How many IPL matches did you watch live ?

I'm with JKL.

T20 is ideally suited for the temparaments of only 5 teams.

Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, South Africa & India.

Enzee is borderline.

England are totally out of it. The English players are not fit enough, not physically robust enough, not motivated enough, and are traditionally far too content and too aloof to either participate or captain in any T20 teams.

oops I forgot the West Indies. Very inconsistent performers.

difficult to motivate, poor teamwork, couldn't be arsed to compete and constantly hide behind excuses of differences with management.

buckSH wrote:oops I forgot the West Indies. Very inconsistent performers.

difficult to motivate, poor teamwork, couldn't be arsed to compete and constantly hide behind excuses of differences with management.

Sounds exactly like the Gen Y generation that T20 appeals too...

JGK wrote:

Sounds exactly like the Gen Y generation that T20 appeals too...

bucky obviously has the attention span of a goldfish, which is why he loves it so...

Without IPL, no one would have known of Shadab Jakati, Vander Merwe, Manish Pandey, Harmeet Singh, Ojha, or even an Atul Sharma.

Ranji doesn't give an opportunity to showcase such players. And more teams mean that more international players too shall get a chance to make an impression on the big stage.

Can't see what's wrong with that from any angle. This helps mainstream cricket as nothing else.

buckSH wrote:yes, but all those on this forum who did have access to Setanta or received telecast of IPL matches did watch them.

the point is they then come on here and keep wasting our time reporting on how 'they didn't watch it'.

Yeah? You 'know' this how?

divine XY-vision that cuts through lies, dishonesty and untruth.

lardbucket wrote:You swine, JKL. Tasmania winning the Sheffield Shield was LEGEND.

as in it never happened?

It's pretty clear that the England team's fitness would shit all over the Indian team's.

Case closed.

buckSH wrote:Without IPL, no one would have known of Shadab Jakati, Vander Merwe, Manish Pandey, Harmeet Singh, Ojha, or even an Atul Sharma.

I still don't know who Atul Sharma is.

Lardy

You don't need cable ...you need to be able to get Ten's HD channel One ...a HD set top box or a new tv would sort that out (assuming you get coverage )

Bucks

Van de Merwe played 4 Jamodis for Jaapan vs the Ozzies before the IPL and the rest are still a bit short of International class

I tell you it's not long before the teams start taking complete international rookies.

Esp if more teams are involved. Not everyone shall be able to afford int stars.

Just think about it, talent scouts from these teams scouring the world for fresh talent, only cricket gains from this. A dying sport stands its best chance to being resurrected.

buckSH wrote: A dying sport stands its best chance to being resurrected.

Modi is Dr Frankenstein

shaun marsh last year was someone who 'made' his name in the ipl before any senior international experience. there is certainly the possibility of more as teams start sending scouts to pick the best talent

mendis too was picked up by calcutta before he played for lanka. they didnt play him in the last year though

Tom Moody was coaching Punjab ...so Marsh and Pomersbach were hardly picked by scouts

Warner was signed before he made his debut for Australia wasn't he?

embee wrote:Tom Moody was coaching Punjab ...so Marsh and Pomersbach were hardly picked by scouts

hardly the point. someone picked them before they made an international impact

spangler wrote:Warner was signed before he made his debut for Australia wasn't he?

no. he was signed this year wasnt he?

The One wrote:

spangler wrote:Warner was signed before he made his debut for Australia wasn't he?

no. he was signed this year wasnt he?

This article is dated in Dec 08 saying he's signed for DD and he made his t20 debut for Australia in January.

Of course none of these players would ever have made it if IPL wasn't on the scene...

i stand corrected. another one then

On the flip side, IPL also ensures that bowlers like Kamran Khan get picked up with incorrect actions and development even before they are ready to be picked up.....