As reported by The Sun, Tottenham Hotspur are interested in a move for Barcelona midfielder Andre Gomes this summer, after the La Liga side put him on an outgoing transfer list.

Spurs are on the hunt for talents that can help them close the gap on the likes of Manchester City next season, hoping to challenge for major silverware at home and abroad.

Gomes has had a difficult time at the Nou Camp since joining two years ago and played just 629 minutes of top-flight football in Spain last season. He missed out on a place in Portugal’s World Cup squad as a result.

Fans aren’t keen on signing him as a result, believing he hasn’t proven in his career so far that he can make an impact in the English Premier League and shine for Mauricio Pochettino’s outfit.

They took took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the potential signing…

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Southampton continue to be linked with a move for Barcelona striker Paco Alcacer, and the Premier League club’s fans have been reacting to the latest speculation.

Southampton could spend close to £18m on Alcacer this summer – as covered by Mundo Deportivo – and it is certainly one to watch.

The Spain international joined Barcelona from Valencia in the summer of 2016, and the centre-forward has made 50 appearances for the Catalan outfit in all competitions.

Alcacer has only managed 15 goals during his time at Barcelona, however, with the presence of Luis Suarez in the final third of the field making it difficult for him to secure a regular spot.

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Southampton have been linked with the 24-year-old over the last month or so, with the English club’s head coach Mark Hughes said to be a huge admirer of the Spaniard.

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The Saints fans have been reacting to the transfer speculation on social media, and it would be fair to say that they are struggling to agree whether it would be a good deal.

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Since the conclusion of The Oval Test, the Australian rumour mill has been abuzz with theories as to the motives behind Nathan Hauritz’s omission

Alex Brown29-Nov-2009Since the conclusion of The Oval Test in August, the Australian rumour mill has been abuzz with theories as to the motives behind Nathan Hauritz’s omission from the starting XI. The move to play an all-pace attack on a parched pitch that turned early and substantially played a sizable role in Australia’s eventual 197-run defeat, and prompted on-duty selector Jamie Cox to offer a rare on behalf of the panel after the match.But murmurings around the Australian camp suggest there is more to the overlooking of Hauritz than meets the eye. Several team sources have told Cricinfo that Australia’s selectors intended to play their specialist spinner in the series decider but, hit with a crisis of confidence before one of the most important Ashes Tests in modern history, Hauritz either withdrew his candidacy or was deemed too great a risk.Whether true or not – and Hauritz insists upon the latter – the issue of the spinner’s confidence has been a discussion point within Australian cricket for some time. Greg Matthews, one of his spin-bowling mentors, once described him as “heavily scarred” following his arrival in New South Wales from Queensland, and Hauritz himself has been candid in discussing his need to be more assertive as a bowler.In the immediate aftermath of The Oval defeat, the aforementioned sources expressed concern over the working relationship between Hauritz and Ricky Ponting looking ahead. Their worries appear unfounded. Ponting showed no hesitation in tossing the ball Hauritz’s way throughout subsequent limited-overs campaigns in South Africa and India, and was effusive when discussing the spinner’s five-wicket contribution to Australia’s thumping Test win over West Indies at the Gabba.”As far as I’ve been concerned for the last eight or ten months he hasn’t let anybody down,” Ponting said. “The more exposure he’s getting to better players and different conditions to bowl in he’s learning a lot about the art and craft of offspin bowling in Test cricket these days. It’s not an easy skill anymore. Batsmen are playing differently and always trying to stay a step ahead of the bowlers and a lot of the wickets we play on these days around the world aren’t that conducive to it. I think he’s done a great job.”As for Hauritz, evidence of his evolving confidence was on display at the Gabba – both on the field and in the press conference room. He appeared in no way intimidated returning to the venue that almost broke him as a first-class cricketer, bowling with a tantalising loop that was all but absent in his latter years with Queensland. It was at the Gabba that Hauritz was jeered – first as an underperforming Queenslander, then as a New South Wales “defector” – and he admitted to a sense of self-satisfaction when, after dismissing Jerome Taylor and Kemar Roach with successive deliveries on Saturday, the once antagonistic crowd erupted into chants of “Haury”.As striking as Hauritz’s self-assured deeds on the pitch were his comments off it. No longer was he dealing in one-game-at-a-times. Hauritz expects to be on the plane to Adelaide on Tuesday, and Perth thereafter. “I don’t know if I’ll ever feel like I belong in the side,” he said with trademark self-deprecation. “I don’t know if that feeling exists within such a competitive culture. But I know I’m very happy with where my game’s at, at the moment.”It’s going to be a different situation going to Adelaide. Adelaide is a lot slower wicket but it is renowned for turn. It’s going to be different. That’s one of the first Gabba wickets I’ve played on – and I don’t know if my bowling’s different now – that I got the ball to turn a little bit. I don’t know if I’ve changed a bit as a bowler or the wicket’s changed, but I enjoyed bowling out there and I’m looking forward.”Such is Hauritz’s confidence in his own game at present, he is toying with the idea of revealing his experimental doosra against West Indies in Perth. Though much has been written about his “other one”, Hauritz has thus far been unwilling to bowl it outside the nets. The third Test at the WACA, he hinted, might prove a suitable occasion for the unveiling.”For me, I need to be able to consistently land it in the nets before I bring it out because I sort of feel short-leg would die if I don’t get it right,” he quipped. “Punter’s always trying to get me to bowl it in a game. Whether it’s this series I don’t know, but definitely on a wicket like Perth, where the bounce is so fast and it does spin, it might come out there. I’m looking forward to playing the next two games because there’s two totally different wickets.”This week Hauritz will return to the venue that staged his sudden and unexpected comeback to the Test arena last year. A training mishap involving the then Test incumbent Jason Krejza prompted Andrew Hilditch to order Hauritz, an occasional member of the New South Wales side at the time, onto the next Adelaide-bound flight. His efforts in that match and the remainder of the summer earned him a ticket to the Ashes and a chance to reignite a Test career many, himself included, feared had stalled at the Wankhede Stadium four years prior.”The [feeling] in Adelaide was one of great relief playing that second Test,” he said of last year’s recall. “I never thought that would ever come along. There might not be any difference in the areas I land the ball – there might be a little bit more spin, I don’t know – but definitely the mental strength and the confidence with what I’m doing makes me a lot different bowler to then.”Mo Matthews is always keen [for me to] embrace it all. I’m generally a pretty reserved person. I’m pretty happy to stay to myself and just bowl and play cricket. Definitely one part of my game that can improve is my aura on the field. That might change after 30 or 40 Tests, I don’t know. But I’m just happy to be playing each Test on its merits at the moment.”

As Pakistan get set to announce the squad for the three-Test series against Australia later this afternoon, the name of Younis Khan, their former captain, is unlikely to be in it

Osman Samiuddin08-Dec-2009As Pakistan get set to announce the squad for the three-Test series against Australia later this afternoon, the name of Younis Khan, their former captain, is unlikely to be in it.Younis took a temporary break from the game and captaincy following Pakistan’s ODI series loss to New Zealand in Abu Dhabi last month, claiming that he had “lost command” over the side. The decision was the result of months of dissent within the side with Younis’ leadership. At the time Younis said he would come back to Pakistan and play domestic cricket to get back into batting form, though he never set a date on his return.But since then, Younis has gone underground. He has not played any domestic cricket for his local side Habib Bank and has not been in touch with anyone, including the PCB or team management. Reports surfaced last week that he had picked up a foot injury during a fishing accident but they were rubbished by those close to him.The silence prompted Ijaz Butt, chairman of the PCB, to hint in a press conference on Monday that Younis is unlikely to make the cut for Australia. “Younis should have played domestic matches to be a candidate for selection for the tour. However, a final decision in this regard will be taken after a meeting with the chief selector Iqbal Qasim,” Butt said. Officials within the selection committee echo similar sentiments. As a result of not having played any domestic cricket or made clear his intentions, they say, it would defy logic for him to be selected.Sources close to Younis say he will return to international cricket, but only after the Australia series. It isn’t entirely clear whether he has played any kind of cricket since he asked for a break, but Younis has signed a contract with a club in Quetta – the Manan Memorial Gymkhana CC – to play there next season.In his absence, it is likely Mohammad Yousuf will continue to lead the side. Yousuf is currently leading Pakistan in the Test series in New Zealand and was at the helm as Pakistan levelled the series in Wellington with a 141-run win, their first Test triumph in almost three years. But their batting has been particularly frail through the series, relying heavily on contributions from the Akmal brothers and Yousuf.Younis, who averages over 50 from 63 Tests, has been a vital cog in Pakistan’s middle order, at No.3; since he established himself in the side at that spot – at the start of Bob Woolmer’s reign as coach in late 2004 – he averages nearly 60 from 35 Tests, with 11 centuries. On Pakistan’s last tour to Australia, in 2004-05, he was their leading scorer in a 3-0 whitewash. He also had a fruitful – and enjoyable – stint with South Australia last season, scoring over 350 runs in four first-class matches at an average of over 50.

Jamaican allrounder Andre Creary will lead a 15-man West Indies squad for the Under-19 World Cup beginning in New Zealand in January

Cricinfo staff25-Dec-2009Jamaican allrounder Andre Creary will lead a 15-man West Indies squad for the Under-19 World Cup beginning in New Zealand in January. Yannick Ottley, an allrounder from Trinidad and Tobago, will be his deputy.The West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) chairman of selectors Clyde Butts, who was coach of the Under-19 team during the World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004 and was manager during the 2008 edition in Malaysia, said the “balanced” outfit had the potential to win the competition.”I think we have a very good team and I am confident they have the ability to go all the way,” Butts said on Thursday. “The team is a balanced one with quality batting, very good bowling and excellent in the field. I especially expect a lot from the two leg-spinners Akeem Dwyer and Yannic Cariah, who are capable match-winners. They (team) know what is required and the two leg-spinners add to the balance because they are very capable batsmen as well.”Creary represented West Indies in the 2008 World Cup, where his team emerged victorious in the Plate final. Butts, though, believed the team this time around was a much-improved one. “I can see them going all the way. This team is better balanced than two years ago when we went to Malaysia and won the Plate Final,” he said. “Since I saw them in the Under-19 tournament in Jamaica and the WICB One-Day tournament in Guyana, you can see the vast improvement and development. They play well together and were excellent during the recent camp in St Kitts. You could clearly see the improvement and the boys are very enthusiastic.”West Indies are expected to arrive in New Zealand on January 2, and will play two warm-up games, against Ireland and Australia in Christchurch and Lincoln respectively. They begin their World Cup campaign against Pakistan on January 15 before taking on Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea.Butts said West Indies will aim to make the most of the two-week preparation ahead of the tournament. “It will be very important that the players make the mental and physical adjustment in New Zealand,” he said. “The conditions will be a challenge, New Zealand is literally on other side of the world, but the big advantage, is that the team will be arriving early and will have the chance to play warm-up matches. They will be travelling straight to New Zealand so they should have enough time to get set for the big competition.”Squad: Andre Creary (capt), Yannick Ottley (vice-capt), Jermaine Blackwood, Nelson Bolan, Kraigg Brathwaite, John Campbell, Yannic Cariah, Akeem Dewar, Shane Dowrich (wk), Nicholson Gordon, Trevon Griffiths, Jason Holder, Keon Joseph, Evin Lewis, Jomel Warrican.

Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist have confirmed their availability for the third edition of the IPL amid threats

Cricinfo staff15-Jan-2010Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist, the former Australia openers, have confirmed their availability for the third edition of the IPL amid threats from the Shiv Sena, a right-wing political party, in the aftermath of attacks on Indian students in Australia.Cricket Australia, the governing body for cricket in the country, has left it to the players to decide whether or not to participate in the IPL, due to begin on March 12 this year. The Australian Cricketers’ Association, a players’ representative body, had raised concerns over player safety once the threats were made known but Hayden, who plays for Chennai Super Kings, was positive about his participation.”The process is that the security agencies will investigate and let Cricket Australia know who will let the players know, but the final decision is in the hands of the players,” he told the Indian news channel NDTV. “You will definitely see me in India for IPL 3.”I have been welcomed into the bosom of India as a brother. I feel very humbled and privileged to be able to play here. I am looking forward to IPL 3 and am confident it will be a huge success.”Adam Gilchrist, who represents Deccan Chargers, was reported to have expressed concern over the matter but clarified he was certain to tour. “I cannot speak for other players but I am sure to tour India in March for the IPL. I am confident of Mr. Modi and the IPL organisers. I have some fine memories of India and would like to extend that,” Gilchrist was quoted as saying by .Gilchrist’s manager Stephen Atkinson had earlier stated: “Adam is aware of the situation and he is always very mindful of the security concerns in India. Adam was looking to play in this year’s tournament but it is always a worry when statements like that (made by Shiv Sena) are being made. Ultimately, he will be guided by the views of Cricket Australia and security experts.”But Gilchrist added that his manager’s quotes had been misinterpreted. “I love playing in India. My manager’s quote has been misinterpreted and I am quite keen to play in India,” Gilchrist said.Phillip Hughes, the standby Test opener, has put himself up for Tuesday’s auction and said the IPL was something he would still love to be involved in. His decision on whether or not to travel will depend on the advice from Cricket Australia and the player’s association.”I’ve watched the last couple of years of the IPL and the crowds and the buzz around it,” he said in the Sydney Morning Herald. “I’ll go in the auction next Tuesday, and just see what happens.”Shiv Sena’s leader, Bal Thackeray, recently declared that “kangaroo cricketers” would not be welcome in the state of Maharashtra, but a spokesman, Diwakar Raote, subsequently qualified those remarks. ”We are not against Australians, we are not against Australian tourists, but this agitation is because of how we feel about what is happening,” he said.”We will respect any guest who comes but we will not allow Australians to play until the attitude is changed in Australia. What we are hearing is that they are killing our people, they are burning our people, they are stabbing our people. For what? The students are going there. Do you think we are going to do the same thing? No. But we will not allow you to play.”

For the second day in a row, Sophie Devine and Aimee Watkins drove New Zealand to a Twenty20 victory over Australia at Bellerive Oval

Cricinfo staff22-Feb-2010

ScorecardSophie Devine starred with bat and ball•Getty Images

For the second day in a row, Sophie Devine and Aimee Watkins drove New Zealand to a Twenty20 victory over Australia at Bellerive Oval. The visitors were chasing 116 and reached their target with five wickets in hand and 19 balls to spare, thanks to a 75-run stand between Watkins and Devine.Watkins made 36 and Devine posted 48 and although no other New Zealand player reached double figures, none needed to. Devine had earlier kept Australia to 7 for 115 – the same total they made in the first game – with 3 for 24 from her four overs.Suzie Bates also chipped in with 2 for 20 as Australia struggled to get a quick start having chosen to bat. Alex Blackwell top scored with 40 while Leah Poulton’s 24 came at better than a run a ball.

South African captain Jacques Kallis has said Wayne Parnell’s performance with the bat, under pressure, was one of the positives they could take out of the game

Cricinfo staff21-Feb-2010Reflecting on their thrilling one-run defeat against India at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, South Africa captain Jacques Kallis has said Wayne Parnell’s performance with the bat, under pressure, was one of the positives they could take out of the game. Parnell, batting at No.9, scored 49 and was run out off the final ball with South Africa needing three runs to win.The left-arm seamer didn’t make much of an impression with the ball, taking 1 for 69 off nine overs. He walked in in the 36th over of the chase with South Africa in trouble at 180 for 7. Kallis and Parnell had added 45 for the eighth wicket, but when the captain fell, India were still well in control. But Parnell’s stand of 65 with Dale Steyn gave their side a fighting chance of pulling off an improbable win. Steyn smashed a 19-ball 35 before falling in the final over, as South Africa’s hopes rested on the well-set Parnell.”He’s a talented cricketer and he’s going to take a lot away from today. Everytime he plays he’s going to learn. He’s still very new to the subcontinent,” Kallis said. “He’s got all the attributes of becoming a good allrounder and that’s something that he’s working on. He’s a man for the moment, so he’s certainly got a bright future ahead of him.”One of the biggest turning points in the chase was Sachin Tendulkar’s save at the boundary in the final over. Charl Langeveldt pulled the ball to long leg where Tendulkar dived full length to his right and pulled it back before the rope. Replays weren’t conclusive if Tendulkar had simultaneously made contact with the rope and the third umpire gave the benefit of the doubt to the Indians. The South Africans ran three but that extra run was the difference between a tie and an Indian win.Kallis accepted the third umpire’s call but referred to another bizarre incident, also involving Langeveldt, in the final over of India’s innings. Langeveldt’s yorker to Ashish Nehra had hit the stumps but the bails weren’t dislodged. To add to South Africa’s ill luck, the ball deflected to the third man boundary, adding a crucial four runs to India’s total of 298.”That’s not our call – that’s what third umpires are there for and he saw that it wasn’t four and we’ve got to accept it and get on with it,” Kallis said of the Tendulkar incident. “I think what came back to haunt us was Charl Langeveldt’s second last ball that hit the stumps and went for four, which was incredible.”Kallis said he was pleased they had managed to restrict India to just under 300, but the real worries were with the batting. Kallis scored 89 but the rest of the batsmen failed to rise to the challenge, which left plenty for the lower order to handle. The recognised batsmen struggled against the left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who took 2 for 29 from his 10 overs on a good batting pitch.”I think on the whole we’re pretty happy with the way things have gone, although obviously there are things we need to work on. Our death bowling has been a problem for a while but the guys did really well there. At one stage it looked like India would make 330,” Kallis said. “On the batting front we need to make sure we don’t lose wickets along the way and get some big partnerships going to set the game up. Perhaps we’ve got to come up with ideas for the way Jadeja bowled – I thought he bowled really well and tied us down for a while, so we’ve got to make sure that we’re strong on our game plans there.”Indian captain MS Dhoni, on the other hand, said India needed to work hard on their bowling.”It was a team effort and from that perspective it was a good show, but we need to do better with our bowling,” Dhoni said. “We cannot give away the runs we did with the new ball, although we were a bit hampered by the absence of Sehwag in the field. He made himself unfit while batting and could not bowl.”When there are so many runs needed and when the No.9 and 10 batsman are at the crease, you don’t really expect your best bowlers to get hit the way they did. Credit must go to the batsmen, but I’m sure we would do better in the next game if the conditions are the same.”The second ODI will be played in Gwalior on Wednesday.

Bangladesh are not going down without a fight as backs-to-the-wall resistance from Junaid Siddique and Mushfiqur Rahim ensured England will have to come back for a fifth day

The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan15-Mar-2010
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsJunaid Siddique battled hard through two sessions to remain unbeaten at the close•PA Photos

Bangladesh are not going down without a fight as backs-to-the-wall resistance from Junaid Siddique and Mushfiqur Rahim ensured England will have to come back for a fifth day. When the home side were reduced to 110 for 5 shortly before tea the hard work had seemingly been done, but the sixth-wicket pair remained undefeated throughout the final session.There has been a sense of inevitability about this whole match, but Bangladesh’s periods of resistance have made England dig deep in hot conditions. Siddique showed great determination after being worked over in the first innings and, barring the occasion lapse in judgement, was impressively solid during a four-and-a-half hour stay. He proved that Bangladesh batsmen are capable of occupying the crease without regularly finding the boundary and each time his concentration appeared to be wavering he refocused.Rahim followed his first-innings 79 with another composed, mature innings and he was rarely troubled by pace or spin, except from the occasional top-edged sweep. He passed 1000 runs in his 20th Test and again struck the ball cleanly when boundary opportunities were offered. England will look forward to the new ball in the morning, but creating chances when conditions go flat remains a challenge.The pace bowlers certainly felt the heat as they operated in short bursts, while Graeme Swann continued his notable match by booking in for a 25-over spell before being given a break – and that was only for a change of ends. Tim Bresnan was the most impressive paceman, particularly with a six-over spell in the afternoon session where he extracted Aftab Ahmed and Mahmudullah with reverse swing, but Stuart Broad appeared laboured and couldn’t match the menace of the first innings.England batted on for 50 minutes to leave Bangladesh a hypothetical target of 513 with the decision based more on time that it was runs. Alastair Cook is following the conservative route of Andrew Strauss when he comes to declarations. After the way Broad bombed the top order in the first innings it wasn’t a surprise when the same tactics were used again. Tamim Iqbal was again the more confident of the openers, but Imrul Kayes offered greater determination after a limp first-innings dismissal as he survived the short ball.Both Broad and Bresnan were rested after four-over spells – while Broad regularly got his head swathed in a cold towel at fine leg – with Swann given a successful early bowl and Steven Finn offered a chance with the ball still reasonably hard. In his second over, Swann produced another lovely piece of bowling when he spun one past Tamim’s outside edge to take off stump.Finn immediately hit a testing line and made Siddique inside edge close to the stumps and Kayes couldn’t build on his gutsy start as Finn showed the value of height to make one climb outside off and graze the edge through to Matt Prior. The more Finn bowls the more exciting a prospect he appears and his two wickets doesn’t reflect his endeavours.England were frustrated during the afternoon session as Aftab and Siddique played with impressive restraint. There was very little help off the pitch for either the quicks or Swann, but at around the 30-over mark the ball began to reverse. Bresnan has been more of a threat with the older ball in this game than with the new one and caused problems from the start of his second spell.In his second over he found Aftab’s edge with a full delivery as the batsman drove without much footwork to undo his hard work. Mahmudullah found life tough against the late movement, getting off the mark with a streaky edge to third man, and soon played all round a full delivery. It was a loose shot for a talented batsman but Bresnan deserved his success.Shakib Al Hasan completed a poor match with the bat, although can feel aggrieved with his decision after replays showed he gloved a sweep that Tony Hill ruled had come off the pad. Shakib has felt his team hasn’t had much luck with umpiring decisions and his anger was clear. However, the fact he fell to Swann wasn’t a surprise. The offspinner has had the Bangladesh’s captain number throughout the tour and had almost bowled him first ball.That loss appeared to open the door for a swift conclusion and an extra day off for England’s weary attack, but there is more bottle in this Bangladesh side than some people give them credit for. England will still win, but Test victories are meant to be earned and the home side have ensured it hasn’t been handed to them on a plate.

Ross Taylor, the Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman, has said he’s happy playing the floater’s role in the line-up

Siddarth Ravindran06-Apr-2010Ross Taylor, the Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman, has said he’s happy playing the floater’s role in the line-up. He usually slots in at No. 4 spot in New Zealand’s Twenty20 batting order, but has been used in every position between No. 3 and No. 6 by Bangalore.”My job is to adjust to different slots. My role with the New Zealand team is a bit different from what I have with Bangalore. I am enjoying it,” Taylor said at the team hotel in Bangalore. “Depending on where I bat – either top three or four, five or six – my role changes. Whether you need 120 runs or 220 runs, you need to know your role and play accordingly.”Barely four days after completing a Test series against Australia, Taylor turned out for his first IPL match of the season on Sunday. He said the amount of cricket being played eased the switch between formats. “We play all formats each year and there is more of chop and change and you get used to it and you adjust with the transition period.”He was also unperturbed by the short gap between the end of the IPL and the start of the ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies – the IPL finals are on April 25, and New Zealand take on Sri Lanka five days later. “The only issue would be jetlag I guess. You can’t get any better preparation than playing Twenty20 cricket. Maybe you could have some warm-up games in the Caribbean but the quality you get at the IPL is good.”Taylor’s six-hitting has made him something of a cult hero to Bangalore fans. During the Champions League last year, crowds at the Chinnaswamy were frequently clamouring for him to come out to bat. “I got a good reception here in the first year but I wasn’t expecting the reception I got (for the Champions League),” he said. “It was an amazing
feeling to hear people chant your name.”That popularity should translate into big money at the next IPL auction, but the future of New Zealand’s players will decided by the new central contracts that will come in place once the existing ones end in July. Negotiations are currently on between New Zealand players’ association and the board, with worries that the higher financial incentive offered by the IPL could lead to more freelance cricketers.”We have always had central contracts. Obviously the time our New Zealand season finishes in March, early April, it sort of clashes with the IPL. I guess in international cricket we will find the space and I hope we get to play in the IPL.” Taylor said. “New Zealand Cricket are trying their best to retain their players. We don’t get paid as well as other players and the money we get in IPL far outweighs what we get in New Zealand.”