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[skully]

Results for Aus players in 2021 IPL auction:

AUSTRALIANS SOLD (value $9.4 million)

Glenn Maxwell — Royal Challengers Bangalore - 1425 lakh ($A2.52 million) WTF??

Jhye Richardson — Punjab Kings —1400 lahk ($A2.48m) WTF??

Nathan Coulter-Nile — Mumbai Indians — $A885,000

Steve Smith — Delhi Capitals 220 lakh - $A389,000

Riley Meredith — Kings XI Punjab — $A1.4 million WTF??

Dan Christian — Royal Challengers Bangalore — $850,000

Moises Henriques — Kings XI Punjab — $744,000

Ben Cutting — Kolkata Knight Riders — $133,000

UNSOLD AUSTRALIANS* (value $2.6 million)

$265,872 — 150 lakh — Alex Carey, Shaun Marsh

$177,248 — 100 lakh — Aaron Finch, Marnus Labuschagne, Jason Behrendorff, Billy Stanlake, Matthew Wade

$132,936 — 75 lakh — Hilton Cartwright, James Faulkner

$88,656 — 50 lakh — Ben McDermott, Sean Abbott, Joel Paris, Jack Wildermuth

$70,925 — 40 lakh — Brendan Doggett, Mark Steketee

$53,193 — 30 lakh — Ben Dwarshuis, Chris Green

$35,462 — 20 lakh — Wes Agar, Josh Inglis, Nathan Ellis, Tanveer Sangha, Max Bryant, Jake Weatherald, Matt Kelly, Tim David, Aaron Hardie, Nathan McAndrew

* Reserve prices

[skully]

Clearly many reserve prices were set too high for the Bannie millionaires.

But $A2.52 mill for one good innings in 10 NoShow is ridiculous.

[horace]

Oz players should not play for Oz again

[JGK]

I would love to have a MoneyBall team for IPL.

[WideWally]

Daniel Sams has tested positive for COVID!

[skully]

He tested negative when he arrived but picked up the dreaded lurgy in the 4 days after arrival.

Nawsty!!

[embee]

Game One

The Mumblers got 159

Lynnsanity got 49

they lost 4 for 1 in the twentieth over

Arsey B's used all 20 overs to get the runs

V Coli and No Show had 30 run cameos . Virat was shocked to be given out LBW. Maxy played a stupid shot when he had the bowlers at his mercy

ABdV scored a classy 40 but was run out with two balls to go and two to win

[embee]

Game two

Sea Eskys got 188

Moeen Ali got a quick 36
Suresh Raina got a 50
Rayadu and Jadeja got quick 20's
Emma Stoney got a 2 ball duck
Hitler Youth Curran got a very quick 30

Delhi Operators did it easy

Shaw and Darwin knocked off most the runs and Pant and Stoinis got the rest to win with 8 balls to spare

[embee]

Game three
The Night Traders got 187
Rana got 80 ...Tripathi got 50
Dre Russ and Morgan got bugger all in the slog overs
Dinesh Kartik got a quick 20 at the finish

Nabi and Rashid Khan bowled well

In reply the Sand Paper Hiders are Bad fell 10 short

Little Davey got out early
Jonny got 55 and Pandey got 61 but they were always behind the run chase

Couldnt fit Williamson in ...I'd suggest Warner's spot

[lardbucket]

Couldnt fit Williamson in

says everything you need to know about the quality of the cricket

[JGK]

Couldnt fit Williamson in

says everything you need to know about the quality of the "cricket"

Fixed

[embee]

Game 4 Other Kings vs Royals for the Prince Philip Cup

Other Kings batted first and scored 6/221

Rahul batted through to the 20th over for 91

Nice cameo from Gayle and then a smashing 84 from Hooda Thunkit

Pooran got a first baller to a good catch which they reviewed for longer than the rest of the game


In reply the Royals fell 4 short with a dot and a wicket off the last two balls as Samson tried to single handedly win the game ...119 of 63 balls ....and he had short hair

Stokes sent the third ball up the chimney and could have been caught by 3 fielders . KL Rahul has been given 3 weeks by the AFL MRO for his contact on Mo Shami.

Richardson bowled crap ...probably shouldnt bowl with his wallet in his pocket

[embee]

Game 5 Mumblers vs Night Faders


Night Faders all over the Mumblers in this

Mumblers lost 7/37 in the last 5 overs to be bowled out for 152

Rohit got 43 Yadav 56 and the Kurnal chipped in with 15 off 9 in the collapse

In reply the night faders needed 31 off the last 5 overs after a good start by Rana and Gill was pulled by Chahar taking a wicket per over in his spell ....Rana getting stumped off the last ball of his 4 overs was cricket so stupid you had to look twice to make sure it wasnt Maxwell batting

Two dropped catches by the Kurnal and Bumrah were probably the match winners in the last 5 overs ...Dre Russ could not hit the ball (except for the free hit off Bumrah) and being dropped twice certainly helped the non scoring rate

Night Faders eventually faded to a 10 run loss

[Blackadder]

Game 4 Other Kings vs Royals for the Prince Philip Cup

Other Kings batted first and scored 6/221

Rahul batted through to the 20th over for 91

Nice cameo from Gayle and then a smashing 84 from Hooda Thunkit

Pooran got a first baller to a good catch which they reviewed for longer than the rest of the game


In reply the Royals fell 4 short with a dot and a wicket off the last two balls as Samson tried to single handedly win the game ...119 of 63 balls ....and he had short hair

Stokes sent the third ball up the chimney and could have been caught by 3 fielders . KL Rahul has been given 3 weeks by the AFL MRO for his contact on Mo Shami.

Richardson bowled crap ...probably shouldnt bowl with his wallet in his pocket

And a subbie with a dodgy bowling action.
https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/ipl-bowler-got-away-with-low-tactic-that-has-cricket-talking/news-story/aedc646d7e7fa45e422cfafa4b5575f9#itm=newscomau%7Csport%7Cright-now-in-%7C4%7CIPL%202021%3A%20Riyan%20Parag%20bowling%20action%20video%2C%20news%2C%20rules%7Cindex%7CSport%20index&itmt=1618369977646

[embee]

So many actual pingers in world cricket and they worry about that

[skully]

Indeed. Doesn't look that much different to Malinga's action.

[Blackadder]

The beginning of the end for the IPL?
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/adam-zampa-kane-richardson-bangalore-rcb-exit-india-covid19-coronavirus-tye-australia-quarantine/2021-04-26

[beamer]

Surely the time to pull the plug or relocate to the Middle East...

[skully]

Plenty of Aussies now trapped away from Aus due to new bans on Indian flights to Aus.

Or they could charter a jet, I suppose.

[embee]

etagyeknom express

[beamer]

Well, they all knew the risks of going there, they chased the money and if they end up stuck in India for 6 months they can’t complain, really.

[Big Dog]

Looks like Zampa & Richardson snuck home via a third country. Get ready for the recriminations to flow.

[Blackadder]

Well it had to happen.

Two IPL players have contracted Covid-19

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/indian-premier-league/ipl-2021-news-kolkata-knight-riders-covid19-outbreak-pat-cummins-update-kkr-vs-rcb/news-story/290c6504ff6e6db8310c4847ad05674d

[skully]

Inevitable.

[lardbucket]

Just cancel it. It's rubbish, offensive to the Indians suffering the illness, and of no interest to anybody outside India.

Any Australian greedy enough to take the money for this plague-ridden circuit can stay in isolation somewhere before they return. Off-shore quarantine if they're lucky, and be grateful for that.

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