Archive for November 20th, 2007
Astle not sure about availability of players for IPL
MUMBAI: Former New Zealand batsman Nathan Astle on Monday sounded skeptical on whether the BCCI-backed Indian Premier League will succeed in bringing top foreign players due to the packed international calendar.
“IPL (floated by the Indian Cricket Board), Indian Cricket League (of which Astle is a part of) and the Stanford League are all very good [...]
‘Kumble will be under pressure in Aus’
A month to go before the Indians land in Australia for a Test series, skipper Ricky Ponting has fired the opening salvo, saying Anil Kumble will find it very hard to cope with the pressure of captaincy Down Under.
“Kumble will be under pressure coming to Australia,” Ponting was quoted as saying by the Australian Associated Press‘ [...]
Important win for Pakistan : Zaheer Abbas
I must praise the way Pakistan fought back at Jaipur. They may have lost the One-Day International series, but they took to the field in Jaipur with a purpose and determination, and the results was there to see for all.
Test cricket is a very different ball game, but there is nothing like a win to [...]
ICL says ‘severe penalty’ awaits Yousuf
Chandigarh: The Indian Cricket League (ICL) Monday said that Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf could face a severe commercial penalty if he breached his contract with the league.
Amidst reports that Yousuf had expressed his unwillingness to join the ICL and that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had offered to fully back their player in his legal [...]
National selectors threaten to quit
In an unprecedented revolt against the Cricket Board’s policy to ban national selectors from writing columns, three selectors today threatened to quit their posts if the BCCI persisted with the gag order.
The selectors said that they could be forced to relinquish their posts if the BCCI did not lift the ban, giving a dramatic new [...]
Atapattu calls time on Test career
Senior Sri Lankan opening batsman Marvan Atapattu announced his retirement from international cricket in Hobart on Tuesday.
The 36-year-old opener issued an open letter to Duleep Mendis, chief executive of Sri Lanka Cricket, informing him of his decision.
Atapattu raised a storm during the first Brisbane Test against Australia earlier this month when he called his national [...]
Cricket-crazy India completes 75 years of Tests
NEW DELHI: India this year completes 75 years of playing international Test cricket, a game that is almost a religion in this country of one billion and has simply overshadowed every other sport in passion and popularity.
Led by the redoubtable Col. CK Nayudu, an Indian team stepped on to the hallowed turf of Lord’s on [...]
Will Lara give ICL a miss?
In what can be termed as a major blow to the Indian Cricket League (ICL), speculation is rife that the former West Indian captain –Brian Lara — might join the rival league — Indian Premier League. The former West Indian captain was one of the first star to be signed on by the ICL and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pietersen declines ICL
Kevin Pietersen, the talismanic England batsman, has rejected the Indian Cricket League (ICL), having been offered a lucrative contract to become its latest big name signing.
The ICL is taking shape as a rebel tournament, having not been sanctioned by any of the world’s cricket boards. The BCCI has openly criticized the league and has since [...]
ESPN, Nimbus, Sony bid for IPL telecast
The country’s leading sports broadcasters — ESPN, Nimbus and Sony — have made presentations to Board of Control for Cricket in India on their marketing plans for promotion of its upcoming Twenty20 Indian Premier League ahead of a tendering process for telecast rights expected to start by the month-end.
According to sources, the three broadcasters made [...]
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