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Stokes and Woakes get wallets padded but it’s not all joy for the English hopes

by
The Cricket Paper Team
2 February 2018

Jon Couch looks at the IPL auction, which threw up a mixed bag for the English players who went under the hammer

Sto ke s £1.38m

Wo a k e s £820k

Archer £800k

Buttler £485k

Moeen £187k
WHETHER it be through a lack of availability, over-expense or county pressures, it’s fair to say that English players are not exactly top priority of the mega-rich franchise owners from the Indian Premier League. Not unless you’re Ben Stokes, that is.
Twenty-four English entrants went under the hammer in the two-day auction in Bangalore at the weeken...