000), Samit Patel (100,000).

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (75,000), Mohammad Ashraful (75,000), Mashrafe Mortaza (50,000), Tamim Iqbal (50,000).

New Zealand: James Franklin (50,000), Jesse Ryder (100,000), Kyle Mills (150,000).

South Africa: Gulam Bodi (100,000), JP Duminy (300,000), Morne van Wyk (100,000), Tyron Henderson (100,000), Yusuf Abdullah (25,000).

Sri Lanka: Thilan Thushara (100,000), Nuwan Kulasekara (100,000), Kaushalya Weeraratne (50,000), Chamara Kapugedera (150,000).

West Indies: Kieron Pollard (60,000), Fidel Edwards (150,000), Dwayne Smith (tbc), Kemar Roach (50,000), Jerome Taylor (tbc).

Pakistan has barred its players from participating in the IPL after its foreign ministry deemed it was unsafe for the cricketers to travel to India in wake of the November terrorist attacks in Mumbai

Shaun Pollock is likely to return to the IPL either as a mentor, a bowling coach or a combination of the two roles for the Mumbai Indians. Pollock confirmed that negotiations were on with the franchise: "It looks positive," he told Cricinfo

When is the first game?

hearts on fire wrote:When is the first game?

First post HOF 10/4

brod wrote:

hearts on fire wrote:When is the first game?

First post HOF 10/4

okay mate, apologies.