Its Summer! - the Fever Cricket Thread.

wtf Jesse Ryder is trending worldwide

Surprised that a team wouldn't take a chance with Ryder for 100k.

WHo the f**k is Abhishek Nayyar?  Who ever he is, he's now $800,000 richer.

You've got to take into account that they have to have the majority of their team Indians, so any quality ones are going to be worth a lot more than the same quality of international players - there are a lot more internationals for a lot fewer positions.

Franklin goes for 100K

That is total BS. NZC have seriously lost the plot.

That Indian series was a very good one to strike some form in.

No bids for James Anderson....

Wait Nathan McCullum gets a contract??? 100k

But Ryder doesn't! that's f**ked, I'd have backed Ryder to get as much as any one of the NZ players maybe bar McCullum but even he got f all compared to Taylor.

Mental.

Agree that test cricket is way too expensive. You're effectively paying $85 to see 1 match. And the 8th placed vs 6th laced team to boot.

You'd really think they'd decrease the prices to get the crowds in..more people watching test cricket can only be a good thing.

IPL 4 - Player Auction 2011 Player Name Country IPL Team Cost (USD)

Aaron Finch Australia Delhi Daredevils 300000 AB de Villiers South Africa Royal Challengers Bangalore 1100000 Abhishek Nayar India Kings XI Punjab 800000 Adam Gilchrist Australia Kings XI Punjab 900000 Albie Morkel (retained) South Africa Chennai Super Kings 500000 Amit Mishra India Deccan Chargers 300000 Andrew Symonds Australia Mumbai Indians 850000 Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka Pune Warriors 950000 Ashish Nehra India Pune Warriors 850000 Brad Haddin Australia Kolkata Knight Riders 325000 Brad Hodge Australia Kochi 425000 Brendon McCullum New Zealand Kochi 475000 Brett Lee Australia Kolkata Knight Riders 400000 Callum Ferguson Australia Pune Warriors 300000 Cameron White Australia Deccan Chargers 1100000 Cheteshwar Pujara India Royal Challengers Bangalore 700000 Dale Steyn South Africa Deccan Chargers 1200000 Daniel Vettori New Zealand Royal Challengers Bangalore 550000 David Hussey Australia Kings XI Punjab 1400000 David Warner Australia Delhi Daredevils 750000 Davy Jacobs South Africa Mumbai Indians 190000 Dinesh Karthik India Kings XI Punjab 900000 Dirk Nannes Australia Royal Challengers Bangalore 650000 Doug Bollinger Australia Chennai Super Kings 700000 Dwayne Bravo West Indies Chennai Super Kings 200000 Eoin Morgan England Kolkata Knight Riders 350000 Gautam Gambhir India Kolkata Knight Riders 2400000 Graeme Smith South Africa Pune Warriors 500000 Harbhajan Singh (retained) India Mumbai Indians 1300000 Irfan Pathan India Delhi Daredevils 1900000 Ishant Sharma India Deccan Chargers 450000 Jacques Kallis South Africa Kolkata Knight Riders 1100000 James Franklin New Zealand Mumbai Indians 100000 James Hopes Australia Delhi Daredevils 350000 Johan Botha South Africa Rajasthan Royals 950000 JP Duminy South Africa Deccan Chargers 300000 Kevin Pietersen England Deccan Chargers 650000 Kieron Pollard (retained) West Indies Mumbai Indians 900000 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka Deccan Chargers 700000 Lasith Malinga (retained) Sri Lanka Mumbai Indians 500000 M Vijay (retained) India Chennai Super Kings 900000 Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka Kochi 1500000 Manoj Tiwary India Kolkata Knight Riders 475000 Michael Hussey Australia Chennai Super Kings 425000 Morne Morkel South Africa Delhi Daredevils 475000 MS Dhoni (retained) India Chennai Super Kings 1800000 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka Kochi 1100000 Naman Ojha India Delhi Daredevils 270000 Nathan McCullum New Zealand Pune Warriors 100000 Parthiv Patel India Kochi 290000 Paul Collingwood England Rajasthan Royals 250000 Piyush Chawla India Kings XI Punjab 900000 Pragyan Ojha India Deccan Chargers 500000 Praveen Kumar India Kings XI Punjab 800000 R Ashwin India Chennai Super Kings 850000 Rahul Dravid India Rajasthan Royals 500000 Ramesh Powar India Kochi 180000 Ravindra Jadeja India Kochi 950000 Robin Uthappa India Pune Warriors 2100000 Rohit Sharma India Mumbai Indians 2000000 Ross Taylor New Zealand Rajasthan Royals 1000000 RP Singh India Kochi 500000 Ryan Harris Australia Kings XI Punjab 325000 S Badrinath India Chennai Super Kings 850000 Sachin Tendulkar (retained) India Mumbai Indians 1800000 Saurabh Tiwary India Royal Challengers Bangalore 1600000 Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh Kolkata Knight Riders 425000 Shane Warne (retained) Australia Rajasthan Royals 1800000 Shane Watson (retained) Australia Rajasthan Royals 1300000 Shaun Marsh Australia Kings XI Punjab 400000 Shikhar Dhawan India Deccan Chargers 300000 Sreesanth India Kochi 900000 Steven Smith Australia Kochi 200000 Stuart Broad England Kings XI Punjab 400000 Suresh Raina (retained) India Chennai Super Kings 1300000 Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka Royal Challengers Bangalore 650000 Tim Paine Australia Pune Warriors 270000 Virat Kohli (retained) India Royal Challengers Bangalore 1800000 Virender Sehwag (retained) India Delhi Daredevils 1800000 VVS Laxman India Kochi 400000 Wriddhiman Saha India Chennai Super Kings 100000 Yusuf Pathan India Kolkata Knight Riders 2100000 Yuvraj Singh India Pune Warriors 1800000 Zaheer Khan India Royal Challengers Bangalore 900000

James Franklin could be one of the buys of the auction imo. Crazy that Ryder didn't get picked up, he hits the ball better than anyone else in NZ. Taylor is probably hung over and hoping he doesn't have to bat at Seddon park today. Also I bet McCullum is pretty angry today, might see some more expansive batting from him. TopLeft072011-01-09 16:02:10

Some poor catching from NZ this morning.

Saw Young and Ryder's dropped catches. Ryder's was a sitter but I think Young's was tough. The guy went hard at it and it flew off the edge into his glove and down before he knew it.

taylor dropped a sitter

I'm sure I heard on Radio Sport this morning that Jesse Ryder set a minimum value or something and it didn't get reached. I was half asleep so I may have heard it wrong.

oh dear...

For f**ks sake, why call a tight quick single at 60/4 (now /5).

There's a (slim) chance we could lose by an innings on the third day here.

This is just plain embarrassing.

What a massacre....

f**k me. Three day test match. We are rubbish.

Would you get a refund for the other 2 days if you bought a 5-day ticket?

5 day ticket costs the same as 3 individual days (less if you are paying at the gate) so I doubt it. Wonder if NZC will still have the balls to charge $33 tomorrow.

Hope so.

I was just about to say now might be a good time to rethink the price of tickets. Players may out number the punters in Welllington.

SOuthee to the rescue 

Im not a huge cricket fan, but WTF?? Effectively 8 down with no runs after we wipe the deficit?

Option 254
Chris Martin 2nd Innings Runs
No.

Selection
Odds
1          0 (out or not out)     1.70     
2          1 or 2 runs     3.75     
3          3 or more runs     3.75     

No point of preparing the pitch mate, let them play on the grass or the practice wickets.

Ah Me Indian mate came through   $$$$$$$$$$

Well George, you see, we suck. Doesn't get more simple than that.

Just threw 5 bucks on 3+!

No point making it harder for them. They wouldn't be able to bat on state highway one.

You're a mug, he once went four years without scoring a run! During that time he took 41 wickets.

Force of history on his side, he's gonna make the 100 runs in tests finally in the same test as his 500th first class wicket.

Its destiny