English Premier League VIII | Round 13

[Chewie]

There are 7 players without bids. Monzi has two players currently so if he still wants to compete he has those 7 players.

 

[Sartaj]

He's going to continue managing Durham.

 

[Chewie]

ok so the domestic players are basically confirmed unless Monzi wants to try outbid WestIndian on Kabir Ali (or Akash on Steve Finn) for some particular reason

He should be able to get some pretty decent international players if he's active in that auction

 

[Akash00]

Birmingham Bucks win Steven Finn after a very long battle.

Monzi actually bid for him in the last 20 minutes of my bidding to close and he certainly gave me a heart-attack but he bid Finn for 700k while my last bid was 750k. :laugh

Hard luck mate! BTW I am very happy to get Steven Finn and that ends our Domestic Auction with exactly 2.925 M left.

 

[Sartaj]

Right,phase-1 of the auction has ended.
Durham get the leftovers (who are surprisingly decent) for their base prices.

Phase-2 is likely to begin on sunday.

 

[Sartaj]

Budgets remaining have also been updated along with the squads in the index post.
Let me know if there's a mistake.

 

[hedger_14]

What I don't get is that we've paid $450,000 for a bowler I've never even heard of.

 

[Chewie]

What I don't get is that we've paid $450,000 for a bowler I've never even heard of.

:laugh He's pretty decent in domestic cricket

 

[Sartaj]

James Kirtley is a fine bowler.
Limited overs specialist.
He was in the England squad in the 2007 edition of the ICC WT20.
He was actually picked ahead of Anderson in a game which backfired.

 

[Prithvi]

What I don't get is that we've paid $450,000 for a bowler I've never even heard of.

Man, I dunno him as a bowler, but I perfectly know him as a batsman as I saw him playing from stands:laugh.

He was responsible for Somerset win over Deccan Chargers (IIRC).

I'm pretty confused b/w Kirtley and Willoughby, but someone in them were responsible for Somerset's win over Deccan in Champions League.

 

[hedger_14]

Well the name is familiar but I don't know at all who he is.

 

[CG123]

Well the name is familiar but I don't know at all who he is.

That was his base price, which was one of the highest, so he must be pretty good.
The two bowlers you wanted both went higher than that, yet both had lower bases so I pulled out of them.
I've heard of him, but he's not a major name. His OD stats are great though.

I guess you're back now so you can do the INT auction in my absence, just make sure you read what I wrote in our SG.

 

[Chewie]

I take it this is going to start tonight sometime?

And I'm guessing bcvs is reusing the social groups because he hasn't created any new ones

 

[Sartaj]

The auction should start in about a coupe of hours from now.

 

[Sartaj]

The base prices will be set relatively low as well.