Posted by: karthik007 on: January 5, 2009
Bolstered by the return of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan, Mumbai, in their quest for the 38th title, started favourites against Saurashtra in the first day of the four-day Ranji Trophy semi-final match in Chennai.
Mumbai, the best performer in the Super League so far, will be on a high having registered more wins than [...]
Posted by: karthik007 on: January 4, 2009
The roadblock to the participation of Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff and team-mates in second edition of Indian Premier League seems to have been removed after England and Wales Cricket Board and Professional Cricketers’ Association agreed on a 15-day window for the players.
The duration agreed by the ECB and the PCA means players will be able [...]
Posted by: karthik007 on: January 1, 2009
Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi has dismissed reports that the second edition of the Twenty20 extravaganza would be co-hosted by England, saying the IPL is a domestic league with global appeal which will be played only on Indian soil.
“Right off the drawing board we were certain that the Indian Premier League was not [...]
Posted by: karthik007 on: January 1, 2009
Suspended Pakistan bowler Mohammad Asif’s has dismissed.He could not take part in domestic cricket before the Indian Premier League’s drugs tribunal meets in London on January 24. Asif and his lawyer had asked two local sports medicine specialists to review the procedure that was adopted by the IPL authorities to collect samples for dope tests.
Asif [...]
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 28, 2008
With the tension in India-Pakistan relations showing no signs of easing, pacer Sohail Tanvir said
the cricketers are mentally prepared to sit out of the Indian Premier League next year.
“Even if I don’t get to play in the IPL next season, I don’t think it would be a big setback for me or my career. There [...]
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 18, 2008
The auction of new players for the Indian Premier League’s second edition will be held on February 6 without a ceiling on the number of “uncapped” cricketers a franchise can acquire, the cash-rich Twenty20 League’s.
“A player auction will be held on February 6, 2009 for new players that did not feature in the IPL 2008 season. All overseas [...]
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 13, 2008
The USD six million dollar prize money Champions Twenty20 Cricket League has been put off and would now be held in India only in October next year (2009).
The inaugural edition of the League, which was scheduled from December 3-10 this year, was cancelled in the wake of the terror strikes in Mumbai late last month [...]
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 11, 2008
“Without cricket I would have a small job in my home town. My mother is happy to say my name,”
His mother’s pride in his success has an extra poignancy as Jayasuriya’s fame in some part helped his mother survive the south Asian tsunami on December 26, 2004.
She was swept away by the first wave and [...]
Posted by: karthik007 on: September 20, 2008
Former Pakistan captain Salim Maliks lawyer has claimed that there was no life ban on the batsman and he was only contesting his case in a civil court in Lahore against the one million-rupee fine imposed on him by a judicial commission probing a match-fixing scandal way back in 2000.
Former Pakistan captain Salim Malik’s lawyer [...]
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