Archive for October 1st, 2007
Breaking News….Jayawardene, Muralitharan sign for BCCI’s IPL
October 01, 2007 18:01 IST
The Indian Premier League, the ambitious cash-rich Twenty20 venture launched by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, announced the signing of eight current Sri Lankan cricketers, including captain Mahela Jayawardene and spin wizard Muthiah Muralitharan, for its inaugural edition.
Barely three days after the rebel Indian Cricket League released its second [...]
Yousuf still with us: Indian rebel league
NEW DELHI (AFP) — The breakaway Indian Cricket League (ICL) said Friday Pakistan star batsman Mohammad Yousuf will turn out for them despite agreeing to play for his country.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said Thursday Yousuf, 33, had broken his contract with the ICL and signed up to represent the national team in the Test [...]
ACA waiting game flops
Guwahati, Sept. 30: Time and tide wait for none. The Assam Cricket Association (ACA) has learnt this the hard way with three more senior players joining the rebel Indian Cricket League.
Unlike the quartet of Abu Naschim Ahmed, Parvez Aziz, Sujoy Tarafdar and S.V. Saravanan, the latest three ICL entrants — Syed Zakaria Zuffri, Arlen Konwar [...]
Cricket South Africa to ban ICL recruits
October 1, 2007
Gerald Majola: “Once they have played even one game in the ICL tournament, it’s over “
Cricket South Africa has warned players joining the Indian Cricket League (ICL) that it will not only ban them from playing for South Africa but will also keep them out of domestic cricket.
“We view them [...]
ICL signs on more cricketers
MUMBAI: Two weeks ago, when the BCCI announced its new premier league, it seemed as if it had taken the wind out of the sails of the much-hyped Indian Cricket League (ICL), floated by media baron Subhash Chandra.
But now, the ICL has once again sputtered to life. On Friday, Kapil Dev, chairman of ICL’s executive [...]
No deadline for coach appointment: BCCI
Mumbai, Sept. 29 (PTI): The Cricket Board postponed yesterday a selection meeting at Bangalore and made it clear that it was not fixing any deadine to appoint a new coach after Greg Chappell’s refusal to extend contract following India’s ODI World Cup debacle.
“We are not going to say when he’s (coach) going to be appointed. [...]
ICL a fall-out of World Cup debacle: Pawar
Without mentioning the rebel Indian Cricket League or its promoters by name, Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sharad Pawar , in his annual report, blamed India’s World Cup debacle for the launch of the ICL, by Subhash Chandra’s Essel Group.
In his report for 2006-07, Pawar said the country’s cricket was put to [...]
Twenty20 or Fifty50: take your pick…
The similarities surrounding the one-day series that commences today in Bangalore and the one that followed the 1983 World Cup are too obvious to overlook easily.
India was on a high in 1983 following victory in the World Cup. The nation is once again high now following victory in the Twenty20 World Championship.
But post-1983 World Cup [...]
Court allows ICL to file fresh petition against BCCI
New Delhi, Sep 28 : Delhi High Court Friday allowed the Indian Cricket League (ICL) to withdraw its petition alleging that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was intimidating players who joined the rebel league. The BCCI had questioned the legal validity of such complaints.
BCCI counsel Ashok Desai and Abhishek Singvi submitted [...]
Haryana Cricket Association ambiguous about inviting Kapil
Chandigarh, Sept. 30 (PTI): The Haryana Cricket Association, which is hosting the October 8 ODI between India and Australia here, is ambiguous about inviting former captain Kapil Dev to watch the match.
“I cannot tell you now,” HCA Secretary and former BCCI president Ranbir Singh Mahendra told a press conference here today when asked if Kapil [...]
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