Big Cricket Thread

[Carbine Chaos]

In at a base price of 20 lakh. Punjab Kings have their paddles up. Sold to Kings. Oh, wait, think Kings didn't want this player. Some confusion. But the hammer has gone down, so Shashank will go to Kings.

Apparently they bid for the wrong Shashank. Hope the bloke has a great time at the club who didn't want him.

 

[FKASC]

Apparently they bid for the wrong Shashank. Hope the bloke has a great time at the club who didn't want him.

Shanked the pick

 

[THE A5]

Shanked the pick

Bailey Williams did the bid?

 

[Truckosaurus]

Apparently they bid for the wrong Shashank. Hope the bloke has a great time at the club who didn't want him.

I hear they also offered Chris Mayne a big contract

 

[squashface]

I hear they also offered Chris Maybe a big contract

Chris Maybe Not

 

[kane249]

Apparently they bid for the wrong Shashank. Hope the bloke has a great time at the club who didn't want him.

You never know, he could turn it around

The Shashank Redemption

 

[MrWoollie]

You never know, he could turn it around

The Shashank Redemption

I cannot believe it took 7 hours for someone to come up with a Shawshank Redemption reference.
I kept logging on and checking... and waiting... and waiting... and finally. Thank you 249.

 

[ioppolo]

I feel for the player having to rock up to work knowing the hierarchy didn't actually want him. Awkward.

 

[Ochre]

If I'm getting 36k for 2 months work, I don't give a shit if they want me

 

[Cuzz09]

So does Starc get the whole $3 mill or is it distributed to club/state etc?

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[Tugga27]

So does Starc get the whole $3 mill or is it distributed to club/state etc?

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$4.3 million.

I think CA gets 10% and the rest is his.

 

[Tugga27]

7 of the 16 Aussies who picked up IPL contracts were Western Australian.

1.7 million for Spencer Johnso is insane.

 

[FKASC]

1.7 million for Spencer Johnso is insane.

Wow, bonkers. I suspect he'll finish the season with a double digit economy rate.

 

[Cuzz09]

$4.3 million.

I think CA gets 10% and the rest is his.

wow. incredible.

good for him

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[FKASC]

wow. incredible.

good for him

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Starc is one of the few that will be worth every dollar. Those yorkers early in the innings decide matches.

 

[THE A5]

7 of the 16 Aussies who picked up IPL contracts were Western Australian.

1.7 million for Spencer Johnso is insane.

He’s been impressive but I find the fascination with him too much. He’s 28 and he’s sorta been treated like a kid that burst onto the scene but in fact it took him till nearly 30 to become a decent domestic cricketer. I’d throw up is he makes his make into the test set up with a proper block of shield games

 

[Dazzler9]

7 of the 16 Aussies who picked up IPL contracts were Western Australian.

1.7 million for Spencer Johnso is insane.

My guess is that his movie star looks played a big part in his IPL demand.

 

[DanWCE]

Starc is one of the few that will be worth every dollar. Those yorkers early in the innings decide matches.

Did he not also sit out of numerous IPL seasons to stay fresh in order to represent Australia at his best? Got no problem with him making bank now after doing the honourable thing by putting the cash to one side to prepare for Aus representation.

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

Did he not also sit out of numerous IPL seasons to stay fresh in order to represent Australia at his best? Got no problem with him making bank now after doing the honourable thing by putting the cash to one side to prepare for Aus representation.

Yeah for all the crap Starc gets for being too expensive at times, he’s been a very good bowler and a fixture in the attack for a decade, and has always made it clear that his biggest priority was to represent his country and make sure his body could hold up for red ball cricket. By no means do I begrudge anybody who wants to make a truckload of money in the limited time that they have as a professional athlete - this is a business, after all - but guys like Starc who pass up the riches of global T20 leagues to put their national duties first deserve extra credit in my view.


And yeah, I thought that Spencer Johnson figure was a misprint when I first read it. Would be very surprised if that goes well for Gujarat.

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

And I have to say that I don’t rate Cummins that highly as a T20 bowler. Still very good but his economy rate is worse than Starc, Behrendorff, Jhye Richardson, Hazlewood and any number of quicks who will be making way less money than him. Handy lower order bat but that’s a crazy amount of money to pay for a guy who doesn’t really have the variations that a lot of the elite quicks do.

 

[THE A5]

Hanish Mckenzie dropped a game after he was named man of the match

 

[Tugga27]

Hanish Mckenzie dropped a game after he was named man of the match

Stiff but had to make way for Agar I guess.

Crawley for Eski and Morris for Hobson were pretty straight forward.

 

[Tugga27]

No Wade is a bonus.

 

[Tugga27]

Dorf doing Dorf things.

 

[Tugga27]

David doing David things.