If the IPL happened just after the 99 World Cup

[UpOver?]

How much would of Lance Kluesner gone for?

 

[ret]

How much would of Lance Kluesner gone for?

it would depend upon what type of money cricket generated in 1999

better Q, what if Kluesner of '99 would be available for selection now .... i reckon, he would have been amongst the top 2-3 earners, if not the top

 

[Burgey]

Quite a large amount, I would have thought.

 

[Top_Cat]

Well, I was a massive Lance Klusener fan in the day so yeah, I'd say a player like him would have been up in the top earners. He doesn't have the same visual appeal as Symonds and, as a fielder in the ring, is a more visible entity but still, for raw hitting and bowling skills, he'd have been somewhere near the top.

Actually, this raises interesting questions about who would have been the top earners in any era of cricket. Imagine if the IPL was played after the 1975 WC for example?

 

[slugger]

The question is what if the IPL had been running 10 years, ICL would have never happen, it probably would include 10 maybe 12 teams. and England, Sth Africa, Pak, Srl, NZ and Aust. would have had there own comp by then. but I would guess the IPL and the eng version would have been seen as the elite devisions where players could have earned the most money. But we will see what the outcome is in 2018 or 10 years from now.

Has any one herd about Aust/NZ making a 20/20 comp 6 teams from Aust and 4 from NZ. I herd someone on tlakback a few weeks mention this, it was ment to start 08 /09 season.

 

[gettingbetter]

Klusener > than any ODI player in the last 15 years. 2nd highest earner I'd say. Its not all about cricket and considering that Dhoni is young, marketable, he would remain at the top.

 

[Sanz]

Klusener > than any ODI player in the last 15 years.

 

[Craig]

My thoughts exactly. I find it hard to work if you look at Klusener of '99 and how much he would go for, but then guys like SRT would be taking home a motza on the basis he is SRT. Anybody going to have a go at naming at what the earnings list would be like? IMO Klusener would of been 3rd behind Dhoni and SRT.

Dhoni
SRT
Klusener
Ponting
Gilchrist
Symonds
Hussey
Warne
McGrath
Lee
Afridi
KP
Dravid
Ganguly
Kallis
McCullum
Vettori
Hayden
Fleming
Sangakkara

There is 20 or so players there, I had a punt but I have got a few players around the wrong way or missing some, so if you can do better then do so

Note I had Dravid and Ganguly up there as I was assuming they would be pretty big in India sponsorship-wise so they would be earning a few quid just because who they are. In retrospect perhaps I should of had SRT ahead of Dhoni.

 

[Burgey]

S Waugh would have been massive after the 99 WC, and he's very popular in India.

 

[Craig]

S Waugh would have been massive after the 99 WC, and he's very popular in India.

So is Damian Martyn

Actually what is about him that makes him pretty popular in India?

 

[sideshowtim]

So is Damian Martyn

Actually what is about him that makes him pretty popular in India?

I didn't think he was popular in India...

 

[duffer]

Actually what is about him that makes him pretty popular in India?

His charity work.

 

[gettingbetter]

Yep, I stand by that.

 

[silentstriker]

My thoughts exactly. I find it hard to work if you look at Klusener of '99 and how much he would go for, but then guys like SRT would be taking home a motza on the basis he is SRT. Anybody going to have a go at naming at what the earnings list would be like? IMO Klusener would of been 3rd behind Dhoni and SRT.

Dhoni
SRT
Klusener
Ponting
Gilchrist
Symonds
Hussey
Warne
McGrath
Lee
Afridi
KP
Dravid
Ganguly
Kallis
McCullum
Vettori
Hayden
Fleming
Sangakkara

There is 20 or so players there, I had a punt but I have got a few players around the wrong way or missing some, so if you can do better then do so

Note I had Dravid and Ganguly up there as I was assuming they would be pretty big in India sponsorship-wise so they would be earning a few quid just because who they are. In retrospect perhaps I should of had SRT ahead of Dhoni.

SRT would have earned more than Dhoni if he was on the open market like Dhoni was. He was selected as an icon player for Mumbai so he just makes 15% more than the highest earner in Mumbai. Dhoni is the flavor of the month, but Sachin has been an icon for too long.

 

[Richard]

TBH, I'm very surprised that Klusener doesn't even seem to have had any IPL interest even now at 36 years of age. He's still a damn good batsman and has been performing consistently in recent years. His bowling isn't particularly good any more, but Twenty20 isn't about bowling.

 

[Dissector]

Thinking back to the other greats of the ODI era, I think Kapil Dev would have fetched the largest amount perhaps more than Sachin had he been on the open market.

Imran and Viv would have been huge as well probably in the top 5 and more than any other non-Indian players. Botham would have also done well; probably better than any other England player including KP and Flintoff today.

 

[Ikki]

With regards to other eras: I think guys like Miller, Sobers, Khan and Botham would fetch a pretty penny. Well, that's pretty much the top 4 all-rounders of all-time .

 

[social]

TBH, I'm very surprised that Klusener doesn't even seem to have had any IPL interest even now at 36 years of age. He's still a damn good batsman and has been performing consistently in recent years. His bowling isn't particularly good any more, but Twenty20 isn't about bowling.

Playing ICL

 

[silentstriker]

but Twenty20 isn't about bowling.

The Daredevils (at a very easily achieved 2-0) would strongly disagree with you.