posted Oct 5, 2008

Middlesex asking Shah to be released for champions league is an indicator that the importance of playing for the country may become less in the years to come.

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posted Oct 5, 2008

Maybe in future T2o will be called 'cricball' or something to differentiate from the purer forms of the game

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posted Oct 5, 2008

Greyblazer, the release of Owais Shah has a lot to do with needing the money. I fear that the Middlesex squad is going to have a very hard time to hold their own in the competition and, without Shah, it will be even harder. I'm not sure if there is prize money for all 8 sides, but if there is I suspect that anything that helps Middlesex to finish higher than 8th and maximise their returns will be seized upon.

Actually, it is not necessarily a bad thing for England for him to play some cricket in India between the two tours.

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posted Oct 5, 2008

Yeah Shah can get to play some cricket though it is 20/20. The dates for the competition though is interesting as it starts one day after the onedayers against India ends and finishes one day before the tests.

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posted Oct 5, 2008

Any player who is not in the England XI for whatever reason will get almost no cricket at all. T20 is better than nothing. And it will be T20 against proper bowlers.

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posted Oct 5, 2008

Yeah you are right still it is interesting to note the tight schedule. Do Chennai super kings or Royals have any Indian player? I think Dhoni plays for Kings

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posted Oct 5, 2008

The schedule was always going to be tight because India have an incredibly compressed international programme this winter and the dates had already been moved once because of conflict with international commitments.

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posted Oct 6, 2008

This is great news Pak is going to follow SL

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1196109

The sooner BCCi realizes how much they are losing ground I see an about face - I do hope Modi is made the scapegoat and takes the fall

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posted Oct 6, 2008

Did SL actually lift the ban on ICL players? The govt. minister came and said Ranatunga's acts were not fair. He said SL cricket should support BCCI.

Not that I like BCCI's stance but that is what happened.

If Pakistan can be consistent in their message that ICL players can play for Pakistan, the team will improve a lot. There are 2 or 3 good players in ICL that can claim their place in Pak XI outright.

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posted Oct 6, 2008

I count 4

Imran Farhat
Abdur Razzaq
Imran Nazir
Mohd Sami

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