The Masters Cricket League (MCL) has witnessed first auction in Dubai.
Former Australia batsman Dean Jones, whose company Major Events Group will be running the Masters Champions League (MCL), has said the tournament is not pitted against a similar format promoted by Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulka. The tournamnet will be bigger than All Star Cricket league as six teams will lock horn in the two weeks tournamnet.
Legendary cricketers like Brian Lara, Sourav Ganguly, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Muttaih Muralitharan have been sold out in the ingaural Masters Cricket League (MCL).
The T20 tournamnet for the retired crickters is expecetd to run between Januray 28 and February 15. The tournamnet will feature six teams, and it will be held in United Arab Emirest.
Total 235 players rgsiteredt their namein the league. But only 90 formers crickters found a team. They will turn back in thte 22 yard field.
Six franchises- Libra, Leo, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Virgo and Gemini- had a total amount of $750,000 to spend in the auctions, and they had spent a combined $100,000 on two legendary crickters. According to the rules of the auctions, there are four catagories of players-Legends, Icons A+ and Associate country players.
The base price for “icons” remained at $100,000 while the players who picked up 100 International caps or more (category started at price of $30,000.
Here is the complete list of six teams and players
Team Leo
Brian Lara [ICON] $100,000
Herschelle Gibbs – $40,000
Brendan Taylor – $70,000
James Franklin – $62,000
Johan Botha – $46,000
Robin Peterson – $80,000
Fidel Edwards – $90,000
Scott Styris – $550,000
Heath Streak – $550,000
Mohammad Tauqir
Neil Carter – $10,000
Hamish Marshall – $28,000
Gemini Arabians
Muttiah Muralitharan [ICON] $100,000
Kyle Mills – $42,000
Saqlain Mushtaq – $42,000
Virender Sehwag – $550,000
Kumar Sangakkara – $550,000
Jacques Rudolph – $58,000
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan – $38,000
Justin Kemp – $68,000
Libra Legends
Jacques Kallis [ICON] $100,000
Brad Hogg – $68,000
Sourav Ganguly – $550,000
Graeme Swann – $550,000
Ryan Ten Doeschate – $76,000
Ajay Ratra – $20,000
Chris Read – $20,000
Sean Ervine – $60,000
Shaun Tait – $60,000
Team Sagittarius
Adam Gilchrist [ICON] $100,000
Shane Bond – $30,000
Mahela Jayawardene – $550,000
Daniel Vettori – $550,000
Khurram Khan – $22,000
Phil Mustard – $26,000
Tino Best – $42,000
Team Virgo
Brett Lee [ICON] $100,000
Jonty Rhodes – $40,000
Neil McKenzie – $52,000
Graeme Smith – $50,000
Azhar Mahmood – $50,000
John Mooney – $31,000
Dirk Nannes – $40,000
Owais Shah – $75,000
James Foster – $29,000
Capricorn Commanders
Paul Collingwood [ICON] $100,000
Andrew Symonds – $80,000
Chamara Silva – $30,000
Ashwell Prince – $39,000
Upul Chandana – $30,000
Michael Vaughan – $550,000
Abdul Razzaq – $550,000
Ryan Mclaren – $64,000