James Anderson won’t take part in 2013 IPL – Cricket News Update
England’s spearhead pace bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
As per a BCCI (the Board of Control for Cricket in India) statement, auction for the next edition of the lucrative Indian Premier League will be held on February 3, in either Chennai or Kolkata. Initially it was scheduled to be held in mid January next year, but the league’s governing council decided to postpone the auction date to make sure it does not clash with the one-day leg of the crucial home series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, scheduled to be held between January 11 and 27.
Anderson, who would not be part of England’s touring party for the five-match ODI series against India, has revealed that he would not be available for next year’s IPL players auction.
"I won't be putting my name forward. We've got a huge 12 months ahead of us and, as appealing as the IPL is, I don't think this year is an appropriate time to go," Anderson told the Daily Mail on his return home after a successful Test series against the Men in Blue.
James Anderson was the pick of the English bowlers during England’s historic 2-1 Test series win over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806 ace was the top wicket taking pacer from either side in the four-match series, finishing with twelve scalps from seven innings at an average of 30.25 and an impressive economy rate of 2.86.
The 30-year-old gangling pace bowler, who has been the spearhead of English attack for the last five years, said he wanted to focus and prepare well for not only the back-to-back Ashes series in 2013-14 but also for other international assignments like the home and away series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in the first half of the 2013 season.
The Lancashire seamer also stated that he was ready to play in the ODI series against India next month but the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) selectors wanted him to rest ahead of a hectic 2013-14 season, and agreed that it was the correct decision considering the state of his body.
With Anderson having pulled out of the IPL6 auction, the only two English players with contracts for the next year’s IPL are hard-hitting Natal batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032 (Kolkata Knight Riders).
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