IPL Player Auction

[Alpha1]

haha he did sound and look pissed off didn't he ... I think he was expecting a cool million .... idiot.

 

[dmc333]

You can take the boy out of Mowbray.... and he'll still want more.

All class.

 

[bringbackschwarter5]

So if you were the worlds best current player and just about the best batsman of all-time you would not a little suprised to go for that much?

 

[Richo is God]

what i dont understand is why symonds was the highest paid australian when on the indian tour they were calling him a monkey?

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

what i dont understand is why symonds was the highest paid australian when on the indian tour they were calling him a monkey?

Yeah because no one would want to go and watch a player who was part of all that controversy.

 

[footyfreak]

Yeah because no one would want to go and watch a player who was part of all that controversy.

or watch on TV $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[Kahuna]

Wasn't SHANE BOND meant to be in this?

 

[youngsaint]

he was in that rebel one.. ICL

 

[Freo Big Fella]

David Hussey in doubt, Langer pulls out

Cricinfo staff

February 23, 2008



Doubts linger over where David Hussey will be headed come April © Getty Images



David Hussey, the Victoria batsman, may have been purchased for US$625,000 by the Kolkata franchise in the Indian Premier League's auction, but his county side Nottinghamshire have insisted he is contracted to play for them this season. Hussey's participation in the IPL, which runs from April 18 to June 1, would mean he misses the first five County Championship matches and eight games in the Friends Provident Trophy.

Mike Newell, Nottinghamshire's director of cricket, said: "We are currently talking to David and his advisors, so I would prefer not to comment at this stage other than to say that he signed a new two-year contract with us after the end of last season."

Hussey was one of the surprise buys at the IPL auction, being picked up well above his initial base price of $125,000. He even outdid his more famous brother, the Test player Michael, who went for $350,000. Unlike Michael, David was reportedly available for the entire tournament, which perhaps was one of the reasons why he sold for a higher price than the likes of Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden

Meanwhile, Justin Langer, the former Australian Test opener, has indicated he will play for Somerset and won't turn out for the Jaipur franchise. Langer collected his base price of $200,000, but Jaipur paid only $75,000 for him, with the Indian board covering the difference.

"I have made a commitment to Somerset and I intend to honour it," Langer told the Age. "I made that clear when I first signed with IPL and I have no hesitation sticking to it."

Langer fears the IPL will damage the game. "When you go to your grave," he said, "people will remember what you did with your life rather than how much money you made."

The newspaper also reported Luke Ronchi, the Western Australia wicketkeeper, is considering an A$100,000 (approx US$92,000) offer to join the Mumbai franchise, while his team-mate Luke Pomersbach, who earned a car park call-up to play a Twenty20 international for Australia, is also set to join an IPL team. The Mumbai franchise failed to buy a wicketkeeper-batsman at the auction held on Wednesday.

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