Kent refuse to release player for ICC Trophy

[andrew_nixon]

Just a quick question for our two Kent fans: Do you think that Kent should release Amjad Khan to play for Denmark in the ICC Trophy?

 

[Kev]

I don't see why not, we have other bowlers

 

[Ashish_Nehra]

Ireland won't beat India, C'mon, it doesn't matter.

You saw Usa vs NZ and AUS

Play for money that Irish player, your team not winning anyway.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Ireland won't beat India, C'mon, it doesn't matter.

You saw Usa vs NZ and AUS

Play for money that Irish player, your team not winning anyway.

They're not playing India.

I did see USA v New Zealand and Australia.

I also saw Ireland beat the West Indies and a full strength Zimbabwe side recently.

 

[sohum]

It's the ICC Cup, Ashish (it's so stupid referring to you like that). It's for the development of the game. And to figure out who will qualify to the World Cup. You know Sri Lanka, that team that is in the top 4 of both Test and ODI rankings, now? They used to be one of those teams that used to get their asses kicked during the World Cup. Then they won a cup. It can happen to anyone. Even Bangladesh.

 

[andrew_nixon]

It's the ICC Cup, Ashish (it's so stupid referring to you like that). It's for the development of the game. And to figure out who will qualify to the World Cup. You know Sri Lanka, that team that is in the top 4 of both Test and ODI rankings, now? They used to be one of those teams that used to get their asses kicked during the World Cup. Then they won a cup. It can happen to anyone. Even Bangladesh.

And Sri Lanka are amongst the winners of the ICC Trophy. They won the first one back in 1979.

 

[sohum]

Yeah, I wasn't sure about that so I didn't make the claim. I may have to retract that statement about Bangladesh, though. :P

 

[andrew_nixon]

O'Brien has given his first interview since the Irish squad was announced. Although Kent didn't technically refuse to release him, they made it clear that he might not get his place back after the tournament. Sounds a little like blackmail to me, not that I'm accusing Kent of anything. Kent have released Amjad Khan to play for Denmark though.

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The counties have been pretty good at releasing players so far. Here is a full list of players from teams in the ICC Trophy involved in county cricket.

Scotland

Gavin Hamilton (Durham) - released
Kyle Coetzer (Durham) - TBA
John Blain (Yorkshire) - TBA
Dougie Brown (Warwickshire) - released

I assume that if Durham are relasing Hamilton, they'll also release Coetzer. Durham have had pretty good relations with the SCU in recent years.

Ireland

Ed Joyce (Middlesex) - released
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) - released
Andrew White (Northamptonshire) - released
Niall O'Brien (Kent) - not released

Denmark

Amjad Khan (Kent) - released