This IPL lark

So finally it all began at the weekend. The IPL. The future of the game. Although actually, it turned out not to be. It turned out to be a 2020 tournament in India with some of the world’s best players involved. Forgive Wickman for a moment but didn’t we have a 2020 tournament not so long ago in South Africa with… all of the world’s best players in it? Wickman supposes that by having this tournament in India it means we get to see more Indian players. They do have some fantastic youngsters to watch. That Ishant Sharma. He’s a find. No, hang on, we’ve just seen him do over the Australians downunder in a Test series and stick it up the Jaapies too. Hmmm. That Yuvraj Singh then. He’s a clean striker of the ball… What’s that you say? He hit six sixes in the world cup?

It also means we get to see more Australian players than we are used to seeing. Wickman hasn’t seen much of David Hussey… outside of the English county season. James Hopes… he can hit it. Erm… Cameron White… plays in England. What IS this tournament about? This is Doug Bollinger. He must be the only cricketer in Australia not playing in the tournament.