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Hi,

I know that this question was asked earlier (and maybe answered too, sorry I
must have missed). Could someone please post the names of all Indian test
players who will be representing different counties in England during the
coming season? Please mention the names of the counties which these players
will be representing. I would really appreciate your help in this regard.

Regards

I thought Prabhakar was playing for Durham.
Can someone confirm?

- Sougata

Didn't Manoj Prabhakar get a contract from that new team in the county
championship "Durham ?"   ?

Pramod Koshy.

This is all from fallible memory:

Anil Kumble will definitely be playing for Northamptonshire.
ISTR that Srinath will be playing for Gloucestershire.
I *assume* that Azhar will be returning to Derbyshire.

I don't think there are any others, but could be wrong.
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What about the minor league ... last year around Jadeja,Atul Wassan,Kambli etc.
were playing ... what abt now ?
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Yes, I think you're right. Just as well I said my memory was fallible!
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           "S.Jagadish ....... I think .... Therefore I am" writes:

Are you thinking of the Lancashire League, where each side hires one
top star to play alongside its amateurs? The Spring Annual of The
Cricketer (probably to be published round about late April) will
probably have an article on the prospects for this league and which is
likely to give the names of the professionals hired for 1995.
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        Aha ! I had expressed the opinion on irc a while ago that I
thought Azhar wouldnt play for Derby again, after his performance last
season - was very surprised he had been picked as their overseas player
again. Was supposed to type up the article extract on this, but kept
putting it off :-) until Uday just gave me a reason to do it right now
:-)
        The article was written by Neil Hallam, who does the monthly
roundup of the county scene dealing with Derbyshire, Durham, Lancashire,
Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire in Wisden Cricket Monthly.
This extract is the beginning of the article doing the round-up of these
counties at the end of the season (in WCM, of course).

                        Sadiq [ typing away ] Yusuf

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Overseas Arguments - Neil Hallam on Derby, Durham, Lancs, Leics, Notts
and Yorks.

        If we are to thank Parkinson (C.Northcote of that ilk, not
Michael) for the "law" which states that work expands to fill the time
available, whose name should we attach to the one which states that the
value of overseas players decreases in direct ratio to increases in
their cost?
        I can think of a few counties who might wish to make
nominations, but it is doubtful whether any one could argue a stronger
case than the one advanced by Derbyshire for making it "Azha's Law". In
1991, when Mohammad Azharuddin first appeared for the county, he scored
2016 runs in first-class matches and was paid around 18,000 pounds for
his services. Derbyshire finished third in the Championship, their
highest placing for 37 years. This summer, his second with the county,
has  yielded about a third as many runs, and when he completed his last
appearance in early August, before flying off to prepare for captaining
India in a one-day tournament in Sri Lanka, Derbyshire were struggling
to stay off bottom spot.
        This time he was being paid 35,000 pounds - virtually double his
first contract. Or at least he was until Derbyshire docked him a month's
pay - about 7000 pounds - to speed him on his way. "He wasnt exactly
thrilled about it, to put it mildly", explained secretary Reg Taylor.
"But we were not really left with much of an option. Our understanding
had been that he would be available for the whole summer, but by leaving
early he became unavailable for five Championship and five Sunday League
matches, so we could actually have argued a stronger case for docking
him a larger percentage."
        Quite so. In fact, with injuries further compromising his value
- he suffered a recurrence of knee trouble immediately after being
informed of the pay cut - Azharuddin actually put in what amounted to
half a season's service for the county. Double the pay. Half the work.
Derbyshire rest their case. Azha's Law it is.

        .....

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Sadiq Yusuf

: > Hi,
: >
: > I know that this question was asked earlier (and maybe answered too, sorry I
: > must have missed). Could someone please post the names of all Indian test
: > players who will be representing different counties in England during the
: > coming season? Please mention the names of the counties which these players
: > will be representing. I would really appreciate your help in this regard.

: This is all from fallible memory:

: Anil Kumble will definitely be playing for Northamptonshire.
: ISTR that Srinath will be playing for Gloucestershire.
: I *assume* that Azhar will be returning to Derbyshire.

Cullinan is playing for Derbys. next season.
Prabhakar is playing for Durham.
Not sure about Srinath.

: I don't think there are any others, but could be wrong.
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Derbyshire have hired Daryl Cullinan, not Azhar, for this year.

Amitabha
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No one else is responsible for what I say and vice versa.

Yes I think he is. He was to play for Warwicks last year but was injured
so Lara was recruited instead and the rest is history, as they say.

Cheers,
Simon.

Simon Pugh
Wentworth College, University of York

Apparently a guy called Ranjitsinhji will be playing for Sussex.

What's that?

The counties have moved into the 20th Century?

Could have fooled me....

Cheers, Josh

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