wasteyouryouth
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Marizanne Kapp's just won a bbq for being player of the match in the final.
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Don't feel like this draft has gone to plan for Cricket Australia at all. A bunch of teams seemingly already filled up their salary caps and are passing on picks
mohsin7827
International Coach
- Joined
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It was a dull affair after what it was advertised for and for the big players(few).
May be franchise model/ foreign investors could solve the salary caps issue.
The fact that same issue got a mention in the draft itself shows where it was going.
May be franchise model/ foreign investors could solve the salary caps issue.
The fact that same issue got a mention in the draft itself shows where it was going.
CerealKiller
Staff Member
Hobart picking up 3 Pakistani players, all 3 play for Islamabad United 
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
I mean if they did that there would be more money thrown around, but the central ownership of teams is one of the things that had stopped the league from fizzling out after c. three seasons
Bevab
Staff Member
How many of these will be lost to the inevitable January logjam of T20 leagues competing though?
Pinch hitter
Smash… Smash… Smash!
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Perth go for all 3 English players and Hobart goes for Pakistan players .
Na Maloom Afraad
Man of Tomorrow
That explains thatHobart picking up 3 Pakistani players, all 3 play for Islamabad United
Bevab
Staff Member
Just noticed de Grandhomme being picked. New Zealand’s home season takes place during the same time and he is a centrally contracted player. Will he be doing a Boult and giving up his contract then?
Neptune
Panel of Selectors
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Its a pretty bold move from him, Boult and Neesham asked the board to not renew their contracts specifically .
I think CDG saw the Boult situation and just thought that if he did get picked he would just give up his contract but it's going to be much trickier than that. Technically NZC can take him to court if goes ahead with the bbl plan I think
Bevab
Staff Member
As far as I know Neesham was not given a contract rather than him rejecting one. He is turning into the Kiwi Maxi with how much disrespect he garners from the higher ones due to being someone from outside the boys club.
If they have any sort of spine this board should take CdG to court as otherwise there would be nothing stopping multiple players from just signing up for T20 leagues without notice and then dropping their contracts if they get picked up. Munro for instance was frozen out for doing far less. This could also easily backfire for CdG as he is no longer seen as a first teamer in any format, is on the wrong side of 30 and despite his aggressive reputation isn’t really a great T20 cricketer either given how limited he is. A Poor showing here and he might get shunned in the T20 freelance market without a central contract to fall back on leading to retirement. For the sake of both parties I hope they find a resolution that doesn’t end in disaster as both sides can lose more than they could have gained.
BBL 2022-23: Carl Hooper appointed Adelaide Strikers' assistant coach
Hooper played 102 Tests and 227 ODIs for West Indies between 1987 and 2003.
Very underrated cricketer, good to see him coaching in Australia.
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
And now they're already down three out of eight first round picks (Livingstone, Evans, Willey)
So this is going really well. Ben Manenti and Clive Rose can do no wrong
It isn't exactly brilliant, but certainly two of those three (Livingstone becoming an all-formats player for England and Evans testing positive for drugs) were unforeseen, and I'm definitely not one to blame them for that.
At least we are getting players to commit to full years' worth of play this year. I remember the Hurricanes especially seeming to trot out a new random every match last year.
P.s. - Ben Manenti is actually unironically good this year
