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Auckland closing in on Australian signing for Twenty20

Tim

Cricketer Of The Year
Auckland are close to signing a mystery Aussie player they say has a similar profile to that of Matthew Hayden who was initially mooted.

Any guesses??? Justin Langer?? Adam Gilchrist?? Glenn McGrath??...it's unlikely to be a current state player as Auckland needs someone now.
 

Tim

Cricketer Of The Year
That wouldn't work as they want someone to be available should they qualify for the Champions League.
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Auckland are close to signing a mystery Aussie player they say has a similar profile to that of Matthew Hayden who was initially mooted.

Any guesses??? Justin Langer?? Adam Gilchrist?? Glenn McGrath??...it's unlikely to be a current state player as Auckland needs someone now.
Australia's Twenty20 season is over so perhaps it's a specialist Twenty20 player. There really aren't any around who have a similar profile to Matt Hayden though and most of them are at least close to their states' respective one day teams even if they're not in them.

So yeah, there goes my theory. :p

Jon Moss springs to mind. He's just playing grade cricket in NSW at the moment and wants an IPL contract, so it'd be in his best interests to play some form of official Twenty20 cricket before the auction. Again though, he doesn't have a similar profile to Hayden by any stretch of the imagination.
 
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Tim

Cricketer Of The Year
haha it could be Ricky Ponting..he's not doing anything for the next 2 weeks!
 

Somerset

Cricketer Of The Year
First players that came to mind for me were Shane Warne and Darren Lehmann, though I'm just guessing.
 

G.I.Joe

International Coach
They should sign up McCullum as well :ph34r:
:laugh: He'd be the ultimate cricketing whore.

Reminds me of the POTC3 scene:

--"Where do your allegiances lie?"
"With the highest bidder"--
--"I have a cricket team"
"Then my allegiances lie with you"--
 

Precambrian

Banned
:laugh: He'd be the ultimate cricketing whore.

Reminds me of the POTC3 scene:

--"Where do your allegiances lie?"
"With the highest bidder"--
--"I have a cricket team"
"Then my allegiances lie with you"--
So Mr. Highhorserider, if you were offered a job paying higher than your present company does, and offers more security, won't you make the jump?
 

G.I.Joe

International Coach
So Mr. Highhorserider, if you were offered a job paying higher than your present company does, and offers more security, won't you make the jump?
Make the jump? I must have missed the part where McCullum resigned from his last job like I'd have to in order to get into a better one. Try making a remotely comparable analogy the next time :cool:
 

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