Stuart Broad says no to the IPL

....Along with Andrew Strauss (snigger), Ali Cook (snigger), Matt Prior, Michael Vaughan (snigger, but surprising, and Merlin....I guess admirable?), and Tim Ambrose (snigger).

Ian Bell remains keen to take part (snigger).


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/7855464.stm

Good on the lad.

Might not have been picked anyway, but laudable opt-out.

by most accounts a total of 12-15 players will be picked up in this auction. i would guess 3-4 of those would be englishmen. the hot picks for this year would be clarke, haddin, tait, duminy, shakib al hasan, kp and flintoff

the wild card is of course if any of the pakistanis are allowed to participate

If Ian Bell gets picked we should unbanIndia just for their sense of humour.

Anyway, good for Broady. Though, TBH in the long term, he's not going to lose much financially. The ECB will have to jack up the value of central contracts if their best players are not going to go freelance.

Bell in India? Jeeeez. Hat of Conf or what!!

I wish a few Aussies would follow this lead.

Zat wrote:I wish a few Aussies would follow this lead.

What, be a crap bowler who doesn't want to suffer the indignity of not getting signed up by nobly removing yourself from contention?

Harsh.

But very very fair!

Dello wrote:

Zat wrote:I wish a few Aussies would follow this lead.

What, be a crap bowler who doesn't want to suffer the indignity of not getting signed up by nobly removing yourself from contention?

We've got plenty of crap bowlers at the moment. Haven't you been watching the series against the yarpies?

What's the IPL?

Insecure Popsicle Lovers

Zat wrote:Insecure Popsicle Lovers

Baffles me why Bell isn't playing in this.

Inefficient Pee Louder

Dello wrote:

Zat wrote:I wish a few Aussies would follow this lead.

What, be a crap bowler who doesn't want to suffer the indignity of not getting signed up by nobly removing yourself from contention?

Come now, horse face lover. Broad has taken approx 80 int'l limited overs wickets @ 27. Ok, not world beating but hardly crapalicious.

What's the sajmans figures btw?

"by most accounts a total of 12-15 players will be picked up in this auction. i would guess 3-4 of those would be englishmen. the hot picks for this year would be clarke, haddin, tait, duminy, shakib al hasan, kp and flintoff"


Carseldine might get a look, if the bidders have paid attention.

JKLever wrote:

Dello wrote:

Zat wrote:I wish a few Aussies would follow this lead.

What, be a crap bowler who doesn't want to suffer the indignity of not getting signed up by nobly removing yourself from contention?

Come now, horse face lover. ...

Dell is infatuated with SJ Parker?!

JKLever wrote:

Dello wrote:

Zat wrote:I wish a few Aussies would follow this lead.

What, be a crap bowler who doesn't want to suffer the indignity of not getting signed up by nobly removing yourself from contention?

Come now, horse face lover. Broad has taken approx 80 int'l limited overs wickets @ 27. Ok, not world beating but hardly crapalicious.

What's the sajmans figures btw?

Yeah, the IPL franchises will be falling over themselves to sign up "Six sixes" Stuey.

Saj was f*cking dynamite in the domestic T20s last season. Dynamite.

Dello wrote:
Yeah, the IPL franchises will be falling over themselves to sign up "Six sixes" Stuey.

Indians would admire his 'balls' at coming back from that...

They might admire them, but they wouldn't want them in their team.

Methinks you're giving the fans of the IPL too much credit. After all, if their attention spans can only handle a match of 40 overs duration, would they remember events from months ago?