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Tom Curran confirmed by the Melbourne Stars

2 season deal
"We're thrilled to have secured England all-rounder Tom Curran for the next 2 years.

Tom has one of the finest BBL records having taken 51 wickets in just 36 games and will be available for the whole tournament including finals.
Stay tuned for more signing news next week!"

From Melbourne Stars email announcing Curran signing, exciting that he's here for the whole tournament.

Might be time for a super early planning thread soon as well.
 
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"We're thrilled to have secured England all-rounder Tom Curran for the next 2 years.

Tom has one of the finest BBL records having taken 51 wickets in just 36 games and will be available for the whole tournament including finals.
Stay tuned for more signing news next week!"

From Melbourne Stars email announcing Curran signing, exciting that he's here for the whole tournament.

Might be time for a super early planning thread soon as well.
That’s a lot of games for him to behave himself…
 
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"We're thrilled to have secured England all-rounder Tom Curran for the next 2 years.

Tom has one of the finest BBL records having taken 51 wickets in just 36 games and will be available for the whole tournament including finals.
Stay tuned for more signing news next week!"

From Melbourne Stars email announcing Curran signing, exciting that he's here for the whole tournament.

Might be time for a super early planning thread soon as well.
Only problem is my Melbourne stars never make the finals anymore lol 😝
 
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"We're thrilled to have secured England all-rounder Tom Curran for the next 2 years.

Tom has one of the finest BBL records having taken 51 wickets in just 36 games and will be available for the whole tournament including finals.
Stay tuned for more signing news next week!"

From Melbourne Stars email announcing Curran signing, exciting that he's here for the whole tournament.

Might be time for a super early planning thread soon as well.
Yeah I believe that's a condition of the direct selection as opposed to the draft, that they have to be available for the whole season. I like it even if it does just feel like tinkering at the edges.
 
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Australia have won the toss and have opted to field

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah

Australia (Playing XI): Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh(c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
 
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Australia's dreams of a semi-final slot now rests in the hands of Bangladesh. Infact, an emphatic win for Bangladesh can hand them a ticket to the semis as well.

S/F
England v India
South Africa v ???
 
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Bangladesh (Playing XI): Litton Das(w), Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Soumya Sarkar, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan(c), Nangeyalia Kharote, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Afghanistan opt to bat
 
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World legends T20 next week in England.

A host of world cricket legends have already been confirmed, with more names set to be announced soon.

England: Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara, Ian Bell, Samit Patel, Owais Shah, Phil Mustard, Sajid Mahmood, Chris Schofield.
India: Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Ambati Rayudu.
Pakistan: Shahid Afridi, Misbah, Younus Khan, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq.
Australia: Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Ben Cutting, Dan Christian, Joe Burns.
South Africa: Jacques Kallis, Imran Tahir, Herschelle Gibbs, Morne Morkel, Ashwell Prince, Makhaya Ntini.
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Darren Sammy, Dwayne Smith, Chadwick Walton, Samuel Badree.
 
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Yeah I believe that's a condition of the direct selection as opposed to the draft, that they have to be available for the whole season. I like it even if it does just feel like tinkering at the edges.
from the cricket.com.au article 2nd April

The caveat is that from WBBL|11 and BBL|15 onwards, they are required to be available for the entire season including finals, which is designed in part to help reduce the loss of international players to rival T20 leagues in the second half of the men's Big Bash season.

Noticed that Billings got retained for the ILT 20 , so be interested if he does indeed stay for the duration of BBL 14 , Curran missed the ILT 20 due to injury
 
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ILT20 January 11 to February 9
21 Jun 2024

DP World ILT20 franchises retain leading cricket stars for Season 3
  • Dubai, 21 June 2024: The six DP World International League T20 franchises have retained a total of 69 players for tournament’s third season which will be played from Saturday, 11 January to Sunday, 9 February 2025 in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah.
The window for retaining players was opened on 1 June with the teams given two weeks to submit the list of the retained players. Season 3 is set to see a number of world-class and seasoned T20 players from around the world.

Amongst the 69 players, 26 players were parts of various ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 squads.

Each of the six franchises have retained two UAE players each.

The UAE players retained for Season 3 include Aditya Shetty and Alishan Sharafu (Abu Dhabi Knight Riders), Ali Naseer and Tanish Suri (Desert Vipers), Haider Ali and Raja Akif (Dubai Capitals), Aayan Afzal Khan and Mohammad Zohaib Zubair (Gulf Giants), Muhammad Rohid Khan and Muhammad Waseem (MI Emirates), Junaid Siddique and Muhammad Jawadullah (Sharjah Warriors).

Following the completion of the players retention window, the teams can now sign new players in the ongoing Player Acquisition Window which will stay open till 15 September.

Each franchise can sign minimum two additional UAE players to complete their quota of four UAE signings after the completion of the ILT20 Development Tournament which will be held in October.

Retained players for DP World ILT20 Season 3.

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: Aditya Shetty, Ali Khan, Alishan Sharafu, Andre Russell, Andries Ghous, Charith Asalanka, David Willey, Joe Clarke, Laurie Evans, Micheal Pepper and Sunil Narine.

Desert Vipers: Adam Hose, Alex Hales, Ali Naseer, Azam Khan, Bas de Leede, Luke Wood, Micheal Jones, Muhammad Amir, Nathan Sowter, Sherfane Rutherford, Tanish Suri and Wanindu Hasaranga.

Dubai Capitals: Dasun Shanaka, David Warner, Dushmantha Chameera, Haider Ali, Raja Akif, Rovman Powell, Sam Billings, Sikandar Raza, Zahir Khan, Jake Fraser McGurk and Oliver Stone.

Gulf Giants: Aayan Afzal Khan, Blessing Muzarabani, Chris Jordan, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gerhard Erasmus, Jamie Overton, James Vince, Jamie Smith, Jordan Cox, Mohammad Zohaib Zubair, Rehan Ahmed, Richard Gleeson and Shimron Hetmyer.

MI Emirates: Akeal Hosein, Andre Fletcher, Daniel Mousley, Dwayne Bravo, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Jordan Thompson, Kieron Pollard, Kusal Perera, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Muhammad Waseem, Nicholas Pooran, Nosthush Kenjige, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth and Waqar Salamkheil.

Sharjah Warriors: Dilshan Madushanka, Johnson Charles, Junaid Siddique, Muhamad Jawadullah, Kusal Mendis, Luke Wells, Peter Hatzoglou and Tom Kohler-Cadmore.
 
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so if that was Warner's farewell apperarance

never met him in person but comes across as a right banker onfield , can't deny the record though

112 Tests 8786 Runs (5th most for Australia) @ 44.59 with 26 centuries

161 ODI's 6932 Runs (6th most for Australia) @ 45.01 with 22 centuries

110 T20I's 3277 Runs (most for Australia) @ 33.43 with 1 century

now we wait for the book to come out and see how much he actually reveals :)
 
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