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[uknsaunders]

Players capped at full International level can't be sign outside the auction, unless they are replacements for injured or unavailable players.

Swann, Anderson and Wright gathered no interest as their base price was $400k, they should have taken the same route as Morgan(base price was $200k) and had a lower base price.

Yash, Uthappa is rubbish, he's been running his mouth for 3 years how he's one of the best players in India, yet he does little to show that. He thought he could be w/k and gave up. He opened the batting and gave up. The guy is a quitter.

Wasn't Dimitri Mascarenhas brought by Rajastan outside auction originally - he was capped in 2007. Cricinfo article:-
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/content/story/348011.html


Uthappa was outstanding in 2010, did you watch the IPL last year?

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/475493.html

[Jeet]

Wasn't Dimitri Mascarenhas brought by Rajastan outside auction originally - he was capped in 2007. Cricinfo article:-
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl/content/story/348011.html


Uthappa was outstanding in 2010, did you watch the IPL last year?

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/475493.html

Uthappa wasn't anything special. He was behind Raina, Vijay, Rohit and S Tiwary in the run charts. All these guys have leapfrogged him into the nation side.

Regarding Dimi, no English players entered the auction in 2008, so Dimi was purchased after the auction. Additionally Dimi wasn't a Test player, so it was easier to get him.

[uknsaunders]

fair enough Jeet - I thought he was outstanding from the games I watched.

I'm not sure your thoughts on Dimitri made sense - he had ODI caps and was a full international. If memory serves me right he smacked 5 sixes in an over in an ODI at the Oval in 2007, so he'd of certainly have been a key England player at that point. However, things might of changed since then - we'll see if anyone pops up between now and the 8th April :-)

[Jeet]

fair enough Jeet - I thought he was outstanding from the games I watched.

I'm not sure your thoughts on Dimitri made sense - he had ODI caps and was a full international. If memory serves me right he smacked 5 sixes in an over in an ODI at the Oval in 2007, so he'd of certainly have been a key England player at that point. However, things might of changed since then - we'll see if anyone pops up between now and the 8th April :-)

No what I meant was, if your an ODI/T20 player, boards are more likely to give permission outside the auction.

Regular Test players aren't usually given clearance outside the auction.

[sgcricket]

franchises can get permission to fill in replacement slots after the auction if someone they bought is not available....i believe mascarenhas was bought using that route

[MineheadCricket]

Had an argument with a friend yesterday over the most represented nation bar India, It's Australia, right?

[uknsaunders]

easy way to work it out - count which nation has the most coaches. It'll probably be Australia - that's right the greatest T20 nation in world cricket after winning none of the last 3 world cups.

IPL isn't about logic I'm afraid.

[espocrespo]

A few extra signings
Michael Lumb to Deccan
Dimitri Mascarenhas to Punjab

A few suprise names include

Travis Birt    Delhi Daredevils   
Nathan Rimmington    Kings XI Punjab   
Jonathan Vandiar    Royal Challengers Bangalore      
Aiden Blizzard    Mumbai Indians   
Robert Frylinck Delhi Daredevils

[MineheadCricket]

Michael Lumb, Very strange to see him picked up as opposed to many other English players. How much for?

[mattw]

Maybe because he's not in the England set up at the moment so he will be available to play the whole tournament? He played last year I think and did alright from what I remember.

[MineheadCricket]

But surely the reason he is out of the England side is because of his form. From memory didn't he have a reasonably poor county season?