Champions League: McCullum unlikely to dump Otago for New South Wales.Byline: ANI Otago (New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. ), May 27 (ANI): New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum Brendon Barrie McCullum (born 27 September 1981, Dunedin) is a New Zealand cricketer, more specifically a wicket-keeper. He was previously captain of the New Zealand under-19 side. is unlikely to turn his back on Otago to play for New South Wales New South Wales, state (1991 pop. 5,164,549), 309,443 sq mi (801,457 sq km), SE Australia. It is bounded on the E by the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is the capital. The other principal urban centers are Newcastle, Wagga Wagga, Lismore, Wollongong, and Broken Hill. in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament in India in October. The odds of him doing so are about 100-1, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. McCullum is eligible for both NSW NSW New South Wales Noun 1. NSW - the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare Naval Special Warfare and Otago, having played for the Sydneysiders in the Australian Twenty20 final last season, and the Herald reported yesterday that NSW would make an approach. Regulations state that, if a player is eligible for more than one Champions League team, his overseas side must pay his home side 250,000 US dollars transfer fee to secure his services. Otago chief executive Ross Dykes confirmed he had spoken to McCullum, who is in England, and without giving the game away Dykes gave the impression the wicketkeeper-batsman would be remaining loyal to his home province. "You won't find anyone more passionate about Otago than Brendon, but let's wait and see what happens, there hasn't even been an official offer yet," Dykes said. Otago would be in danger of being outclassed out·class tr.v. out·classed, out·class·ing, out·class·es To surpass decisively, so as to appear of a higher class. Adj. 1. without McCullum, a fact not lost on Dykes. NSW are looking at McCullum after losing their big-hitting batsman David Warner to the Delhi Daredevils for 250,000 American dollars. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion