Archive for October 9th, 2007
IPL Snares More Quality Recruits
International captains Graeme Smith and Daniel Vettori are the latest recruits to the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The Twenty20 league has been set up by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), starting in April, to rival the breakaway Indian Cricket League (ICL).
South African internationals Herschelle Gibbs, AB de Villiers, Ashwell Prince and Albie [...]
Still no clarity on Indian cricket league
Cricket South Africa (CSA) will not stand in the way of contracted players who are approached to play in the newly formed Indian Premier League (IPL), provided that this does not clash with their commitments to the Proteas Test squad or the one-day international squad.
“The Premier League is an initiative of the Board of Control [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Five South African cricketers sign up for Indian board’s league
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Skipper Graeme Smith and four other South Africans are among 10 current internationals to have signed up for the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) to be played next year, organisers said on Tuesday.
Building on the national team’s Twenty20 World Cup triumph, the Indian cricket board is to launch its own multi-million dollar [...]
‘Dhoni has shown a lot of maturity’
Those who saw Pravin Kalyan Amre’s brilliant 103 on Test debut against the likes of Allan Donald, Brett Schultz, Brian McMillan and Meyrick Pringle at Kingsmead in Durban in November 1992 still vouch for his guts and gumption, and ability to play fiery pace bowlers with aplomb.
He was a supremely gifted batsman in his own [...]
ESPN Star seeks new innings with BCCI
As the Indian cricket team defeated Australia by eight runs on Monday evening, Manu Sawhney wasn’t watching his competitor network but was strategizing how he might replace it.
Sawhney, former chief of the Indian operations, was in town for the first time since being named ESPN Star Sports’ managing director last month.
With ESPN Star Sports’ competitor [...]
Nimbus bags T20 rights for 60% of ODI fees
MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Nimbus have struck an agreement under which the latter will have the broadcast rights for all international Twenty20 matches to be played in India.
“We have struck a separate deal with Nimbus to broadcast the international Twenty20 matches hosted by BCCI. Considering the T20 matches [...]
CSA backs Indian Premier League
Cricket South Africa (CSA) will not stand in the way of its contracted players who are approached to play in the newly formed Indian Premier League provided it does not clash with their commitments to the Castle Proteas Test squad as well as the Standard Bank ODI squad.This was made clear on Monday in a [...]
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