IPL Update

[Hazbeen]

Foxtel are not all over it, Ten are for the next 5 years. Payed a big big amount of money for the rights as well. They are telling everyone they will be showing all the games.

The rumour is it will be on from 9.30 till 1.00 o clock or so every night. It wil be interesting to see how they schedule it.

I think the games will be most likely on Ten HD which they are also putting on a lot of other sport which is not normally shown e.g. Nascar, NBL, footy replays etc

[therisingblues]

Do any of those sides have colours, or a logo or anything?
I was originally going to support Hyderabad after seeing their list, but it looks like everyone else is going to support them, I don't want to follow them anymore. Not unless their colours are double blue and they go by the name of Hyderabad Blues!

[sasquatch]

Hyderabad fair enough, with Afridi and Gilly opening the batting...

[Pup]

Lou Vincent announced 3 weeks ago he was suffering from depression and has been for quite some time.

3 weeks later he has joined up and signed for the ICL tournament and NZ have terminated his contract just like they did to Shane Bond. This tournament is certainly weakening New Zealand cricket and this is the problem that REB was speaking about.

[therisingblues]

Logos of two of the sides:
Dehli Dare Devils
Chennai Super Kings

I haven't found any other names yet.

[locky801]

Heard it all now, Tony (i am an idiot) Greig reckons that going to play in this comp is no different than going over and playing county cricket in the off season in England, the man is an absolute idiot, like cricketers really retire from 1st class cricket world wide to go and play County Cricket

[Dog_ger]

Locky....

My friend.

What do you do for a living...?

Someone offers you 10 times what you earn in a season.

For 3 years. (thats 30 years)

Maybe we pick up the tax on that...?

You would stay faithful to your current employer...?

[Dog_ger]

Locky......

Bowl 50mm off leg stump.....

What are you going to do...?

[Dog_ger]

Money makes your life better.

It doesn't stuff everything up...

No-one can blame these people.

[Pup]

Heard it all now, Tony (i am an idiot) Greig reckons that going to play in this comp is no different than going over and playing county cricket in the off season in England, the man is an absolute idiot, like cricketers really retire from 1st class cricket world wide to go and play County Cricket

You might have taken it out of context a little as well, Ian Healy was saying that it has created tension within the Sri Lankan (And Australia) dressing rooms which was purely a guess IMO. Tony rightly corrected him and said it is no different than when say Kumar plays county cricket for X amount while Dilshan does not play for anyone because they dont want him, and what Tony was saying is that that does not create tension so why would the IPL.

[Pup]

And they were talking about IPL not ICL (Which is what the players have been retiring for)

[locky801]

Locky....

My friend.

What do you do for a living...?

Someone offers you 10 times what you earn in a season.

For 3 years. (thats 30 years)

Maybe we pick up the tax on that...?

You would stay faithful to your current employer...?

I have been with my employer now for 30 years, I am on nearly 100 grand a year, I pick and choose the days and times I work, as long as I do my 40 hours a week, I retire from that job in 5 months and then go to part time work 3 days a week, with another company quite simple really, I cannot improve myself in what I do workwise, take a look at some of the guys playing in this comp, oh day 1 do a hammy, get the full benefits, and not play another game sorry people that aint me, give this project 2 seasons and world cricket will be in more turmoil than when WSC started. And yes as for staying loyal to my current employed, only 18 months ago, I got offered the same amount of money for less hours by another company, yes I knocked it back, one day people in this world will realise that money does not solve all problems, family unity and happiness does

[brod]

Foxtel are not all over it, Ten are for the next 5 years. Payed a big big amount of money for the rights as well. They are telling everyone they will be showing all the games.

The rumour is it will be on from 9.30 till 1.00 o clock or so every night. It wil be interesting to see how they schedule it.

I think the games will be most likely on Ten HD which they are also putting on a lot of other sport which is not normally shown e.g. Nascar, NBL, footy replays etc

Well it aint on the 10 HD ads, so that might be good news for FTA

[Pup]

There is another auction in a couple of days with 13 other players being auctioned off.

They are

M.Yousuf, M. Ul Haq (Brilliant 20/20 player), M. Hafeez.
A. Prince
R. Taylor, P. Fulton, J. How, J. Patel, C. Martin, K. Mills, J. Franklin
B. Hodge, J. Hopes, L. Pomersbach and S. Watson
P. Jayawardene
M. Mortaza, M. Ashraful.

13 others have shown interest in playing but will not be on the auction list.

S. Marsh, B. Hogg, S. Tait, A. Voges, M. Lewis, D. Lehmann, A. Wise, A. Blizzard, A. Crosthwaite, G. Bodi, Y. Hameed, K. Powell and D. Smith.

No where near as much interest in this one and the money will be much lighter as teams have to worry about salary caps.

Amazed to see Tait put his hand up to play in this sort of comp given his recent problems. Makes me wonder.

[tigersupporter]

Lou Vincent announced 3 weeks ago he was suffering from depression and has been for quite some time.

3 weeks later he has joined up and signed for the ICL tournament and NZ have terminated his contract just like they did to Shane Bond. This tournament is certainly weakening New Zealand cricket and this is the problem that REB was speaking about.

watching NZ on FOX the other day and they didnt look too weak

[Pup]

Lou Vincent announced 3 weeks ago he was suffering from depression and has been for quite some time.

3 weeks later he has joined up and signed for the ICL tournament and NZ have terminated his contract just like they did to Shane Bond. This tournament is certainly weakening New Zealand cricket and this is the problem that REB was speaking about.

watching NZ on FOX the other day and they didnt look too weak

Their opponents did though, When Kyle Mills and Chris Martin are running through sides you know you are in a bad way.

[Killa]

Agree the standard was club cricket

[hearts on fire]

Correct me if im wrong, but doesn't the tournament start Wednesday night/ Thursday morning?

[brod]

The first game in on Friday 18 April at 20.00 local time (Bangalore) whatever that is SA time. It is on Channel 10 from 12.15am Saturday 19th, not sure if thats live or not.

Game One
Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Aussies
Bangalore - Bracken, White
Kolkata - John Buchnan (coach), D.Hussey and Ponting

[hearts on fire]

My mistake, i thought it did, a mate told me it started Wednesday night/ Thursday morning...........

bloody bastardo