Kent captain Rob Key set to find out Indian Premier League fate
Kent skipper Rob Key will this week
find out if he will be involved in the 2010 Indian Premier
League.
Key, pictured, is one of eight
Englishmen included on the list for an auction in Mumbai on Tuesday
ahead of the tournament, which gets underway in March.
Up to 20 world stars from the
auction shortlist of 66 will play for the IPL franchises during the
six-week tournament.
If Key is selected and his
franchise reaches the IPL Final on April 25 he could miss
Kent’s LV County Championship opener against Nottinghamshire on
April 15, the home clash against Yorkshire in the same competition
on April 21 and the ECB 40 League match against Warwickshire
on April 25.
This year teams can spend a maximum
of £468,000 on players, with all players bought handed a 12-month
contract valid to December 31 which covers a Champions League
Twenty20 tournament later in the year, as well as the IPL.
Included in the auction with Key
are England Test stars Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott and Monty
Panesar as well as Tim Bresnan, Eoin Morgan, Anthony McGrath and
Mark Ramprakash.
Former Kent players Wayne Parnell,
Justin Kemp and Tyron Henderson are among the South
African players included in the auction while Shahid Afridi of
Pakistan - who also turned out at the St Lawrence Ground - will be
considered.
Essex batsman Ryan ten Doeschate -
who also turns out for Folkestone in the Kent League - represents
the Netherlands on the list.
Sunday, January 17 2010