Franchise vs Country: A Longitudinal Study
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 12:04 am
With so many T20 leagues around now and a new one popping up on what seems to be an almost monthly basis, I think its worth looking at how frequently star players turn out for their country in international fixtures. I think we'll just look at fixtures beginning Jan 1, 2024 and go on from there. I'll begin by listing the major players for each of the top 12 teams. This is of course not an exhaustive list, so I'll be adding and editing as I go along. Currently I see two main objectives of this thread. First, to see how many games star players miss by prioritising franchise over country. Secondly, to see if which players if any take that opportunity to become star players in their own right. Players missing out due to injury won't count as being absent as I'm only trying to see who sacrifices international cricket for the IPL or similar leagues.
Afghanistan
Rashid Khan | Ibrahim Zadran | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Hashmatullah Shahidi | Mohammad Nabi | Mujeeb ur Rahman | Azmatullah Omarzai | Naveen ul Huq | Fazalhaq Farooqi | Rahmat Shah | Ikram Alikhil | Najibullah Zadran | Noor Ahmad | Afsar Zazai | Nasir Jamal | Javed Ahmedi | Amir Hamza | Karim Janat | Yamin Ahmedzai | Zahir Khan | Nijat Masood | Gulbadin Naib
Australia
Usman Khawaja | Steve Smith | Marnus Labuschagne | Travis Head | Mitchell Marsh | Glenn Maxwell | Alex Carey | Cameron Green | Marcus Stoinis | Pat Cummins | Josh Hazelwood | Mitchell Starc | Adam Zampa | Nathan Lyon | Ashton Agar | Scott Boland
Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal | Shakib al Hasan | Mushfiqur Rahim | Mahmudullah | Liton Das | Mustafizur Rahman | Najmul Hossain Shanto | Taskin Ahmed | Ebadat Hossain | Shoriful Islam | Mehidy Hasan Miraz | Towhid Hridhoy | Mominul Haque | Mahmudul Hasan Joy | Zakir Hasan | Shadman Islam | Soumya Sarkar | Afif Hossain | Taijul Islam | Nayeem Hasan
***England
Joe Root | Jos Buttler | Johnny Bairstow | Harry Brook | Dawid Malan | Jason Roy | Moeen Ali | Adil Rashid | Ben Stokes | Liam Livingstone | David Willey | Chris Woakes | Mark Wood | Reece Topley | Zak Crawley | Ben Duckett | Ollie Pope | Ollie Robinson | Stuar Broad | James Anderson
India
Virat Kohli | Rohit Sharma | Shubman Gill | Jasprit Bumrah | Mohammed Shami | Mohammed Siraj | R Ashwin | Ravindra Jadeja | Suryakumar Yadav | Kuldeep Yadav | Shreyas Iyer | KL Rahul | Rishab Pant | Hardik Pandya | Axar Patel | Shardul Thakur
Afghanistan
Rashid Khan | Ibrahim Zadran | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Hashmatullah Shahidi | Mohammad Nabi | Mujeeb ur Rahman | Azmatullah Omarzai | Naveen ul Huq | Fazalhaq Farooqi | Rahmat Shah | Ikram Alikhil | Najibullah Zadran | Noor Ahmad | Afsar Zazai | Nasir Jamal | Javed Ahmedi | Amir Hamza | Karim Janat | Yamin Ahmedzai | Zahir Khan | Nijat Masood | Gulbadin Naib
Australia
Usman Khawaja | Steve Smith | Marnus Labuschagne | Travis Head | Mitchell Marsh | Glenn Maxwell | Alex Carey | Cameron Green | Marcus Stoinis | Pat Cummins | Josh Hazelwood | Mitchell Starc | Adam Zampa | Nathan Lyon | Ashton Agar | Scott Boland
Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal | Shakib al Hasan | Mushfiqur Rahim | Mahmudullah | Liton Das | Mustafizur Rahman | Najmul Hossain Shanto | Taskin Ahmed | Ebadat Hossain | Shoriful Islam | Mehidy Hasan Miraz | Towhid Hridhoy | Mominul Haque | Mahmudul Hasan Joy | Zakir Hasan | Shadman Islam | Soumya Sarkar | Afif Hossain | Taijul Islam | Nayeem Hasan
***England
Joe Root | Jos Buttler | Johnny Bairstow | Harry Brook | Dawid Malan | Jason Roy | Moeen Ali | Adil Rashid | Ben Stokes | Liam Livingstone | David Willey | Chris Woakes | Mark Wood | Reece Topley | Zak Crawley | Ben Duckett | Ollie Pope | Ollie Robinson | Stuar Broad | James Anderson
India
Virat Kohli | Rohit Sharma | Shubman Gill | Jasprit Bumrah | Mohammed Shami | Mohammed Siraj | R Ashwin | Ravindra Jadeja | Suryakumar Yadav | Kuldeep Yadav | Shreyas Iyer | KL Rahul | Rishab Pant | Hardik Pandya | Axar Patel | Shardul Thakur