Indian Premier League teams traded seven players during the transfer period ahead of the second edition of the Twenty20 tournament, scheduled for April 10-May 29. The IPL on Friday released the list of players traded during the transfer window that closed Thursday, with the most notable exchange being that of Indian pace bowler Zaheer Khan for top-order batsman Robin Uthappa. Bangalore Royal Challengers traded Khan for Uthappa of Mumbai Indians, allowing these two players to turn out for their respective home cities. The other trades included ex-Indian international Ashish Nehra of Mumbai, who was traded for top-order batsman Shikhar Dhawan of Delhi Daredevils. In a three-way trade, Jaydev Shah of Rajasthan Royals moved to Mumbai Indians, Gaurav Dhiman of Mumbai went to Bangalore Royal Challengers and Pankaj Singh will switch from Rajasthan to Bangalore. The trading comes ahead of the player auction on Feb. 6 when teams will bid for the cream of world cricket's talent. Beside the trades, temporary replacement players from the inaugural season signed full-season contracts with their teams. Australians David Warner and Andrew MacDonald both signed with Delhi and Ryan Harris with Deccan Chargers. Since appearing in the IPL, MacDonald and Warner have made their international debuts. Kolkata Knight Riders signed long-term contracts with Sri Lanka spin sensation Ajantha Mendis and Brad Hodge of Australia, both of whom were their “replacement” players from 2008. The replacement players came in place of international stars who could not play in the entire IPL season. Mumbai enlisted West Indian Dwayne Bravo, while the Chennai Super Kings inked a long-term contract with Sri Lanka's Chamara Kapugedera. Morkel lifts South Africa Albie Morkel destroyed Australia in the dying stages for the second time in the series as he guide the highest successful ODI chase at the SCG and powered South Africa to a three-wicket win and a 2-1 lead. Morkel fell five short of the target of 270 when he skied Nathan Hauritz to long-on but his 40 from 22 balls had done the job and he had already slammed Hauritz for a six and a pair of fours over midwicket in the same over. Scores: S. Africa 270-7 (Gibbs 64, Kallis 60, Morkel 40) beat Australia 269 (Warner 69, Botha 3
