Mike Hussey, and Albie Morkel who represented Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League, will turn out for Western Australia and the Titans in ampions League, scheduled to be held in September this year, according to an agreement reached among the national boathe Chrds before the IPL was formalised.
It is learnt that the English and Australian boards secured a commitment from the Indian board that the internationals players participating in the IPL would play for domestic teams of their home countries in the event of a clash of interests in the Champions League.
The agreement was verbal, though, and it is understood the contracts signed by the international players have no clause pertaining to the Champions League. The ECB, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa were among those who had endorsed the IPL before its inception.
Hussey, who played in four matches for the Super Kings in the IPL before returning home to prepare for Australia¹s tour of the West Indies, is the only player to be affected so far this year. He scored 168 runs at strike rate of 168 and a included a 50-ball century, the third fastest in the tournament. However, he didn't play in a single KFC Twenty20 match for Western Australia, who lost to Victoria by 32 runs in the final.
Western Australia will also have the services of Shaun Marsh, one of heroes of the IPL, and Luke Pomersbach, both of whom appeared for the Kings XI, Mohali. Victoria, the other Australian team to have qualified, will be up against Shane Warne, the local legend who inspired the victory march of the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.
Morkel, who played in 13 IPL games for Chennai with modest success, was part of the core team of the Titans who won the Standard Bank Pro20, and scored a vital 17-ball 33 in the final against the Dolphins. The Titans will also have in the their ranks two more IPL players, in AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn.
There could still be more potential clashes depending on which English teams qualify for the event, as aside from their one permitted overseas players, some counties field as many as six Kolpak players, mainly from South Africa.
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