Aussie Premier League

[jackpot jim]

I'm a country lad that lives in country South Australia NOT Adelaide.
I've supported the SACA for decades by attending matches at Adelaide oval supporting MY team -SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Why the F**K should i then support a team called ADELAIDE Strikers?
Why should i support a team called ADELAIDE Strkers that contains players that actually PLAY for states other than South Australia?
Why have the Cricket Australia ALIENATED country based fans by naming teams after cities and not the state?

Result = that i WONT be supporting this ridiculous competition as it has NO appeal to me as i feel that i have NO affiliation to any team in the comp.

[Jimmy]

I'm a country lad that lives in country South Australia NOT Adelaide.
I've supported the SACA for decades by attending matches at Adelaide oval supporting MY team -SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Why the F**K should i then support a team called ADELAIDE Strikers?
Why should i support a team called ADELAIDE Strkers that contains players that actually PLAY for states other than South Australia?
Why have the Cricket Australia ALIENATED country based fans by naming teams after cities and not the state?

Result = that i WONT be supporting this ridiculous competition as it has NO appeal to me as i feel that i have NO affiliation to any team in the comp.

Mate, even blokes from Adelaide are up set too! Weird watching blokes play for the Brisbane heat then come backand play shield. They have ****** it up

[brod]

Shane Warne is expected to make a decision next week on which Big Bash League to play for, and Cricket Australia will contribute a marketing bonus to encourage him out of retirement.

[brod]

Shane Warne is expected to announce his signing with the Melbourne Stars in this summer's Twenty20 Big Bash League.
Another former Australia spinner, Brad Hogg, has announced his participation in the BBL, signing on with the Perth Scorchers at the age of 40. Hogg retired from cricket in February 2008.

[Pup]

Shane Warne is expected to announce his signing with the Melbourne Stars in this summer's Twenty20 Big Bash League.
Another former Australia spinner, Brad Hogg, has announced his participation in the BBL, signing on with the Perth Scorchers at the age of 40. Hogg retired from cricket in February 2008.

And he still want sto play 4 day cricket.

[Media Park]

Warne confirmed as playing today.

[Gozu]

Enticed by the chance to revitalise Australian cricket and do it in his MCG "backyard", Shane Warne has confirmed he will line up for the Melbourne Stars in this summer's Twenty20 Big Bash League.

Warne will play for the duration of the competition, having decided that the initial offers of a one or two-match cameo appearance, made when he was still reticent about returning to cricket after retiring from the IPL earlier this year, would not have been worthwhile.

Calling himself a "young 42", Warne said he had not yet decided whether this would be his only summer with the Stars, but was enthused by the prospect of helping attract younger generations to cricket, not least his own three children.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-le ... 39656.html

Have a look at his face in that picture, jesus.

[brod]

SYDNEY Sixers will monitor Stuart MacGill's form in Twenty20 grade cricket over the next three weeks as the likelihood of a Big Bash League clash with old rival Shane Warne looms.

The former Test leg-spinner made a surprise comeback to club cricket with Sydney University on Sunday, taking 1-26 from four overs in a T20 match against Fairfield-Liverpool.

[brod]

England seamer Jade Dernbach has signed with Melbourne Stars for the Big Bash league. Dernbach has played 13 ODIs and five Twenty20s for England, averaging 41.56 and 15 with the ball respectively. He'll be part of a bowling line-up that includes Peter Siddle and Shane Warne.

[brod]

The Sydney Sixers have ramped up their assault on the Twenty20 Big Bash by signing West Indian power hitter Dwayne Bravo.

The brilliant all-rounder is rated one of the best T20 exponents in the world, boasting more than 1700 runs and 106 wickets in 113 matches

[brod]

Mitchell Johnson has reversed his earlier decision to stay away from this summer's Twenty20 Big Bash League, signing on with the Perth Scorchers.

Having said in July that he would not take part in the BBL in order to keep himself fresh as possible for the international summer, Johnson appears to have changed his mind after being dropped from the Australia T20 team following indifferent displays in that format in Sri Lanka.