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IPL signings anger Cricket Australia
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It seems like the Australians aren't happy unless they are moaning about something in the cricket world. It's a bit late for Sutherland to complain now, a number of months after the news that these players had signed up was announced.
Didn't he think to say 'Hold on, lets talk about this' then? Or did it suddenly dawn on him last week?
I really don't see the players pulling out (would upset the BCCI) and the ACB are hardly going to drop the likes of Glichrist, Hayden and Ponting.
Cricket Australia has told 11 Australian players including Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist it is disappointed with them for signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would allow them to play in the Indian Premier League. The IPL Twenty20 tournament is officially sanctioned by the ICC and in October it was announced that Ponting, Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Brett Lee, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey and Matthew Hayden were among an extensive list of Australian players to have signed up.
But according to a report in the Sun-Herald James Sutherland, Cricket Australia's chief executive, has written to the players to express his frustration at their actions. The paper obtained a copy of the letter in which Sutherland said he was disappointed Cricket Australia had not been consulted prior to the signing of the MOUs.
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It seems like the Australians aren't happy unless they are moaning about something in the cricket world. It's a bit late for Sutherland to complain now, a number of months after the news that these players had signed up was announced.
Didn't he think to say 'Hold on, lets talk about this' then? Or did it suddenly dawn on him last week?
I really don't see the players pulling out (would upset the BCCI) and the ACB are hardly going to drop the likes of Glichrist, Hayden and Ponting.