Second IPL auction, Tuesday 11 March 2008

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Second IPL auction on March 11

Ajay S Shankar

March 5, 2008

The Indian Premier League will hold a second players' auction in Mumbai on March 11, when players who were not part of the first auction will be offered to the eight franchises. There is speculation some English players not centrally contracted to the ECB will be involved, though a franchise representative said the teams were yet to get a list of players up for auction.

The money that's gonna be thrown around is far less than what was thrown around in the first one though, partly because the teams have a spending cap.

And partly because the big fish of world cricket are either already taken or unavailable.

Does anyone really care about this anymore?

I'm sure many of the English counties care - they could be left without key players for the first 4-6 weeks of the season.

Many of them are already struggling to recruit overseas players due to the IPL (who in their right mind would want to play a full season in england when they could earn double/treble the amount of money in 6 weeks playing somewhere else).

Although wouldn't it be great if the IPL fails miserably and the ICL remains a relative success!

The likes of Modi and Shah of the BCCI don't seem to care much for cricket yet their love of the dollar supersedes all.

Probably will start in a short while. Should be interesting to see who gets which U-19 player.

Ashwell Prince back for a second run? He wasn't sufficiently humiliated the first time round?

Players up for the second round:

Pakistan: Misbah-ul Haq, Salman Butt, Mohammad Yousuf, Yasir Hameed, Mohammad Haneef, Sohail Tanvir

New Zealand: Kyle Mills, Jeetan Patel, James Franklin, Chris Martin, Ross Taylor, Peter Fulton, Jamie How

Australia: Brad Hodge, Shane Watson, James Hopes, Phil Jacques, Brett Geeves, Luke Pomerbach

South Africa: Morne Morkel, Ashwell Prince

Sri Lanka: Prasanna Jayawardena

Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak.

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ipl/content/current/story/341772.html

Sixteen Under-19 players, including the members of the Indian squad that won the World Cup earlier this month, will be picked by the eight Indian Premier League franchises based on the "draft" system in practice in the various US leagues, Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman has said. The draft pick will be held during the second IPL auction, which will also include 18 foreign players, in Mumbai on March 11.

bliksem wrote:Ashwell Prince back for a second run? He wasn't sufficiently humiliated the first time round?

What's with your obsession with the poor Prince? Is he your new love after Dippenaar?


And yeah, I would think guy could have showed some self respect in not making himself available for the second round auction. Think he will make the third ound as well?

Watto went for $150k


Hopesless for $300k!!!!

Pomersbach for $50k (which could be the buy of the season if he could be bothered playing).

Ross Taylor $100k


Morne Morkel $60k.


The smarter franchises will be buying up big in this round.

Pomersbach for $50k (which could be the buy of the season if he could be bothered playing).

Is he better that David Hussey?

JGK wrote:Watto went for $150k

How much do they have to pay him when he's sitting on the bench injured?

Chandan wrote:
Is he better that David Hussey?

No, but he's got loads of potential. They're all sucking his nuts before he's even done loads.

He's better than Jesus...

Is he an allrounder or just a batsman? Which state does he play from?

Brass Monkey wrote:

Chandan wrote:
Is he better that David Hussey?

No, but he's got loads of potential. They're all sucking his nuts before he's even done loads.

Most people tend to "do" loads after having their nuts sucked . . .

Chandan wrote:Is he an allrounder or just a batsman? Which state does he play from?

Why not google his name and you can see all his stats, etc?

Chandan wrote:Is he an allrounder or just a batsman? Which state does he play from?

is this in reference to Jesus?

taipan wrote:

Chandan wrote:Is he an allrounder or just a batsman? Which state does he play from?

is this in reference to Jesus?

I think so. He was good little player but the match referee ended up crucifying him . . .

tac wrote:

taipan wrote:

Chandan wrote:Is he an allrounder or just a batsman? Which state does he play from?

is this in reference to Jesus?

I think so. He was good little player but the match referee ended up crucifying him . . .

I have heard him described as "being able to walk on water" Personally I think that was a bit over the top.

taipan wrote:

tac wrote:

taipan wrote:

Chandan wrote:Is he an allrounder or just a batsman? Which state does he play from?

is this in reference to Jesus?

I think so. He was good little player but the match referee ended up crucifying him . . .

I have heard him described as "being able to walk on water" Personally I think that was a bit over the top.

Indeed . . . but he weren't bad on a sticky wicket.

tac wrote:

taipan wrote:

tac wrote:

taipan wrote:

Chandan wrote:Is he an allrounder or just a batsman? Which state does he play from?

is this in reference to Jesus?

I think so. He was good little player but the match referee ended up crucifying him . . .

I have heard him described as "being able to walk on water" Personally I think that was a bit over the top.

Indeed . . . but he weren't bad on a sticky wicket.

True, he pulled his team back from the dead a few times.

taipan wrote:

tac wrote:

taipan wrote:

tac wrote:

taipan wrote:

Chandan wrote:Is he an allrounder or just a batsman? Which state does he play from?

is this in reference to Jesus?

I think so. He was good little player but the match referee ended up crucifying him . . .

I have heard him described as "being able to walk on water" Personally I think that was a bit over the top.

Indeed . . . but he weren't bad on a sticky wicket.

True, he pulled his team back from the dead a few times.

He was very handy with the drinks in the dressing room after play as well .. .