IPL franchisees are turning to BCCI to deal with potential losses looming large following the shifting of IPL.
“At present, we are focusing on the cricketing aspect of it. IPL has assured us that they would take care of the commercial issues,” Delhi Daredevils CEO Amrit Mathur said.
While Mathur did not give details of the [...]

Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad believes that relocation of IPL would not affect Indian cricket adversely.
“I don’t think it will affect future tours. Because their general elections were a bigger issue for the government than the IPL and it had to be shifted by the organisers,” Miandad said.
“Secondly, India is the biggest commercial market [...]

South Africa has beat England as the country to host the 2009 Indian Premier League, it was confirmed on Tuesday.
The decision to stage the tournament in South Africa followed a meeting between IPL chairman Lalit Modi and Cricket South Africa chief executive Gerald Majola.
The pair met in Johannesburg today to discuss the possibility of the [...]

PCB has said it would contact BCCI and seek advice from its government on the status of its players’ chances of playing in IPL.
IPL will now be staged in South Africa or England.
PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt said there were lot of issues to be cleared up regarding the participation of Pakistani players in the IPL [...]

Andy Murray admitted he was blown off course by the windy conditions as he crashed to a 6-1 6-2 defeat by Rafael Nadal.
The match was played in extremely windy conditions, with gusts of 40mph, and the British number one struggled with all parts of his game.
He was broken twice in each set as world number [...]

Cricket South Africa believes England is the “preferred choice” for hosting IPL while the rainbow nation is merely a “standby” option.
“All we know so far is that we’re just one of the options. I must say from my side, I’m not that optimistic. The real reason I say so is the timing. I’ve worked with [...]

South Africa registered a outright victory by an innings and 20 runs over Australia on day four of the third Test.
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Mitchell Johnson fought a lone battle in the middle even as wickets kept falling at the other end on day four of the third Test match against South Africa.
Australia were struggling on [...]

England and Wales Cricket Board is seriously looking at the possibility of hosting the second edition of Indian Premier League.
ECB is looking at the possibility after “exploratory discussions to relocate the tournament” with the BCCI and will take a final decision in the coming week.
“At the request of Board of Control for Cricket in [...]

England in West Indies, 2009

West Indies vs England, 2nd ODI

Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana, March 22, 2009

Match Information

Umpires:
Aleem Dar (Pak) & Clyde Duncan (WI)

Third Umpire:
Clancy Mack (WI)

Match Referee:
Javagal Srinath (Ind)

Toss:
West Indies (Elected to bat)

Match Status:
West Indies won by 21 runs

Man of the Match:
Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Batting: West Indies Innings

Batsmen
West Indies (264/8 in 50 ovs)
Runs
Balls
4’s
6’s
SR

Chris Gayle (c)
b J [...]

Cricket’s lucrative Indian Premier League will be organised abroad this year as the government says it can not provide security at the same time as national elections, an official said on Sunday.
The IPL’s working committee called for an emergency meeting on Sunday, when the decision was arrived on.
“It is a matter of great regret that, [...]