Archive for December, 2009

Images of the decade II – CricInfo.com

Images of the decade II
CricInfo.com
The Indian Premier League, the multi-million-dollar, football-style, franchise-based domestic league Modi conceived and executed with spectacular success

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IPL teams to have 4 Indians, 3 foreigners

When the stage gets set for the IPL auction (season IV), the team owners are likely to be given the option of retaining four Indians and three foreign players.

Cricket: Wizards of willow, lords of leather – New Zealand Herald

Cricket: Wizards of willow, lords of leather
New Zealand Herald
In his 51 Twenty20s for Essex and Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, he is going at a strike rate of 119.09 runs per 100 balls, so he's no slouch

David Leggat: Bid to cash in on new crowd-puller – New Zealand Herald

David Leggat: Bid to cash in on new crowd-puller
New Zealand Herald
Out of that – and stirred along by the setting up of a privately-run rival in the Indian Cricket League – came the Indian Premier League, and the landscape

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12 Pak players for IPL auction – Calcutta Telegraph

12 Pak players for IPL auction
Calcutta Telegraph
Karachi: Eager to participate in the third Indian Premier League despite the many glitches, at least a dozen Pakistani cricketers have made themselves

Pitching it wrong – Hindustan Times

Pitching it wrong
Hindustan Times
And then there's the small matter of Rs 10.8 crore from Indian Premier League income. Surely, you'd think, a body that received this much money,

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CAB, Kolkata police on collision course over floodlight failure – Thaindian.com


Thaindian.com
CAB, Kolkata police on collision course over floodlight failure
Thaindian.com
“Who is he (Chakrabarti) to decide whether Indian Premier League matches will be played at the Eden Gardens or not? We all want cricket matches to be played

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Rimmington still eyes off Twenty20 – Sunshine Coast Daily

Rimmington still eyes off Twenty20
Sunshine Coast Daily
“If you can knock over a few big-name batsmen, people will start talking about you,” Rimmington said of his national and even Indian Premier League

Predicting the 2010 sporting year – The Dominion Post

Predicting the 2010 sporting year
The Dominion Post
The Indian Premier League – great for those involved but, after a couple of games, a yawn for everyone else with the red team playing the yellow team

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Too much cricket: Lorgat – Bangalore Mirror

Too much cricket: Lorgat
Bangalore Mirror
Asked whether the world cricket's governing body was also worried by the recent trend of players putting the lucrative Indian Premier League before national

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