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Damien Martyn joins Indian Cricket League
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SYDNEY, September 1: Former Australian middle-order batsman Damien Martyn has become the first Australian to sign up with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL).
According to the Sydney Morning Herald , an official announcement on Martyn's new venture is expected to come as soon as Sunday.
Sources close to ICL confirmed that Martyn had signed up for a month-long Twenty20 tournament, proposed for India in October. It is believed he will earn about 305,000 dollars if he commits to the tournament for the next three years.
Martyn had originally rejected advances from ICL when it was nothing but a concept being mooted by disgruntled Indian media giant Zee TV, which recently missed out on India's billion-dollar television rights.
The 35-year-old shocked the cricket world by retiring abruptly after the second Test against England late last year, walking away from the game completely and becoming a cricketing recluse.
He played 67 Tests, with his average falling from a high of 51 following the New Zealand tour in early 2005 to 46 when he retired. Martyn and a number of other Australians, including Justin Langer, Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath were vigorously pursued by former Test batsman Dean Jones, who has been appointed ICL's operations manager.
Langer, who has retired from international cricket, but will continue to play with Western Australia, rejected the offer outright.
However, Warne and McGrath are still understood to be considering offers worth about 610,000 dollars a year, although Warne has become cool on the idea following a backlash from India's cricket board, the BCCI, and the International Cricket Council.
Brian Lara became the first big name signing and more recently ICL announced that it had 60 cricketers on its books, although most are Indian domestic players.
The biggest name still playing is Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf, who is rated the second best Test batsman in the world at the moment behind Ricky Ponting. Three other Pakistan internationals - Abdul Razzaq, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Imran Farhat - have also signed up with the ICL, although the board has not made any approaches to them.
https://cricket.indiatimes.com/Damien_Martyn_joins_Indian_Cri cket_League/articleshow/2328879.cms
According to the Sydney Morning Herald , an official announcement on Martyn's new venture is expected to come as soon as Sunday.
Sources close to ICL confirmed that Martyn had signed up for a month-long Twenty20 tournament, proposed for India in October. It is believed he will earn about 305,000 dollars if he commits to the tournament for the next three years.
Martyn had originally rejected advances from ICL when it was nothing but a concept being mooted by disgruntled Indian media giant Zee TV, which recently missed out on India's billion-dollar television rights.
The 35-year-old shocked the cricket world by retiring abruptly after the second Test against England late last year, walking away from the game completely and becoming a cricketing recluse.
He played 67 Tests, with his average falling from a high of 51 following the New Zealand tour in early 2005 to 46 when he retired. Martyn and a number of other Australians, including Justin Langer, Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath were vigorously pursued by former Test batsman Dean Jones, who has been appointed ICL's operations manager.
Langer, who has retired from international cricket, but will continue to play with Western Australia, rejected the offer outright.
However, Warne and McGrath are still understood to be considering offers worth about 610,000 dollars a year, although Warne has become cool on the idea following a backlash from India's cricket board, the BCCI, and the International Cricket Council.
Brian Lara became the first big name signing and more recently ICL announced that it had 60 cricketers on its books, although most are Indian domestic players.
The biggest name still playing is Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf, who is rated the second best Test batsman in the world at the moment behind Ricky Ponting. Three other Pakistan internationals - Abdul Razzaq, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Imran Farhat - have also signed up with the ICL, although the board has not made any approaches to them.
https://cricket.indiatimes.com/Damien_Martyn_joins_Indian_Cri cket_League/articleshow/2328879.cms
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