Archive for December, 2007

Two-year waiting period for retiring players to join IPL

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Players signing up with Indian Premier League (IPL) will have agree to a two-year waiting period between retiring from international cricket and joining the league, chairman Lalit Modi has said. Interested players will have to get No-Objection Certificates (NOC) from their country's board. Modi said the league did not wish to ...

BCCI okays $400,000 sign-on fee for Warne

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Shane Warne will be the Indian Premier League's most expensive signing, at a cost of US$400,000 for the first season, set to kick off in April 2008. The finance committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India met in Mumbai on Friday and approved several decisions taken by ...

IPL only with CA consent: Gilchrist

Friday, December 7th, 2007

HOBART: Wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist says Australia’s cricketers are not trying to be “rebels” and will heed the company line when it comes to playing in the Indian Premier League. The vice-captain said on Sunday that he was one of about a dozen top-level players to receive a letter from Cricket Australia ...

IPL boss: we won’t lure stars

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

INDIA'S Twenty20 supremo has guaranteed the cashed-up Indian Premier League will not attempt to lure international players away from their national teams, allaying concerns of a Packer-style split developing within the game. Lalit Modi's comments come in response to a strongly-worded letter from Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland, addressed to ...