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Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff will play in IPL
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 [...]
Modi said no plans to host IPL in England
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 [...]
Asif not play in domestic cricket
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 [...]
Pakistan cricketers prepared to sit out of IPL: Tanvir
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 [...]
IPL on February 6
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 [...]
Sri Lanka’s hero: Jayasuriya
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 [...]
Hayden was considered ‘too fat’ to play
Posted by: karthik007 on: August 9, 2008
Not many could have thought that young Matthew Hayden, who was considered ‘too fat’ to play for Australia, would go on to become one of the best opening batsmen Australia has ever produced.
The majority of the players in our Australian team have come through the ‘traditional’ pathway program, from the under-17 Australian championships to the [...]
England may tour India without Flintoff
Posted by: karthik007 on: August 9, 2008
England cricket coach Peter Moores has said that there is a possibility of all-rounder Andrew Flintoff skipping the tour to India, which was recently ravaged by a terrorist strike.
“I’m fairly confident everybody will go (to India) if the security report is okay. But it is a difficult situation and everybody sees things differently. The worry [...]
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