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'No player can give up national duty for IPL'

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Posted online: Saturday , February 16, 2008 at 03:35:26
Updated: Saturday , February 16, 2008 at 03:54:08


Melbourne, February 16: Joining the debate over Indian Premier League versus international cricket, Australian batsman Mike Hussey doubted if any player would relinquish his hard earned national cap to play in the Twenty20 tournament ‘for any amount of money’.

"It's time to set the record straight on the Indian Premier League. There are suggestions the golden eggs being laid by the IPL may force the premature retirement of Test veterans approaching the end of their playing days," Hussey said.

"But I have signed a short-form contract indicating I am interested in playing in the IPL, if I am available. The ‘if’ is very important here. You don't shake a tree and baggy green caps fall out. It takes a lot of hard work to earn one. It took me about 15,000 first-class runs," he wrote in his column for The Daily Telegraph.

Hussey, who is yet to sign an IPL contract, said representing his country was an honour while IPL would just be a bonus.

"It's one of the greatest honours for an Australian sportsman and I wouldn't retire any earlier just to play a few more IPL matches. My aim is to play as many Tests, one-day internationals and Twenty20 matches as possible for Australia and anything else that comes along will be a bonus. And no amount of money will cause me to think otherwise. Let's be honest about that - Australian cricketers are very well looked after. We have nothing to complain about," he added.

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Hussey/Sour grapes by raj on 17 Feb 2008

Mike Hussey is sounding like a fox that grapes are sour. He knows very well that IPL contract is slipping out of hand due to opposition by Indian supporters of Aussies. Come on Mike tell us something new that your ancestors did not robb and kill for money.

IPL by ravi veeraraghavan on 17 Feb 2008

NO PLAYER CAN GIVE UP SO MUCH MONEY ESPECIALLY PLAYERS ON VERGE OF RETIRMENT\MOST AUSTRALIANS ARE

sissy hussy!!!!!!!!! by xyz on 18 Feb 2008

Australians are as alaways the hipocrites who say something else , blv in another thng and do outrightly different thngs!!! huh who care bout a sissy's i mean hussys comment

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