Aussie players keen to join ICl : Jones

Thursday, February 7, 2008, 15:20 [IST]

Melbourne, Feb 7 (UNI) After Stuart Law, Michael Bevan and Ian Harvey, some more Australian players are intrested in joining the next edition of the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) Executive Board Director Dean Jones said today.

''The number is set to increase for this year's edition,'' Jones was quoted as saying in 'The Sydney Morning Herald'.

''There will be a couple of Australian players in there, yes.'' He, however, added that the ICL does not want players to break their contracts with their respective associations.

''But we are not here to ask players to break contracts with their organisations to play for us,'' he said.

The next edition of the ICL's Twenty20 tournament will start in October this year.

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