Lehmann's cultural remedy for Australia
Australia's new coach Darren Lehmann
has pushed the importance of fun and a balanced perspective on life to
remedy a team culture that has variously been described as toxic,
insular, selfish, undisciplined, and just plain stupid. Lehmann has
openly desired the national coaching job for quite some time, but given
that it has fallen into his lap a mere two weeks before the first Ashes
Test, his initial message to the touring team could not afford to be
elaborate.
Upon the squad's arrival in the medieval town centre of Taunton, Lehmann
sat down his players and staff to set out a simple but clear direction
for the Australian team, both on the field and off it. Relieving the
tension of the past few days in Bristol and London was high on Lehmann's
list of priorities, while also ensuring focus shifted instantly to
Wednesday's tour match against Somerset.
"Hopefully with the enjoyment factor, we'll get that going for a start,"
Lehmann said of the culture he wished to create. "When you start
winning games you have a lot of fun so we need to start winning some
games, simple as that. It's about getting all the lads and everyone in a
direction we want to go. We're going one way and that is forward and
everything starts afreshIPL player list at 2013 auction
| IPL 6 - Player Auction 2013 | |||
| Player Name | Country | IPL Team | Cost (USD) |
| Abhishek Nayar | India | Pune Warriors | 675000 |
| Ajantha Mendis | Sri Lanka | Pune Warriors | 725000 |
| Akila Dananjaya | Sri Lanka | Chennai Super Kings | 20000 |
| Ben Laughlin | Australia | Chennai Super Kings | 20000 |
| Chris Morris | South Africa | Chennai Super Kings | 625000 |
| Christopher Barnwell | West Indies | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 50000 |
| Clint McKay | Australia | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 100000 |
| Dan Christian | Australia | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 100000 |
| Darren Sammy | West Indies | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 425000 |
| Dirk Nannes | Australia | Chennai Super Kings | 600000 |
| Fidel Edwards | West Indies | Rajasthan Royals | 210000 |
| Glenn Maxwell | Australia | Mumbai Indians | 1000000 |
| Jacob Oram | New Zealand | Mumbai Indians | 50000 |
| James Faulkner | Australia | Rajasthan Royals | 400000 |
| Jason Holder | West Indies | Chennai Super Kings | 20000 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 525000 |
| Jeevan Mendis | Sri Lanka | Delhi Daredevils | 50000 |
| Jesse Ryder | New Zealand | Delhi Daredevils | 260000 |
| Johan Botha | South Africa | Delhi Daredevils | 450000 |
| Kane Richardson | Australia | Pune Warriors | 700000 |
| Kushal Perera | Sri Lanka | Rajasthan Royals | 20000 |
| Luke Pomersbach | Australia | Kings XI Punjab | 300000 |
| Manpreet Gony | India | Kings XI Punjab | 500000 |
| Michael Clarke | Australia | Pune Warriors | 400000 |
| Moises Henriques | Australia | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 300000 |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | Australia | Mumbai Indians | 450000 |
| Nathan McCullum | New Zealand | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 100000 |
| Pankaj Singh | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 150000 |
| Phillip Hughes | Australia | Mumbai Indians | 100000 |
| Quinton de Kock | South Africa | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 20000 |
| Ravi Rampaul | West Indies | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 290000 |
| Ricky Ponting | Australia | Mumbai Indians | 400000 |
| RP Singh | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 400000 |
| Ryan McLaren | South Africa | Kolkata Knight Riders | 50000 |
| Sachithra Senanayake | Sri Lanka | Kolkata Knight Riders | 625000 |
| Sudeep Tyagi | India | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 100000 |
| Thisara Perera | Sri Lanka | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 675000 |
