Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Mumbai : The cream of Australian cricketing talent, led by captain Ricky Ponting and vice captain Adam Gilchrist, together with eleven other Aussies and Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi and Loots Bosman of South Africa have signed on to participate in the Indian Premier League (IPL), which kicks off in April ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Melbourne, Oct 27 : Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie is the latest entrant to join the Indian Premier league (IPL), the professional Twenty20 league venture of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Gillespie is one of the Cricket Australia's 25 contracted players, and said he was excited by ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
NEW DELHI - India’s new-found fascination for Twenty20 cricket has turned into a tug-of-war as money, power and court battles overshadow the country’s most popular sport. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is determined to be the sole crusader of the lucrative crowd-pulling Twenty20 format in cricket-mad ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik and team mates Younis Khan and Mohammad Asif have signed up for the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL), organisers said on Thursday.
New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum has also joined, taking to 29 the number of foreign players who have committed to the lucrative ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik along with fellow batsman Younus Khan and fast bowler Mohammad Asif have joined the official Indian Premier League (IPL).
New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum is also the IPL's latest signing.
"Malik, Khan, Asif and McCullum signed up with the IPL, taking the number of international cricketers to 29," ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
The Indian Premier League has secured the services of South Africa all-rounder Shaun Pollock and Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar.
The Twenty20 format league, which is due to get underway in April, was set up by the India Cricket Board to counter the rebel Indian Cricket League that is to feature West ...
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
Brendon McCullum has joined a growing number of New Zealand test cricketers signing up to play in the Indian Premeir League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament.
The Black Caps wicketkeeper was unveiled among the latest signings for the International Cricket Council (ICC) competition - establishment's answer to the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) ...
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
The BCCI on Wednesday declined that it has received any request from the Pakistan Cricket Board to accommodate a one-off Twenty20 international during the series against the arch-rivals starting next month.
"Where's the question? We have not received any request from the PCB on the issue," BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said.
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Controversial Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, South African pacer Shaun Pollock and New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram have joined the $3 million Indian Premier League (IPL), taking the total number of players who have signed for April's first edition to 25.
'To have 'Rawalpindi Express' (Akhtar) play for an India club ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
While cricket enthusiasts in the country are closely following the ongoing recruitment war between the Indian Premeir League (IPL) and the Indian Cricket League (ICL), the latter’s coach Pranab Roy reckons that the BCCI’s counter-initiative is starting to give ICL a few worries. After the Zee-backed rebel project was launched ...
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