Indian Premier League

absolutezero · #1 05-26-2008, 07:48 AM

Anyone here following the 20-20 IPL ?

Petebass · #2 05-28-2008, 09:36 PM

Only a little. It's on very late at night over here and I'm usually asleep.

To be honest I'm mostly interested by the "players from many different countries playing with each other instead of against each other" aspect of it. And lets face it, each team only has 2 or 3 non-Indian players, so it still resembles a local/county/provincial competition for the most part.

tplyons · #3 05-28-2008, 10:26 PM

Nope, only follow IPA here

RohanD · #4 05-29-2008, 01:03 AM

Heh. It's worth watching just for the mugshots the players get as they walk out...

sensible68 · #5 06-02-2008, 06:22 AM

only on cricinfo. Followed Rajasthan as it had 3 current/ex hampshire players, including Warnie. He's an amazing cricketer.

Petebass · #6 06-02-2008, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by sensible68

only on cricinfo. Followed Rajasthan as it had 3 current/ex hampshire players, including Warnie. He's an amazing cricketer.

Will Warnie make that come-back to test cricket he's spoken about? Stuart Magill just announced his retirement so Australia needs a spinner.........

sensible68 · #7 06-02-2008, 05:01 PM

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Will Warnie make that come-back to test cricket he's spoken about? Stuart Magill just announced his retirement so Australia needs a spinner.........

haha, he's as good at keeping out of the papers as he is at keeping his old feller in his trousers. I think the chances, unlike him, are rather slim.

Petebass · #8 06-02-2008, 08:39 PM

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haha, he's as good at keeping out of the papers as he is at keeping his old feller in his trousers. I think the chances, unlike him, are rather slim.

You can't argue with that!

I wonder what happened with Magill? When Warnie retired, everyone was talking about it being Magilla's chance to secure his financial future with a good 3 or 4 years in the Aussie team with no real competitoin for the spinner's spot. Meanwhile, we could be grooming a couple of youngsters to take over when Magill got too old.

Suddenly, Magill's back to earning "local wages" and we may have to rush young Dan Cullen into the side maybe a little earlier than we would have liked. Ah well, time will tell how this one pans out............