An Australian Cricketers Association survey has revealed that about half of the country’s cricketers would give up playing cricket for the country for a stint in the Lucrative IPL Twenty20.
Fouty seven percent of the national players said yes to this query , while 93 percent of state level players also had the same answer.
The […]
April 10th, 2008 | Posted in Controversy, Foreign Players, General | No Comments
Even as the cash-flooded Indian Premier League is about to start on April 18, 2008, the international cricket schedule faces big threat. With players from different parts of the world expected to participate in the two month cricket extravaganza, there are concerns that Australia’s West Indies tour, Bangladesh team’s Pakistan visit, New Zealand tour of […]
April 1st, 2008 | Posted in Controversy, Foreign Players | 3 Comments
Cricket Australia, which has been accussed by the Pakistan Cricket Board for succumbing to the riches of IPL, is now concerned that West Indies would allow some top players to opt out of the Australia’s Carribean Tour to play in IPL.
The West Indies cricket chief had only recently expressed his fears that the biggets threat […]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Foreign Players | No Comments
No doubt, the round 1 and round 2 of IPL auctions were a huge hit. Now, that reason, coupled with some other, could prompt the BCCI, the cash-rich Indian cricket board to go for a third round of auctions for the IPL tournament.
First and the foremost reason why the BCCI could launch a third IPL […]
March 14th, 2008 | Posted in Business | No Comments
Pakistan coach Geff Lawson disappointed as Aussies call of tour, but Australian players gear up for DLF IPL.
Former Australian fast bowler and Pakistan team coach Geff Lawson has said Cricket Australia’s decision not to tour Pakistan as scheduled this month was unfair.
The Pakistan tour was called off in the aftermath of the twin Lahore blasts […]
March 12th, 2008 | Posted in Business, Foreign Players, General | No Comments
The Indian Premier League can never be a lure enough for any player to skip national duty, Australian bastman Mike Hussey has said.
Mike Hussey is yet to sign any IPL contract, but has expressed interest in playing depending on his availability.
Any amount of money won’t be sufficient for players to skip their responsibilities for national […]
March 11th, 2008 | Posted in Business, Foreign Players | No Comments
Cricket Australia has postponed the Pakistan tour scheduled for this month saying new dates would be fixed soon, boosting chances of a host of players to participate in the DLF IPL Twenty20 tournament.
Cricket Australia and Pakistan Cricket Board chairmen will meet in Dubai later this month to discuss the new fixtures.
There have been allegations that […]
March 11th, 2008 | Posted in Foreign Players, Team Owners | No Comments
Eighteen players, incuding Pakistan’s Misabah-ul-Haq, Bangladesh’s Mohammed Ashraful and Australia’s Shane Watson, will be up for grabs in the second IPL auction to be held on March 11.
Seven New Zealand players, four Aussies, three Pakistanis, two Bangladeshis and one player each from Sri Lanka and South Africa will be auctioned on March 11.
There are […]
March 10th, 2008 | Posted in Business, Team Owners | No Comments
The Indian Premier League may see the extension of hostilities generated during India’s recent tour of Australia, media reports said.
A Kolkata-based newspaper quoted an unnamed senior Indian player to this effect, hinting at a strong possibility that the Australian players would get a hostile reception.
The unnamed senior player, commenting on the availability of Australian players […]
March 7th, 2008 | Posted in Controversy, Foreign Players | 1 Comment
Aussie spin wizard Shane Warne , who will captain and coach Jaipur IPL team, says the DLF IPL Twenty20 tournament would not be an acrimonious affair, despite India’s controversial tour of Australia.
The Austalian tour had been a much charged-up affair following a spate of controversies including the racism charges levelled against Harbjahan Singh and […]
March 6th, 2008 | Posted in Foreign Players, Rajasthan Royals - Jaipur | No Comments