Flintoff says he intends to play in IPL 2009.Byline: ANI Barbados (West Indies West Indies, archipelago, between North and South America, curving c.2,500 mi (4,020 km) from Florida to the coast of Venezuela and separating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean. ), Feb.25 (ANI): England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff expects to be fit to play in the lucrative Indian Premier League. Though he has been ruled out of the Fourth Test against West Indies due to a strained hip muscle, and may not also play the Fifth Test and limited-overs games which follow, Flintoff is confident he will join up with the Chennai Super Kings, who paid over a million pounds for him, when the IPL (Initial Program Load) Same as boot. 1. IPL - Information Processing Language. 2. IPL - Internet Public Library. 3. IPL - Initial Program Load. 4. IPL - Initial Program Loader. starts on April 10. "I don't think it will be touch and go. The IPL's still a while away so for all intents and purposes Adv. 1. for all intents and purposes - in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical purposes useless" for all practical purposes, to all intents and purposes I'll be fit for that. I'm intending to go, but it's not really at the forefront of my thinking," the Sun quoted him, as saying. "I want to play Test cricket
For the women's version of the game, see . Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. and I want to play the one-day internationals," Flintoff added. Flintoff insists it is in England's interests for their players to take part in the IPL, with the World Twenty20 taking place on home soil this summer. "Obviously financially it's great. But to further our game and get better in that form of the game it's important we go," he said. According to The Telegraph, Flintoff is likely to find himself bowling at Kevin Pietersen in his first appearance in the Indian Premier League. he IPL fixtures for 2009 have been announced, and they reveal that the two big-money English signings have been drawn together in the third match of the season - Chennai Super Kings against Bangalore Royal Challengers on April 11. The match has been scheduled for a Saturday night, which shows how commercially attractive both Flintoff and Pietersen are deemed to be for broadcasters. The second instalment of the IPL will run from April 10 until May 24, when the final will be held in Mumbai. English players are only available for the first three weeks of the tournament, which will allow Flintoff to play six matches (or possibly seven, if he can persuade his bosses at Lord's to let him bend the rules and face the Delhi Daredevils on Friday May 1, the day after the deadline ends). The England players are due to start a Test series the following Wednesday, May 6. Pietersen, meanwhile, should be able to play in eight games before flying home late on April 30. As salaries are payable on a pro-rata basis, depending on how many matches players appear in, he should thus come away with a larger pay packet: around 500,000 pounds to Flintoff's 375,000 pounds. (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 |
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