Plus, you've managed to bring back three old faces for the Vipers, continuing what you're saying there about continuity.

Yeah, look, obviously Babar's a terrific addition.

We all know the quality that he brings to any team.

Um, and it's great that, uh, that, you know, that, uh, we've managed to secure him at the Desert Vipers.

Um, and, you know, given this is gonna be his first taste of the ILT20, I'm sure that, uh, you know, he's gonna be very excited to be able to make a, a real impression on the tournament, and we will benefit, the team will benefit.

Um, and as you mentioned, you know, there are some f- you know, familiar faces at the top of the order with Fakhar.

Uh, you've got Naseem, obviously, with pace, and Shadab with his all-round spin.

... let us into any secrets at this stage?

... you could retain or sign, weren't they?

Yeah, there certainly were.

And the, and the league had made some changes to the retention rules and what it looks like for next season, uh, to the number of players you need from various parts of the cricketing world.

You know, if we talked about the four Afghans, there's one Irish player, there's an associate player.

So and then you've got the four UAE players, so and a Kuwaiti and a Saudi player.

So once you're, you're listing at that number, suddenly your squad is somewhat committed to, to a certain extent, and your flexibility around maintaining, I suppose, the player identif- I- ID and the idea of, of the Desert Vipers becomes very challenging.

Uh, you mentioned Sam Curran, Max Holden, Lockie Ferguson.

But I guess there must also be a little bit of frustration that, uh, the team got as close as it did, uh, but wasn't quite able to get across the line.