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Sale Steyn

 

[AliB]

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Dale Steyn out, Eoin Morgan in.

 

[AliB]

Nick Kelly in for Johan Botha.

 

[VC the slogger]

The second greatest bowler in this league's history is now a free agent.

#|Incoming player|Outgoing player|Team|Player Type|Trade Type|Trade Status
1 | Daniel Hughes | Rob Quiney | SYD | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
2 | Jake Weatherald | Michael Clarke | SYD | Local | Replacement | Confirmed
3 | Adam Zampa | Clint McKay | SYD | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
4 | Cameron Valente | Jason Floros | SYD | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
5 | Ashton Turner | Jim Allenby | SYD | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
6 | Andrew Tye | Brett Lee | SYD | Local | Replacement | Invalid
7 | Ben Stokes | Mohammad Hafeez | SYD | Overseas | FA Trade | Confirmed
8 | Hasan Ali | Trent Boult | SYD | Overseas | FA Trade | Confirmed
9 | Clint McKay | Brett Lee | SYD | Local | Replacement | Confirmed
10 | Rashid Khan | Kyle Abbott | HOB | Overseas | FA Trade | Confirmed
11 | Kumar Sangakkara | Angelo Mathews | HOB | Overseas | FA Trade | Confirmed
12 | Marnus Labuschagne | David Hussey | HOB | Local | Replacement | Confirmed
13 | Joe Mennie | Scott Styris* | HOB | Local | Replacement | Confirmed
14 | Jhye Richardson | Jackson Bird | HOB | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
15 | Matt Renshaw | James Hopes | MEL | Local | Replacement | Confirmed
16 | Billy Stanlake | Shaun Tait | MEL | Local | Replacement | Confirmed
17 | Solomon Mire* | Xavier Doherty | MEL | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
18 | Trent Boult | Mustafizur Rahman | QLD | Overseas | FA Trade | Confirmed
19 | Chris Tremain | Scott Boland | MEL | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
20 | Alex Carey | Ben Dunk | ADC | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
21 | Sam Hain* | Dean Brownlie* | ADC | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
22 | Jake Lehmann | Ryan Harris | ADC | Local | Replacement | Confirmed
23 | Jack Wildermuth | Ben Hilfenhaus | ADC | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
24 | Rob Quiney | Mark Cosgrove | QLD | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
25 | Mohammed Shami | James Anderson | QLD | Overseas | FA Trade | Confirmed
26 | Hardik Pandya | Shakib Al Hasan | QLD | Overseas | FA Trade | Confirmed
27 | Johan Botha | Daniel Christian | QLD | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
28 | Shakib Al Hasan | Ravichandran Ashwin | ADC | Overseas | FA Trade | Confirmed
29 | Kurtis Patterson | Ed Cowan | MEL | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
30 | Babar Azam | Brendon McCullum | WCF | Overseas | FA Trade | Confirmed
31 | Jake Weatherald | Michael Hussey | WCF | Local | Replacement | Invalid
32 | Ed Cowan | Chris Rogers | WCF | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
33 | Rashid Khan | Jasprit Bumrah | ADC | Overseas | Trade (HOB) | Confirmed
34 | Jasprit Bumrah | Rashid Khan | HOB | Overseas | Trade (ADC) | Confirmed
35 | Peter Forrest | Usman Khawaja | ADC | Local | Trade (HOB) | Confirmed
36 | Usman Khawaja | Peter Forrest | HOB | Local | Trade (ADC) | Confirmed
37 | Peter Forrest | Daniel Christian | ADC | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed
38 | Ben Dunk | Chris Rogers | WCF | Local | FA Trade | Invalid
39 | Samuel Badree | Tim Southee | WCF | Overseas | FA Trade | Confirmed
40 | Chris Gayle | Ross Taylor | QLD | Overseas | FA Trade | Confirmed
41 | Eoin Morgan | Dale Steyn | QLD | Overseas | FA Trade | Confirmed
42 | Nick Kelly* | Johan Botha | QLD | Local | FA Trade | Confirmed

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[CerealKiller]

The second greatest bowler in this league's history is now a free agent.

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Would you recommend taking him in place of Rabada in his current form though? I don't think so.

 

[AliB]

The second greatest bowler in this league's history is now a free agent.

Purely based on current form...

 

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Would you recommend taking him in place of Rabada in his current form though? I don't think so.

Nope, I wouldn't. He's not been all that deadly in the past couple of seasons here either, but still has impressive stats due to his performances in 2013-2014.

 

[Umair7]

Shane Watson
Chris Lynn
Virat Kohli
Steven Smith
Joe Root
Ben Stokes
Tim Paine
Nathan Coulter-Nile
Adam Zampa
Hasan Ali
Kane Richardson

The Backup Looks Great Too :')

Daniel Hughes
Jake Weatherald
Callum Ferguson
MS Dhoni
Ashton Turner
Cameron Valente
Clint McKay

 

[Ohm]

38 Ben Dunk Chris Rogers WCF Local FA Trade Invalid

I think he's available as per the players' list?

 

[VC the slogger]

I think he's available as per the players' list?

He is, but you can't trade him in for a player who's not a part of your squad. You brought in Cowan for Rogers earlier.

Ed Cowan in for Chris Rogers.

 

[Ohm]

He is, but you can't trade him in for a player who's not a part of your squad. You brought in Cowan for Rogers earlier.

My bad, sorry. It was meant to be Ben Dunk for Hussey.

 

[Aislabie]

I cannot fit Steyn into my side without upsetting the balance of the squad in case of an injury, but I'm tempted to do so anyway because he would strengthen at least four of the teams we will come up against - including the one he's just been traded out of.

Seriously, how has he remained unclaimed for so long, and how did he get traded out of a side that now boasts as its overseas talent Chris Gayle, Eoin Morgan, Hardik Pandya, Trent Boult and Mohammed Shami. No disrespect meant to any of those players - who are undoubtedly very good - but they're no Dale Steyn any of them

 

[AliB]

but they're no Dale Steyn any of them

Aged 34, injured for the past year or so, not as effective in the past two seasons, we have reasons sir!

 

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While it's true he might not be as deadly as before and would currently fall behind the likes of Rabada, Starc, Hasan Ali etc in one-dayers, but he's still the greatest fast bowler of this generation so I would never write him off if I were you. Despite his injuries over the past year or so, he has still averaged 18.71 in Tests and was among a handful of bowlers to average less than 30 in the extremely batting friendly season we had here last time. He would undoubtedly be an asset to any team in my opinion.

 

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What I find equally surprising is how no one has yet picked Fawad Ahmed, not just in this season but also the seasons before. Around this time last year I would have probably rated him ahead of Nathan Lyon, the current leading spinner of the Australian team. Given his domestic stats and how Aussie pitches generally tend to favor legspin to fingerspin, I'm genuinely surprised to see him miss out while the likes of Doherty, Botha etc keep finding their way into team rosters despite having played very little 50-over cricket over the past couple of years.

Formwise, he's also been bowling better than any other Aussie spinner in one-dayers this season.