The National’s Sport cover for the Tuesday, December 8 issue, featuring the aligning stars of the Masters Champions League.
The legends Twenty20 cricket tournament, set for January and February, held its auction in Dubai on Monday. Osman Samiuddin provides the lowdown:
“They may look a bit older, and move a little bit slower, but there remains a place for them in the modern cricket world. And judging by the Masters Champions League’s (MCL) first auction, held in Dubai on Monday, they still retain considerable drawing power.
“The likes of Jacques Kallis, Adam Gilchrist, Saqlain Mushtaq and Brian Lara will renew old rivalries in the new Twenty20 league for veterans. The league also revealed team names and owners of the six franchises, but much of the attention and buzz centred on whom bought whom, and for how much.
“The most expensive purchase of the day was Kallis, bought by the Libra Legends for US$170,000 (Dh624,4000). Intuitively, the price makes sense given Kallis’s standing as one of the game’s greatest all-rounders and also because he only retired from the international game in 2014.”
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