IPL Twenty20 Cricket

2011/2012 KFC T20 BIG BASH LEAGUE CHAMPIONS PERTH SCORCHERS

2012-01-28T19:03:00.006+05:30

Big Bash League, Final: Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers at Perth, Jan 28, 2012

Umpires PR Reiffel and JD Ward

TV umpire MD Martell

Match referee RJ Evans

Scoreboard:

Toss Perth Scorchers, chose to bat

Perth Scorchers 156/5 for 20/20 over

Marsh 77 Not Out and Lee 2-21

Sydney Sixers 158/3 for 18.5/20 over

Henriques 70 and O'Keefe 48

Man of the Match MC Henriques (Sydney Sixers)

Player of the series DJ Hussey

Series Sydney Sixers won the 2011/12 Big Bash League

Perth's loss continued a frustrating title drought for West Australian cricket, with the State's last silverware coming back in 2003-04 when they beat Queensland in the one-day final.

Man-of-the-match Henriques then cracked 70 off 41 balls and Stephen O'Keefe chipped in with 48 off 46 as the Sixers cruised to 3-158 with seven balls to spare in front of a sell-out crowd of 16,255.

.....Brett Lee picked up two wickets in the first over of the match......

2011/2012 T20 Big Bash League, Final

2012-01-27T23:27:00.007+05:30

Big Bash League, Final: Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers at Perth, Jan 28, 2012

MEN IN FORM:

Herschelle Gibbs (Perth Scorchers):

South African Gibbs has scored 302 runs at an average of 50.33, and a strike rate of 152.52 and he is play from his 6 innings, Gibbs has 4 fifties, 41 fours, six sixes and a highest score of 71 (against the Stars in the Semi-Final).

Mitchell Starc (Sydney Sixers):

Starc has taken 11 wickets at an average of 12.36 and a strike rate of 9.5. From his five matches, Starc has an economy rate of 7.77 with best bowling figures of 3/17 and he took 3/28 against the Scorchers in the match at the SCG.

KEY MATCH-UP: BRETT LEE Vs HERSCHELLE GIBBS

They two players are very important role for play at 37, Gibbs shows no sign of mellowing with age and the South African has belted bowlers across the country in a rather belligerent manner, and has formed a very balanced opening partnership with Marcus North. Once these two get out, though, the Scorchers run rate usually slows significantly in the Sixers can get Gibbs out early, they could restrict the Scorchers to a modest total and fellow veteran Brett Lee is the best man to do it to he still has the ability to rip through any batsman in the world when he gets it right, and it only takes one perfectly aimed yorker to send Gibbs packing.

Perth Scorchers squad:

TM Beaton, MA Beer, PD Collingwood, NM Coulter-Nile, LM Davis, R Duffield, BM Edmondson, HH Gibbs, GB Hogg, SM Katich, JK Lalor, MR Marsh, MJ North(cap), NJ Rimmington, L Ronchi(wk), CJ Simmons

Sydney Sixers squad:

MC Henriques, SO Henry, B Lee, MJ Lumb, NL McCullum, SCG MacGill, NJ Maddinson, IA Moran, PM Nevill(wk), SNJ O'Keefe, BJ Rohrer, SPD Smith(cap), MA Starc, DJ Thornely, SR Watson

India in Australia T20I Series 2012

2012-01-27T14:38:00.000+05:30

Date	Match Details	GMT	IST	Place
Feb 01	Australia v India, 1st T20I	08:35	14:05	Sydney
Feb 03	Australia v India, 2nd T20I	08:35	14:05	Melbourne

George Bailey Named Australia's T20 Captain against India Series

2012-01-25T23:50:00.008+05:30

Tasmania captain George Bailey who played for Melbourne Stars in the KFC T20 Big Bash League will lead the side in the two-match twenty20 series despite never having played for Australia before.40-year-old veteran Brad Hogg recalled national team and the Hogg, who turns 41 on February 6, said his recall was the perfect birthday present.

National chairman of selectors John Inverarity said Bailey's record as captain of Tasmania was crucial to giving the 29-year-old the top job.

Australia T20 Squad:

George Bailey (c), David Warner (vc), Travis Birt, Daniel Christian, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Brad Hogg, David Hussey, Brett Lee, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Clint Mckay, Matthew Wade

IPL T20 Cricket 2012 Schedule

2012-01-24T18:12:00.004+05:30

CSK	Chennai Super Kings
DC	Deccan Chargers
DD	Delhi Daredevils
KKR	Kolkata Knight Riders
KXIP	Kings XI Punjab
MI	Mumbai Indians
PW	Pune Warriors
RCB	Royal Challengers Bangalore
RR	Rajasthan Royals

Date	Match Details	Time	Stadium	Place
Apr 04	CSK v MI, 1st Match	20:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
Apr 05	KKR v DD, 2nd Match	20:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Apr 06	MI v PW, 3rd Match	16:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
Apr 06	RR v KXIP, 4th Match	20:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
Apr 07	RCB v DD, 5th Match	16:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
Apr 07	DC v CSK, 6th Match	20:00	ACA-VDCA	Vizag
Apr 08	RR v KKR, 7th Match	16:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
Apr 08	PW v KXIP, 8th Match	20:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
Apr 09	DC v MI, 9th Match	20:00	ACA-VDCA	Vizag
Apr 10	RCB v KKR, 10th Match	16:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
Apr 10	DD v CSK, 11th Match	20:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Apr 11	MI v RR, 12th Match	20:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
Apr 12	CSK v RCB, 13th Match	16:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
Apr 12	KXIP v PW, 14th Match	20:00	Punjab Cricket Association	Chandigarh
Apr 13	KKR v RR, 15th Match	20:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Apr 14	DD v DC, 16th Match	16:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Apr 14	PW v CSK, 17th Match	20:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
Apr 15	KKR v KXIP, 18th Match	16:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Apr 15	RCB v RR, 19th Match	20:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
Apr 16	MI v DD, 20th Match	20:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
Apr 17	RR v DC, 21st Match	16:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
Apr 17	RCB v PW, 22nd Match	20:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
Apr 18	KXIP v KKR, 23rd Match	20:00	Punjab Cricket Association	Chandigarh
Apr 19	DC v DD, 24th Match	16:00	Rajiv Gandhi International	Hyderabad
Apr 19	CSK v PW, 25th Match	20:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
Apr 20	KXIP v RCB, 26th Match	20:00	Punjab Cricket Association	Chandigarh
Apr 21	CSK v RR, 27th Match	16:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
Apr 21	DD v PW, 28th Match	20:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Apr 22	MI v KXIP, 29th Match	16:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
Apr 22	DC v KKR, 30th Match	20:00	Rajiv Gandhi International	Hyderabad
Apr 23	RR v RCB, 31st Match	20:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
Apr 24	PW v DD, 32nd Match	16:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
Apr 24	KKR v DC, 33rd Match	20:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Apr 25	KXIP v MI, 34th Match	16:00	Punjab Cricket Association	Chandigarh
Apr 25	RCB v CSK, 35th Match	20:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
Apr 26	PW v DC, 36th Match	20:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
Apr 27	DD v MI, 37th Match	20:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Apr 28	CSK v KXIP, 38th Match	16:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
Apr 28	KKR v RCB, 39th Match	20:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Apr 29	DD v RR, 40th Match	16:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Apr 29	MI v DC, 41st Match	20:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
Apr 30	CSK v KKR, 42nd Match	20:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
May 01	DC v PW, 43rd Match	16:00	Rajiv Gandhi International	Hyderabad
May 01	RR v DD, 44th Match	20:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
May 02	RCB v KXIP, 45th Match	20:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
May 03	PW v MI, 46th Match	20:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
May 04	CSK v DC, 47th Match	20:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
May 05	KKR v PW, 48th Match	16:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
May 05	KXIP v RR, 49th Match	20:00	Punjab Cricket Association	Chandigarh
May 06	MI v CSK, 50th Match	16:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
May 06	RCB v DC, 51st Match	20:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
May 07	DD v KKR, 52nd Match	20:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
May 08	PW v RR, 53rd Match	16:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
May 08	DC v KXIP, 54th Match	20:00	Rajiv Gandhi International	Hyderabad
May 09	MI v RCB, 55th Match	20:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
May 10	RR v CSK, 56th Match	20:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
May 11	PW v RCB, 57th Match	20:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
May 12	KKR v MI, 58th Match	16:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
May 12	CSK v DD, 59th Match	20:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
May 13	RR v PW, 60th Match	16:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
May 13	KXIP v DC, 61st Match	20:00	Punjab Cricket Association	Chandigarh
May 14	RCB v MI, 62nd Match	16:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
May 14	KKR v CSK, 63rd Match	20:00	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
May 15	DD v KXIP, 64th Match	20:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
May 16	MI v KKR, 65th Match	20:00	Wankhede	Mumbai
May 17	KXIP v CSK, 66th Match	16:00	HP Cricket Association	Dharamsala
May 17	DD v RCB, 67th Match	20:00	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
May 18	DC v RR, 68th Match	20:00	Rajiv Gandhi International	Hyderabad
May 19	KXIP v DD, 69th Match	16:00	HP Cricket Association	Dharamsala
May 19	PW v KKR, 70th Match	20:00	Subrata Roy Sahara	Pune
May 20	DC v RCB, 71st Match	16:00	Rajiv Gandhi International	Hyderabad
May 20	RR v MI, 72nd Match	20:00	Sawai Mansingh	Jaipur
May 22	TBC v TBC, Q 1 (1st v 2nd)	20:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
May 23	TBC v TBC, Eli (3rd v 4th)	20:00	M.Chinnaswamy	Bengaluru
May 25	TBC v TBC, Q 2 (L.o.Q1 v W.o.Eli.)	20:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai
May 27	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	MA Chidambaram	Chennai

KKR appoint Trevor Bayliss as head coach

2012-01-04T11:43:00.003+05:30

The Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday named Trevor Bayliss as the chief coach of their side for the fifth edition of Indian Premier League.

Trevor Bayliss, who coached Sri Lankan Cricket team for four years, guiding them to the finals of World T20 (2009) and ICC World Cup (2011) will replace Dav Whatmore who is tipped to take over as national head coach of the Pakistan side.

"We are pleased to welcome Trevor Bayliss as our chief coach. With his rich experience, very successful track record and knowledge of the conditions in the sub continent, we believe he is the right person to take KKR to the next level of performance," Shah Rukh Khan, principal owner of Kolkata franchise was quoted as saying in a media release.

Bayliss on his part stated, "I have followed the IPL Twenty20 Cricket and KKR's performance and I am honoured to become part of this team, which has already built a reputation as a very popular & professional franchise.

"The team, the support staff, the owners and management are outstanding and I look forward to working with everyone and striving for the highest honours," he further added.

Team's co-owner Jay Mehta feels that the Australian's "personality, his humility and effectiveness will be an ideal combination for KKR."

Eric Simons was appointed Delhi Daredevils coach

2011-12-22T17:43:00.003+05:30

Current India bowling Coach Eric Simmons was appointed as the head coach of Delhi Daredevils on Thursday for the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League 2012.

Announcing the elevation of Simons as the head coach of the Daredevils team, franchise owners GMR Sports said the move will help the side to regain its lost aura.

"I am sure that Simons' taking over as head coach and Sekar's return as mentor will help the team overcome the disappointments of last season and become most competitive again," GMR Sports' business chairman Kiran K Grandhi said in a statement.

The Virender Sehwag-led side finished at the bottom of the table in the last edition of the tournament earlier this year, managing to win just four matches out of the stipulated 14 games.

Sehwag, who is currently in Australia to play the four-match Test series against the hosts, said it will be exciting to work with Simons.

"Eric has done a good job as bowling coach and now he can do that as the head coach. He can make a difference as he has been with the team for a couple of years. If someone else had come, he would have to had to start from the scratch. It is good Eric has taken over and I am hoping he will do a good job," Sehwag said.

Umpires, administrators too fix matches: Lalit Modi

2011-11-02T16:54:00.001+05:30

Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi on Tuesday accused umpires and administrators of the game of being involved in match-fixing, shortly after a London court found banned Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and pacer Mohammad Asif guilty in the spot-fixing scandal.

"It's not only players that fix matches - Sometimes there are Umpires too in connivance with Administrators. Again.. these reports are buried," Modi wrote in his twitter page.

A 12-member jury found Butt, 27, guilty of conspiracy to accept corrupt payments and conspiracy to cheat, while Asif, 28, was convicted of charge of conspiracy to cheat in one of the biggest scandals that rocked cricket last year.

"It is worst form of corruption. It makes everything else look Pale.

"People remotely assisting - match / Spot Fixing or People Preventing the information from coming out are equally to blame for this menace," Modi tweeted.

He advocated severe punishments for those found guilty in fixing matches.

"Persons involved in fixing should be completely banned from participating any kind of professional sport.

"Cricket authorities must have a zero tolerance for spot- fixing. Problem is that quantum of betting has jumped - with no checks and reporting."

The scandal goes back to August last year when the duo conspired with alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed and teen pace sensation Mohammad Aamer to deliver three no-balls during the Lord's Test.

While Aamer had reportedly pleaded guilty to the charge Butt and Asif pleaded not guilty.

Mumbai are the 2011 CLT20 champions!

2011-10-10T17:09:00.002+05:30

With all the injuries and replacements at the start of the tournament, one wouldn't have given Mumbai Indians a chance of getting to the knockouts at the Champions League, let alone winning it today.

On a slow wicket at the Chidambaram Stadium with just 139 runs to defend, Harbhajan Singh led Mumbai astutely. He took 3-20 and Royal Challengers Bangalore were crushed by 31 runs in a low-scorer.

Bangalore started the chase strongly with Tillakaratne Dilshan and Chris Gayle adding 38 in four overs. In the next 10, they made 39-5. Harbhajan and Chahal choked the runs dry on a wicket that seemed considerably slower than earlier.

Mumbai raised their fielding a notch, took the catches that mattered. By the end, Bangalore had fallen so far behind the required rate, it's hard to tell looking at the scoreboard that they were ever in the chase.

Harbhajan gambled by giving Lasith Malinga a third over in his first spell. Malinga delivered with his first ball. Dilshan swung across the line and missed. Gayle fell to a dubious LBW to Harbhajan when his front leg was a long way down the wicket. Mumbai had a foot in the door.

Mayank Agarwal and Virat Kohli, still feeling the effects of batting on the Chinnaswamy belter, didn't last long and were caught in the deep slogging slow turners. Arun Karthik and Mohammad Kaif fell the same way but they were under considerable pressure from the mounting run-rate.

Three run-outs dented Mumbai before they could steer the innings to substantiality. It wasn't sensational fielding but Mumbai's sloppiness. Opener Sarul Kanwar was ball-watching at the non-striker's end when he ignored Aiden Blizzard's call and got him out.

Suryakumar Yadav was promoted above Kieron Pollard and batted usefully for 24. Then he backed up too far and Vettori ran him out in his follow-through. The big wicket was James Franklin's (41) and some lazy running with Pollard cost him his wicket.

In the next over by Vettori, Mumbai fell apart. Pollard strange half-hearted loft couldn't clear mid-on. Harbhajan Singh was given not-out by Kumar Dharmasena to plumb LBW first ball. But he was given LBW to a faster delivery next ball which clearly seemed heading down the leg-side.
This loss extends Bangalore's poor run in T20 finals. They had lost IPL finals in 2009 and 2011.

We would like to finish first: Johan Botha

2011-09-26T15:43:00.002+05:30

Warriors captain Johan Botha wants his side to make it to the semi-finals of the Champions League twenty20 by winning all their matches in the group stage.

"We would like to finish first. Our next game is against KKR. Three victories would take us into the knock-outs. From there, you are two away from winning the championship. It is not going to be easy but we are looking forward to the challenge," Botha said after his team forcefully beat the South Australia Redbacks.

Winning the first two matches in the main round has given them the requisite confidence.

"We knew it is going to be difficult for them if we took it to 170. Three wickets in first six overs was great," the Proteas offie said.

Redbacks' captain Michael Klinger admitted that they have played poor cricket.

"They played better than us. There are no excuses. We did not execute our basic skills well and lost wickets regularly. The run rate was high and they did well to contain us," Klinger said.

Klinger however dismissed theories of lack of practice being their undoing.

"We had practice back in Australia and five days in Kolkata and also here in the last few days. That can't be an excuse."

Champions League Twenty20 2011 Schedule

2011-09-22T11:55:00.003+05:30

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Sep 23 - Fri	RCB v Warriors, 1st Match	20:00	Bengaluru
Sep 24 - Sat	Cape Cobras v NSW, 2nd Match	16:00	Chennai
Sep 24 - Sat	CSK v MI, 3rd Match	20:00	Chennai
Sep 25 - Sun	Warriors v South Australia, 4th Match	16:00	Hyderabad
Sep 25 - Sun	Somerset v KKR, 5th Match	20:00	Hyderabad
Sep 26 - Mon	MI v T&T, 6th Match	20:00	Bengaluru
Sep 27 - Tue	Somerset v South Australia, 7th Match	20:00	Hyderabad
Sep 28 - Wed	NSW v T&T, 8th Match	16:00	Chennai
Sep 28 - Wed	CSK v Cape Cobras, 9th Match	20:00	Chennai
Sep 29 - Thu	Somerset v RCB, 10th Match	20:00	Bengaluru
Sep 30 - Fri	MI v Cape Cobras, 11th Match	20:00	Bengaluru
Oct 01 - Sat	South Australia v KKR, 12th Match	16:00	Kolkata
Oct 01 - Sat	Somerset v Warriors, 13th Match	20:00	Kolkata
Oct 02 - Sun	MI v NSW, 14th Match	16:00	Chennai
Oct 02 - Sun	CSK v T&T, 15th Match	20:00	Chennai
Oct 03 - Mon	RCB v KKR, 16th Match	20:00	Bengaluru
Oct 04 - Tue	Cape Cobras v T&T, 17th Match	16:00	Chennai
Oct 04 - Tue	CSK v NSW, 18th Match	20:00	Chennai
Oct 05 - Wed	Warriors v KKR, 19th Match	16:00	Bengaluru
Oct 05 - Wed	RCB v South Australia, 20th Match	20:00	Bengaluru
Oct 07 - Fri	TBC v TBC, 1st Semi-final	20:00	Bengaluru
Oct 08 - Sat	TBC v TBC, 2nd Semi-final	20:00	Chennai
Oct 09 - Sun	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Chennai

CSK - Chennai Super Kings
KKR - Kolkata Knight Riders
RCB - Royal Challengers Bangalore
MI - Mumbai Indians

T&T - Trinidad and Tobago
NSW - New South Wales

KKR beat Auckland by two runs in thriller

2011-09-20T11:58:00.003+05:30

The Kolkata Knight Riders produced a disciplined bowling display to beat the Auckland Aces by two runs in a thrilling low-scoring Champions League Twenty20 qualifiers match on the opening day of the qualifying round at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

KKR won the toss Electing to bat, the Kolkata Knight Riders scored a modest 121 for six after they suffered a batting collapse, but their bowlers produced a superb show to restrict Auckland to 119 for six in a match that went down the wire after many twist and turns.

Auckland lost their first wicket off the first ball of their run chase, recovered at 60 for one, and then slumped to 61 for four in the 10th over. They were still in the hunt for an upset victory but with pressure piling and the required run-rate always climbing, they eventually fell short by two runs.

The last over of the match was guaranteed to produce high drama with Auckland needing 11 runs to win and Brett Lee taking the ball for Kolkata. In the event, Lee gave up just 8 runs in his over, in a superb display of controlled fast bowling, to put paid to the New Zealand side's hopes.

Manvinder Singh Bisla is the MoM for his fine knock of 45

Injured Gambhir to skip CL Twenty20 qualifiers

2011-09-14T11:41:00.003+05:30

Kolkata Knight Rider’s captain, Gautam Gambhir will not take the field in the Champions League Twenty20 Qualifiers for the Shah Rukh Khan owned team as he has not fully recovered from his injury. South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis will lead the team in Gambhir's absence.

Gambhir suffered a mild concussion while attempting to take a catch during the 4th Test match against England at The Oval. He missed out on the entire Twenty20 & ODI Series of the ongoing England tour.

The qualifiers will start on the 19th of September and get over on the 21st and will feature 6 teams.

Apart from KKR, Trinidad and Tobago, Ruhuna Rhinos, Auckland Aces, Leicestershire and Somerset will play in the qualifying phase with 3 teams going through to the main event.

Anderson may play IPL to earn T20 berth

2011-09-05T17:00:00.003+05:30

After becoming the 2nd England bowler to scalp 200 wickets in both ODIs and Tests, pacer James Anderson said he might consider playing in the Indian Premier League to convince the selectors of his capabilities in the Twenty20 format.

Anderson was not part of the England squad that won the Twenty20 World Cup in 2010 and the 29-year-old pacer said he would look to perform well in the ongoing ODI series against India to earn a place in the T20 squad as well.

"My immediate priority is to play my part in winning the ODI series against India, but if I bowl well enough perhaps that will push me back into their thinking," Anderson was quoted as saying by the Daily mail.

"If not, one option might be to try to play in the Indian Premier League next spring or elsewhere, something I'm really going to have to consider."

"I'm sure the selectors know my feelings. I want to play T20 cricket for England, I'm disappointed that I'm not and it's down to me to persuade them I should be," he added.

Anderson on Saturday became only the second England bowler after Darren Gough (235) to take 200 wickets in both ODIs and Test cricket during the rain-marred first one-dayer against India at Chester-le-Street.

With the 2012 World Cup Twenty20 just a year and nine matches away for England, Anderson said he is running out of time to convince the selectors.

Dhoni given an honorary doctorate

2011-08-30T12:07:00.003+05:30

Indian Cricket Captain MS Dhoni was awarded an honorary doctorate by De Montfort University after the conclusion of a Twenty20 cricket practice match against Leicestershire at Grace Road.

MS Dhoni was praised for his exemplary leadership quality and achievements at a ceremony here.

Dhoni has achieved many milestones as skipper of the Indian Team. His first major achievement was captaining the Indian team to victory in the Twenty20 World Cup 2007. He also captained the Indian side to victory the 2007-08 CB tri-series played in Australia. However, his crowning glory was helping India win the World Cup in 2011 after a gap of 28 years.

He holds the record for the most number of catches in an innings and the longest unbeaten run as a skipper. He also holds the award for the fastest century scored by an Indian wicket keeper. In 2008 and 2009, Dhoni was also named the ICC's ODI Cricket player of the year.

"I am amazed and honoured to receive this award. I see this award as an honour not only for me as the captain of the Indian cricket team but for the whole team to be proud of," Captain Dhoni said.

Dhoni is currently captaining the Indian team, which has been whitewashed 0-4 in the just-concluded Test series by England. Dhoni and his men will be hoping that they bounce back in the remainder of the tour. India play a T20 match against England on Wednesday followed by five ODIs.

I Support Anna Hazare

2011-08-26T13:35:00.001+05:30

Champions League Twenty20 2011 Qualifiers Schedule

2011-08-23T12:24:00.000+05:30

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Sep 19 - Mon	Trinidad and Tobago v Ruhuna Rhinos	16:00	Hyderabad
Sep 19 - Mon	KKR v Auckland Aces, 2nd Match	20:00	Hyderabad
Sep 20 - Tue	Trinidad and Tobago v TBC, 3rd Match	16:00	Hyderabad
Sep 20 - Tue	TBC v Auckland Aces, 4th Match	20:00	Hyderabad
Sep 21 - Wed	TBC v Ruhuna Rhinos, 5th Match	16:00	Hyderabad
Sep 21 - Wed	KKR v TBC, 6th Match	20:00	Hyderabad

Australia in Sri Lanka 2011, Complete Series Schedule

2011-08-08T16:33:00.001+05:30

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Aug 06 - Sat	Sri Lanka v Australia, 1st T20I - SL won by 35 runs	19:00	Pallekele
Aug 08 - Mon	Sri Lanka v Australia, 2nd T20I	19:00	Pallekele
Aug 10 - Wed	Sri Lanka v Australia, 1st ODI	14:30	Pallekele
Aug 14 - Sun	Sri Lanka v Australia, 2nd ODI	14:30	Colombo
Aug 16 - Tue	Sri Lanka v Australia, 3rd ODI	14:30	Colombo
Aug 20 - Sat	Sri Lanka v Australia, 4th ODI	14:30	Hambantota
Aug 22 - Mon	Sri Lanka v Australia, 5th ODI	14:30	Hambantota
Aug 31 - Sep 04	Sri Lanka v Australia, 1st Test	10:00	Galle
Sep 08 - 12	Sri Lanka v Australia, 2nd Test	10:00	Pallekele
Sep 16 - 20	Sri Lanka v Australia, 3rd Test	10:00	Colombo

Sri Lanka top Players to Skip SLPL Twenty20 2011

2011-07-19T17:44:00.005+05:30

Sri Lanka's top players will skip largest part of the matches in the Sri Lanka premier league T20, dealing another blow to the struggling event, an official said Tuesday.

Captain Tilakaratne Dilshan, Ex-captain Kumar Sangakkara and veteran Mahela Jayawardene, all-rounder Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga are among local players expected to miss most of the 10-day tournament starting Thursday.

"The players will likely choose which matches they want to play, because they are being rested for the upcoming Australian tour," Sri Lanka Cricket media manager Brian Thomas told AFP.

The Australian team arrives in Colombo on July 30 to play three Test match Series, five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 games during their tour that ends on September 20.

Sri Lankan Premier league postponed to Aug 2012

2011-07-08T10:48:00.002+05:30

The controversy ridden SLPL scheduled for August 2011 has been postponed to Aug, 2012. Sri Lanka will have a domestic T20 league this year but there will be no foreign players playing in it.

The decision follows the withdrawal of Indian players from the SLPL. The BCCI had denied its players permission to play in the league after it feared problems arising due to contract disputes. Speculations are also rife that former Indian T20 league (IPL) chairman, Lalit Modi, had a part in the SLPL but these suggestions have been strongly denied by SLC and Modi himself.

With no Indian players participating in the league there were no broadcasters for the league in India. Revenues from broadcast rights are usually a huge source of revenue and SLPL were hurt badly as they lost out on it.

The SLC committee that had created the tournament was disbanded by the country's sports ministry recently. The new SLC committee came to an agreement with the organizers, Somerset Entertainment ventures, to postpone the event to next year.

IPL-5 to begin on April 4

2011-06-28T11:46:00.004+05:30

The 5th edition of Indian Premier League will be starting on April 4th, 2012 with the finals scheduled on May 27th. The tournament will be held after India return from their lengthy tour of Australia while South Africa complete their engagements in New Zealand.

The tournament will consist of 74 matches, the same as this season and the complete match schedule will be announced soon.

The IPL has turned into a bone of contention with several countries ready to alter their schedule in accordance with the dates of the tournament. The Future Tour Programme (FTP) is one of the main discussion point during the 5-day ICC session currently being held in Hong Kong, amid calls from several countries to provide a window for IPL.

No Indian Cricketers in the SLPL: BCCI

2011-06-20T13:40:00.002+05:30

The BCCI has refused to give permission to the Indian players to take part in the Sri Lankan Premier League as the event is being organized by a "private party" based in Singapore instead of the Sri Lankan Cricket Board.

"We took the decision at an informal meeting of 18-20 members that no Indian cricket player will be given permission to take part in the league as it is being organized by a private party based in Singapore. The Board's policy is not to allow cricketers to take part in private party-organized tournaments," BCCI president Shashank Manohar told PTI from Nagpur.

Manohar said unless the Board gives them a No Objection Certificate, Indian players cannot participate in the Lankan Twenty20 league.

"We have to give them permission and we have decided not to give it. We have already informed Sri Lanka Cricket board about it," he elaborated.

IPL a chance to learn: Pujara

2011-06-17T18:15:00.003+05:30

Saurashtra's prolific middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara feels that the Indian Premier League is a great platform for young cricketers to rub shoulders with the best in the business from across the world.

He said the IPL has its own charm and playing in the Twenty20 tournament is altogether a different experience.

"IPL is the perfect platform for young cricketers to play alongside senior players of different countries. It (IPL) gives youngsters a chance to learn a lot from experienced players," Pujara told PTI.

Pujara's journey in the IPL so far has been far from rosy because of injuries.

The scenario was no different in this year's IPL IV as after playing just seven games for Royal Challengers Bangalore, he sustained a knee injury while fielding against Kochi Tuskers Kerala to not only miss the remainder of the tournament but also India's tour of West Indies.

"It is difficult to avoid on-field injury and an injured player does not have any option except for taking rest," Pujara said.

He, however, refused to disclose the nature of his injury.

"I cannot disclose the details of my injury as per BCCI's instruction."

Pujara also expressed disappointment for missing out on a chance to tour West Indies in the absence of senior players.

"Its painful to sit out."

In the absence of senior pros, Suresh Raina lead a depleted Indian side to a 3-2 win over the West Indies in the just-concluded five-match ODI series, and Pujara said it proves India's strong bench strength.

IPL T20 Cricket 2011: Top 10 Highest Run Scorer

2011-06-14T13:59:00.002+05:30

Player	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
C. Gayle (RCB)	12	608	107	67.55	183.13
Virat Kohli (RCB)	16	557	71	46.41	121.08
S. Tendulkar (MI)	16	553	100*	42.53	113.31
S. Marsh (KXI)	14	504	95	42.00	146.51
M. Hussey(CSK)	14	492	83*	41.00	118.84
P. Valthaty (KXI)	12	463	120*	35.61	136.98
S. Raina (CSK)	16	438	73*	31.28	134.76
M. Vijay (CSK)	16	434	95	27.12	128.02
V. Sehwag(DD)	11	424	119	38.54	176.66
J. Kallis (KKR)	15	424	80*	35.33	112.16

Afridi may be allowed to play in national Twenty20 event

2011-06-14T13:39:00.003+05:30

The Pakistan Cricket Board will not stop suspended all-rounder Shahid Afridi from taking part in the national T20 championship, scheduled to be held in Faisalabad from June 24.

A well-placed source in the board said that as of now far it has been decided to allow Afridi to guide the Karachi Dolphins side in the tournament despite the ongoing disciplinary process against him.

"Since it is a domestic tournament and the matter between him and the board is now in court it is felt it is better he is allowed to captain the Karachi side in the event," a source said.

The Karachi City Cricket Association has also written to the board, seeking written clearance to allow Afridi to lead their team in the tournament.

IPL Twenty20 Cricket 2011 Play-off Schedules

2011-05-24T18:43:00.001+05:30

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
May 24	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings, Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd)	20:00	Mumbai
May 25	Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders, Eliminator (3rd v 4th)	20:00	Mumbai
May 27	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 2 (Winner of Eliminator v Loser of Qualifier 1)	20:00	Chennai
May 28	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Chennai

Shane Warne fined US$50,000

2011-05-19T11:48:00.003+05:30

The Indian cricket board has slapped a $50,000 fine on Australian bowler Shane Warne for his part in a bust-up with a local administrator after an IPL game, a statement said on Wednesday.

Warne, skipper of the Rajasthan Royals team in the Indian Premier League, was involved in an angry exchange with Sanjay Dixit, secretary of the Rajasthan state cricket association, following his team's defeat at home last week.

The punishment casts a cloud over Warne's last game of professional cricket on Friday when his Rajasthan Royals team take on the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. Warne was furious about his team being asked to play on a different wicket than one used in previous games, but he later apologised for "any distress" his action may have caused.

After a complaint by the Rajasthan cricket association, Warne and Dixit were summoned for a hearing before a disciplinary commission comprising IPL chairman Chirayu Amin and former player Ravi Shastri.

"The commission has decided to impose a fine of US$50,000 upon Mr Warne," the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which runs Indian cricket, said in a statement.

It said the disciplinary commission "regards the public criticism of Mr Dixit as being a serious breach by Mr Warne of his IPL playing contract".

"However, at the same time, the commission also recognises that Mr Warne has apologised to Mr Dixit, and that the incident occurred just after the match.

"In addition, the commission is cognisant of the contribution to the game of cricket in general, and to the Indian Premier League, which has been made by Mr Warne."

Twelve Indian Players in SL T20 league

2011-05-17T10:49:00.001+05:30

As many as twelve Indian cricketers, including Munaf Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin, are expected to feature in the 1st edition of the Sri Lankan Premier League 2011.

According to a report in 'islandcricket.com', Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has secured the services of several famous overseas cricketers, including Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard, who are currently engaged in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Apart from Gayle, whose blistering strokeplay has put the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the top of the points table in the fourth edition of the IPL, SLPL is also expected to feature Daniel Vettori, whose IPL journey was cut short after a recurring knee injury.

Among the Indian players on the SLPL radar, the inclusion of Patel and Ashwin besides Praveen Kumar, who was recently selected for the West Indies tour after missing the ICC World Cup due to an elbow injury, comes as a surprise as the trio is likely to be on national duty during that period.

India is scheduled to visit England during the month of July for a four-match Test series followed by a one-day tournament and a one-off Twenty20 match.

The other Indian players who figure in the list posted by the website include Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Manish Pandey, Manoj Tiwary, Paul Valthaty, Ravindra Jadeja, Saurabh Tiwary, Umesh Yadav and Vinay Kumar.

Ganguly will play IPL4 for Pune Warriors

2011-05-04T12:45:00.003+05:30

Former Kolkata Knight Riders captain Sourav Ganguly has been signed up by Pune Warriors India for the remaining part of the IPL Season 4. The iconic player, who was earlier ignored by all the franchises in the auctions earlier this year, will be replacing injured bowler Ashish Nehra.

He will join the squad tonight and will play under the captainship of Yuvraj Singh.

"We were waiting for Ashish Nehra's fitness report and ultimately the report came yesterday. I was already in talks with Ganguly and we decided that the amount of experience that Sourav has in cricket will no doubt help the team. So we finalised Ganguly last night," Pune Warriors Team Director Abhijit Sarkar said referring to the finger injury that Nehra has been nursing.

The 38-year-old had earlier refused a mentor's role with KKR and there had been speculation of a possible comeback through another franchise.

The left-handed batman was first sought by Kochi Tuskers Kerala but their application was rejected by the IPL's Governing Council.

However, he signed on the dotted line for Pune yesterday, giving a major fillip to the side which has lost six matches on the trot after starting promisingly with a couple of back-to-back wins.

KKR's loss is advantage for RCB: Zaheer khan

2011-04-22T12:54:00.004+05:30

RCB Fast bowler Zaheer Khan on Thursday said KKR's loss in their last match would be an "advantage" for his team when two sides clash in an IPL match here on Friday.

After winning against Kochi Tuskers Kerala(KTK), the Bangalore outfit suffered 3 consecutive losses and lies 9th in the IPL standings.

"I feel the table is open. You have seen big teams losing to teams that we have never thought of. KKR lost their last game which is going to be an advantage for us. If we beat them tomorrow it will be really good for us to go forward," Zaheer said.

"We all know that few games have not gone our way. But we are confident, we have worked hard in the nets. Once you get the momentum, it's about capitalising on that."

"It's just few fine tuning that's needed as far as game our game is concerned. We need some wins under our belt. Gayle's inclusion will definitely add positivity to the environment."

Zaheer said Bangalore have worked hard on their fielding and the players were looking to get into the winning mode.

"In the last few practice sessions, we have done good work. Everyone is up for it. Everyone in the side wants to get into the winning run as soon as possible. That's a good sign."

Asked about the hectic schedule after the World Cup 2011, Zaheer said: "IPL is about 20 overs. It's not hard to keep intensity up for 20 overs.

"With our World Cup success, we are all excited and it feels something special. We are now back and doing what we do best."

Zaheer said he was looking forward to giving his side a couple of early wickets.

Tendulkar was fined $20,000 for slow over rate

2011-04-16T12:53:00.003+05:30

As if the loss to IPL debutants Kochi Tuskers Kerala was not enough, Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar was fined $20,000 for maintaining a slow over-rate during their IPL match in Mumbai.

"The IPL today advised that the Mumbai Indians have been fined for maintaining a slow over rate during last night's IPL match against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in Mumbai," said a statement which did not specify the amount that the team has been docked.

"At the end of the match, Mumbai Indians were assessed to be one over behind the required rate after allowances were taken into consideration.

"Since it was Mumbai Indians first fence of the season, under the IPL's Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, the Skipper, Sachin Tendulkar, was fined $20,000," it added.

Mumbai went down by eight wickets against Kochi despite Tendulkar's maiden Twenty20 century last night.

IPL T20 Cricket 2011: Delhi Daredevils & Schedule

2011-04-08T18:45:00.002+05:30

Delhi Daredevils

Captain: Virender Sehwag

Player: Irfan Pathan, Naman Ojha, Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda, Umesh Yadav, Venugopal Rao, Aavishkar Salvi, Prashant Naik, Rajesh Pawar, Robin Bist, S Sriram, Tejashwi Yadav, Unmukt Chand, Varun Aaron, Vikash Mishra, Vivek Yadav, Yogesh Nagar, Shahbaz Nadeem

Foreign Players: David Warner, James Hopes, Morne Morkel, Aaron Finch, Mathew Wade, Roloef van der Merwe, Andrew McDonald, Travis Birt, Collin Ingram, Robert Frylinck.

Delhi Daredevils Schedule:

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Apr 10 - Su	Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians	16:00	Delhi
Apr 12 - Tu	Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals	16:00	Jaipur
Apr 17 - Su	Delhi Daredevils v Pune Warriors	16:00	Mumbai
Apr 19 - Tu	Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers	20:00	Delhi
Apr 23 - Sa	Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab	20:00	Delhi
Apr 26 - Tu	Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Delhi
Apr 28 - Th	Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders	20:00	Delhi
Apr 30 - Sa	Delhi Daredevils v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	16:00	Kochi
May 02 - Mo	Delhi Daredevils v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Delhi
May 05 - Th	Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers	20:00	Hyderabad
May 07 - Sat	Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Mumbai
May 12 - Th	Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings	20:00	Chennai
May 15 - Su	Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab	16:00	Dharamsala
May 21 - Sa	Delhi Daredevils v Pune Warriors	20:00	Delhi
May 24 - Tu	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd)	20:00	Mumbai
May 25 - We	TBC v TBC, Eliminator (3rd v 4th)	20:00	Mumbai
May 27 - Fr	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 2 (Q1 Loser v winner of Eli.)	20:00	Chennai
May 28 - Sa	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Chennai

IPL T20 Cricket 2011: Kochi Tuskers Kerala & Schedule

2011-04-08T18:41:00.003+05:30

Kochi Tuskers Kerala

Captain: Mahela Jayawardene

Players: VVS Laxman, S Sreesanth, RP Singh, Parthiv Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Ramesh Powar, R Vinay Kumar, B Akhil, Chandan Madan, Deepak Chowghule, Kedar Jadhav, Raiphi Gomez, Sushant Marathe, Tanmay Srivastava, Y Gnanswara Rao, Yashpal Singh, Prashant Padmanabahan

Foreign Players: Brendon McCullum, Steven Smith, Muttiah Muralitharan, Brad Hodge, Thisara Perera, Steve O'Keefe, Owais Shah, Michael Klinger, John Hastings

Kochi Tuskers Kerala Schedule

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Apr 09 - Sa	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Kochi
Apr 13 - We	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Pune Warriors	16:00	Mumbai
Apr 15 - Fr	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Mumbai
Apr 18 - Mo	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Chennai Super Kings	20:00	Kochi
Apr 20 - We	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Kolkata Knight Riders	20:00	Kolkata
Apr 24 - Su	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Jaipur
Apr 27 - We	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Deccan Chargers	20:00	Kochi
Apr 30 - Sa	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Delhi Daredevils	16:00	Kochi
May 02 - Mo	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Delhi Daredevils	20:00	Delhi
May 05 - Th	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Kolkata Knight Riders	16:00	Kochi
May 08 - Su	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Royal Challengers Ban.	16:00	Bengaluru
May 13 - Fr	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Kings XI Punjab	20:00	Indore
May 15 - Su	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Indore
May 18 - We	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Chennai Super Kings	20:00	Chennai
May 24 - Tu	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd)	20:00	Mumbai
May 25 - We	TBC v TBC, Eliminator (3rd v 4th)	20:00	Mumbai
May 27 - Fr	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 2 (Q1 Loser v winner of Eli.)	20:00	Chennai
May 28 - Sa	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Chennai

IPL T20 Cricket 2011: Kings XI Punjab & Schedule

2011-04-08T18:36:00.003+05:30

Kings XI Punjab

Captain: Adam Gilchrist

Players: Dinesh Karthik, Abhishek Nayar, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, Love Ablish, Mandeep Singh, Nitin Saini, Paras Dogra, Paul Valthaty, Shalabh Srivastava, Siddharth Chitnis, Sunny Singh, Vikramjeet Malik, Amit Yadav

Foreign Players: Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Stuart Broad, Ryan Harris, Dimitri Masceranhas, Nathan Remington.

Kings XI Punjab Schedule

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Apr 10 - Su	Kings XI Punjab v Pune Warriors	20:00	Mumbai
Apr 13 - We	Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings	20:00	Chandigarh
Apr 16 - Sa	Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers	16:00	Hyderabad
Apr 21 - Th	Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Chandigarh
Apr 23 - Sa	Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils	20:00	Delhi
Apr 30 - Sa	Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders	20:00	Kolkata
May 02 - Mo	Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians	16:00	Mumbai
May 06 - Fr	Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Bengaluru
May 08 - Su	Kings XI Punjab v Pune Warriors	20:00	Chandigarh
May 10 - Tu	Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Chandigarh
May 13 - Fr	Kings XI Punjab v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Indore
May 15 - Su	Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils	16:00	Dharamsala
May 17 - Tu	Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Dharamsala
May 21 - Sa	Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers	16:00	Dharamsala
May 24 - Tu	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd)	20:00	Mumbai
May 25 - We	TBC v TBC, Eliminator (3rd v 4th)	20:00	Mumbai
May 27 - Fr	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 2 (Q1 Loser v winner of Eli.)	20:00	Chennai
May 28 - Sa	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Chennai

IPL T20 Cricket 2011: Mumbai Indians & Schedules

2011-04-08T18:28:00.003+05:30

Mumbai Indians

Captain: Sachin Tendulkar

Players: Harbhajan Singh, Rohit Sharma, Munaf Patel, Abu Nechim Ahmed, Aditya Tare, Ali Murtuza, Ambati Rayudu, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pawan Suyal, Rajagopal Sathish, Surul Kanwar, Surya Kumar Yadav, T Suman, Yazvendra Singh Chahal

Foreign Players: Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Andrew Symonds, Davy Jacobs, James Franklin, Moises Henriques, Alden Blizzard, Dilhara Fernando

Mumbai Indians Schedule

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Apr 10 - Su	Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians	16:00	Delhi
Apr 12 - Tu	Royal Challengers Ban. v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Bengaluru
Apr 15 - Fr	Mumbai Indians v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Mumbai
Apr 20 - We	Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors	16:00	Mumbai
Apr 22 - Fr	Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings	20:00	Mumbai
Apr 24 - Su	Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians	16:00	Hyderabad
Apr 29 - Fr	Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians	16:00	Jaipur
May 02 - Mo	Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab	16:00	Mumbai
May 04 - We	Pune Warriors v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Mumbai
May 07 - Sat	Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils	20:00	Mumbai
May 10 - Tu	Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Chandigarh
May 14 - Sa	Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers	20:00	Mumbai
May 20 - Fr	Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Mumbai
May 22 - Su	Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Kolkata
May 24 - Tu	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd)	20:00	Mumbai
May 25 - We	TBC v TBC, Eliminator (3rd v 4th)	20:00	Mumbai
May 27 - Fr	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 2 (Q1 Loser v winner of Eli.)	20:00	Chennai
May 28 - Sa	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Chennai

IPL T20 Cricket 2011: Pune Warriors & Schedule

2011-04-08T18:22:00.005+05:30

Sahara Pune Warriors

Captain: Yuvraj Singh

Players: Robin Uthappa, Ashish Nehra, Murali Kartik, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Bhuvenshwar Kumar, Dheeraj Jadhav, Ekalavya Dwivedi, Ganesh Gaikwad, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Harshad Khadiwale, Kamran Khan, Manish Pandey, Mithun Manhas, Mohnish MIshra, Rahul Sharma, Sachin Rana, Shrikant Wagh, Shrikant Mundhe, Imtiyaz Ahmed

Foreign Players: Graeme Smith, Tim Paine, Angelo Mathews, Nathan McCullum, Callum Ferguson, Wayne Parnell, Mitchell Marsh, Jerome Taylor, Alfonso Thomas, Jesse Ryder

Sahara Pune Warriors Schedule:

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Apr 10 - Su	Pune Warriors v Kings XI Punjab	20:00	Mumbai
Apr 13 - We	Pune Warriors v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	16:00	Mumbai
Apr 17 - Su	Pune Warriors v Delhi Daredevils	16:00	Mumbai
Apr 20 - We	Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors	16:00	Mumbai
Apr 25 - Mo	Chennai Super Kings v Pune Warriors	20:00	Chennai
Apr 27 - We	Pune Warriors v Chennai Super Kings	16:00	Mumbai
Apr 29 - Fr	Royal Challengers Ban. v Pune Warriors	20:00	Bengaluru
May 01 - Su	Rajasthan Royals v Pune Warriors	16:00	Jaipur
May 04 - We	Pune Warriors v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Mumbai
May 08 - Su	Kings XI Punjab v Pune Warriors	20:00	Chandigarh
May 10 - Tu	Deccan Chargers v Pune Warriors	16:00	Hyderabad
May 16 - Mo	Pune Warriors v Deccan Chargers	20:00	Mumbai
May 19 - Th	Pune Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders	20:00	Mumbai
May 21 - Sa	Delhi Daredevils v Pune Warriors	20:00	Delhi
May 24 - Tu	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd)	20:00	Mumbai
May 25 - We	TBC v TBC, Eliminator (3rd v 4th)	20:00	Mumbai
May 27 - Fr	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 2 (Q1 Loser v winner of Eli.)	20:00	Chennai
May 28 - Sa	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Chennai

IPLT20 Cricket 2011: Royal Challengers & Schedule

2011-04-08T18:16:00.003+05:30

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Captain: Daniel Vettori

Players: Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara, Abhimanyu Mithun, Mohammed Kaif, Arun Karthik, CM Gautham, Abrar Kazi, Mayank Agarwal, Bharath Narayan, Raju Bhatkal, Sreenath Aravind, Ryan Ninan, Asad Khan Pathan

Foreign Players: Tillekratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers, Dirk Nannes, Charl Langeveldt, Luke Pomersbach, Johan van der Wath, Rilee Rossouw, Nuwan Pradeep, Jonathan Vandiar

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Apr 09 - Sa	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Kochi
Apr 12 - Tu	Royal Challengers Ban. v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Bengaluru
Apr 14 - Th	Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Hyderabad
Apr 16 - Sa	Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Chennai
Apr 19 - Tu	Royal Challengers Ban. v Rajasthan Royals	16:00	Bengaluru
Apr 22 - Fr	Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Ban.	16:00	Kolkata
Apr 26 - Tu	Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Delhi
Apr 29 - Fr	Royal Challengers Ban. v Pune Warriors	20:00	Bengaluru
May 06 - Fr	Royal Challengers Ban. v Kings XI Punjab	20:00	Bengaluru
May 08 - Su	Royal Challengers Ban. v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	16:00	Bengaluru
May 11 - We	Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Jaipur
May 14 - Sa	Royal Challengers Ban. v Kolkata Knight Riders	16:00	Bengaluru
May 17 - Tu	Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Dharamsala
May 22 - Su	Royal Challengers Ban. v Chennai Super Kings	16:00	Bengaluru
May 24 - Tu	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd)	20:00	Mumbai
May 25 - We	TBC v TBC, Eliminator (3rd v 4th)	20:00	Mumbai
May 27 - Fr	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 2 (Q1 Loser v winner of Eli.)	20:00	Chennai
May 28 - Sa	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Chennai

IPL T20 Cricket 2011: Kolkata Knight Riders & Schedule

2011-04-08T17:57:00.004+05:30

Kolkata Knight Riders

Captain: Gautam Gambhir

Players: Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Jaidev Unadkat, Iqbal Abdulla, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Manvinder Singh Bisla, Pradeep Sangwan, Rajat Bhatia, Sarabjit Ladda, Shami Ahmed, Shreevats Goswami

Foreign Players: Jacques Kallis, Brad Haddin, Shakib Al Hassan, Brett Lee, Eoin Morgan, Ryan ten Doeschate, James Pattinson.

Kolkata Knight Riders Schedule

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Apr 08 - Fr	Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders	20:00	Chennai
Apr 11 - Mo	Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers	20:00	Kolkata
Apr 15 - Fr	Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders	16:00	Jaipur
Apr 17 - Su	Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Kolkata
Apr 20 - We	Kolkata Knight Riders v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Kolkata
Apr 22 - Fr	Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Ban.	16:00	Kolkata
Apr 28 - Th	Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders	20:00	Delhi
Apr 30 - Sa	Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab	20:00	Kolkata
May 03 - Tu	Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders	16:00	Hyderabad
May 05 - Th	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Kolkata Knight Riders	16:00	Kochi
May 07 - Sa	Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings	16:00	Kolkata
May 14 - Sa	Royal Challengers Ban. v Kolkata Knight Riders	16:00	Bengaluru
May 19 - Th	Pune Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders	20:00	Mumbai
May 22 - Su	Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Kolkata
May 24 - Tu	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd)	20:00	Mumbai
May 25 - We	TBC v TBC, Eliminator (3rd v 4th)	20:00	Mumbai
May 27 - Fr	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 2 (Q1 Loser v winner of Eli.)	20:00	Chennai
May 28 - Sa	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Chennai

IPL T20 Cricket 2011: Deccan Chargers & Schedule

2011-04-08T17:53:00.002+05:30

Deccan Chargers

Captain: Kumar Sangakkara

Players: Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Manpreet Gony, Akash Bhandari, Anand Rajan, Ankit Nagendra, Arjun Yadav, Ashish Reddy, Bharat Chipli, DB Ravi Teja, Harmeet Singh Bansal, Ishank Jaggi, Ishan Malhotra, Jaydev Shah, Kedar Devdhar, Sunny Sohal

Foreign Players: Kevin Pietersen, Cameron White, JP Duminy, Dale Steyn, Daniel Christian, Chris Lynn, Juan Theron, Michael Lumb

Deccan Chargers Schedule

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Apr 09 - Sa	Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals	16:00	Hyderabad
Apr 11 - Mo	Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders	20:00	Kolkata
Apr 14 - Th	Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Hyderabad
Apr 16 - Sa	Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab	16:00	Hyderabad
Apr 19 - Tu	Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils	20:00	Delhi
Apr 24 - Su	Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians	16:00	Hyderabad
Apr 27 - We	Deccan Chargers v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Kochi
May 01 - Su	Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings	16:00	Chennai
May 03 - Tu	Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders	16:00	Hyderabad
May 05 - Th	Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils	20:00	Hyderabad
May 10 - Tu	Deccan Chargers v Pune Warriors	16:00	Hyderabad
May 14 - Sa	Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Mumbai
May 16 - Mo	Deccan Chargers v Pune Warriors	20:00	Mumbai
May 21 - Sa	Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab	16:00	Dharamsala
May 24 - Tu	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd)	20:00	Mumbai
May 25 - We	TBC v TBC, Eliminator (3rd v 4th)	20:00	Mumbai
May 27 - Fr	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 2 (Q1 Loser v winner of Eli.)	20:00	Chennai
May 28 - Sa	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Chennai

IPL T20 Cricket 2011: Rajasthan Royals & Schedule

2011-04-08T17:48:00.004+05:30

Rajasthan Royals

Captain: Shane Warne

Players: Rahul Dravid, Pankaj Singh, Aakash Chopra, Abhishek Raut, Aditya Dole, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Paunikar, Ashok Menaria, Deepak Chahar, Dishant Yagnik, Faiz Fazal, Nayan Doshi, Pinal Shah, Samad Fallah, Siddharth Trivedi, Stuart Binny, Amit Singh, Dinesh Salunkhe, Swapnil Asnodkar, Sumit Narwal, Ankeet Chavan

Foreign Players: Shane Watson, Ross Taylor, Johan Botha, Paul Collingwood, Shaun Tait

Rajasthan Royals Schedule:

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Apr 09 - Sa	Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals	16:00	Hyderabad
Apr 12 - Tu	Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils	16:00	Jaipur
Apr 15 - Fr	Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders	16:00	Jaipur
Apr 17 - Su	Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Kolkata
Apr 19 - Tu	Royal Challengers Ban. v Rajasthan Royals	16:00	Bengaluru
Apr 21 - Th	Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Chandigarh
Apr 24 - Su	Rajasthan Royals v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Jaipur
Apr 29 - Fr	Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians	16:00	Jaipur
May 01 - Su	Rajasthan Royals v Pune Warriors	16:00	Jaipur
May 04 - We	Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals	16:00	Chennai
May 09 - Mo	Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings	20:00	Jaipur
May 11 - We	Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Jaipur
May 15 - Su	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Indore
May 20 - Fr	Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Mumbai
May 24 - Tu	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd)	20:00	Mumbai
May 25 - We	TBC v TBC, Eliminator (3rd v 4th)	20:00	Mumbai
May 27 - Fr	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 2 (Q1 Loser v winner of Eli.)	20:00	Chennai
May 28 - Sa	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Chennai

IPL T20 Cricket 2011: Chennai Super Kings & Schedule

2011-04-08T17:21:00.004+05:30

Chennai Super Kings

Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Players: Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramanium Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, Sudeep Tyagi, Abhinav Mukund, Aniruddha Shrikant, Ganapathi Vignesh, K Vasudevdas, Shadb Jakati, Vijaykumar Yomahesh,

Foreign Players: Albie Morkel, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, Scott Styris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nuwan Kulasekera, Suraj Randiv, George Bailey, Faf du Plessis

Chennai Super Kings Schedule:

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Apr 08 - Fr	Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders	20:00	Chennai
Apr 13 - We	Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab	20:00	Chandigarh
Apr 16 - Sa	Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Chennai
Apr 18 - Mo	Chennai Super Kings v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Kochi
Apr 22 - Fr	Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Mumbai
Apr 25 - Mo	Chennai Super Kings v Pune Warriors	20:00	Chennai
Apr 27 - We	Chennai Super Kings v Pune Warriors	16:00	Mumbai
May 01 - Su	Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers	16:00	Chennai
May 04 - We	Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals	16:00	Chennai
May 07 - Sa	Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders	16:00	Kolkata
May 09 - Mo	Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Jaipur
May 12 - Th	Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils	20:00	Chennai
May 18 - We	Chennai Super Kings v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Chennai
May 22 - Su	Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Ban.	16:00	Bengaluru
May 24 - Tu	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd)	20:00	Mumbai
May 25 - We	TBC v TBC, Eliminator (3rd v 4th)	20:00	Mumbai
May 27 - Fr	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 2 (Q1 Loser v winner of Eli.)	20:00	Chennai
May 28 - Sa	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Chennai

Vettori to lead Rayal Challengers Bangalore

2011-04-06T11:01:00.003+05:30

Daniel Vettori has been appointed the skipper of the Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2011.

Vettori has been amongst the most respected players in world cricket and has led New Zealand to the semi-finals of the 2011 World Cup. Vettori is in the same mould as the man he replaces - Anil Kumble. Both were very respected as captains and amongst the leading spinners in the game and both are immensely dignified gentlemen.

Kumble had led the Royal Challengers to a second place finish in 2009 and a third place finish last year. He has now moved into the position of the Chief Mentor of the team.

RCB Chairman Dr Vijay Mallya said, "We are very excited for the upcoming season. Vettori is a highly experienced and respected leader and we hope to ride to the pinnacle of success this IPL under his leadership."

Director of Royal Challengers Sports Pvt. Ltd, Sidhartha Mallya said, "It is wonderful that we have somebody of his stature to lead our team this year. He is the ideal person to fill Anil's shoes and I wish him the very best in this endeavour. I look forward to supporting him in his efforts towards a successful season."

Kumble himself also lauded Vettori, saying: "Vettori is a hugely respected professional not only within his team but amongst his international peers as well. His unique ability to get players to perform as a unit and deliver more than just the sum of their parts, as he has done time and again with New Zealand, will be a big asset to any team."

The Royal Challengers Bangalore team: Daniel Vettori (captain), Virat Kohli, Tillakaratne Dilshan, AB De Villiers (wk), Zaheer Khan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Dirk Nannes, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohammad Kaif, Abhimanyu Mithun, Charl Langeveldt, Luke Pomersbach, Rilee Rossouw, Johan van der Wath, Jonathan Vandiar, CM Gautam (WK), S. Arvind, Mayank Agarwal, Arun Karthick, Asad Khan Pathan, Abrar Kazi, Ryan Ninan, Bhareth Narayanan, Nuwan Pradeep

Kumar Sangakkara will lead the Deccan Chargers

2011-04-06T10:45:00.004+05:30

Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara will lead the Deccan Chargers in the 4rth edition of the Indian Premier League, it was announced in Hyderabad on Monday.

Australian cricketer Cameron White will be Sangakkara's deputy in the IPL Twenty20 tournament, beginning April 8.

Former Australia cricketer Adam Gilchrist had led Deccan Chargers to title win in 2009 in South Africa.

Gilchrist has moved to Kings XI Punjab for the 4th edition.

The appointment of Sangakkara, who led Sri Lanka to World Cup final, as Chargers' captain was made at a promotional event of the franchisee.

Deccan Chargers Teams (27): Kumar Sangakkara(C), Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Manpreet Gony, Akash Bhandari, Anand Rajan, Ankit Nagendra, Arjun Yadav, Ashish Reddy, Bharat Chipli, DB Ravi Teja, Harmeet Singh Bansal, Ishank Jaggi, Ishan Malhotra, Jaydev Shah, Kedar Devdhar, Sunny Sohal (Foreign) Kevin Pietersen, Cameron White, JP Duminy, Dale Steyn, Daniel Christian, Chris Lynn, Juan Theron, Michael Lumb

Indian Premier League 2011: Twenty20 Schedule

2011-04-01T18:14:00.015+05:30

Date	Match Details	Time(IST)	Place
Apr 08 - Fr	Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders	20:00	Chennai
Apr 09 - Sa	Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals	16:00	Hyderabad
Apr 09 - Sa	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Kochi
Apr 10 - Su	Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians	16:00	Delhi
Apr 10 - Su	Pune Warriors v Kings XI Punjab	20:00	Mumbai
Apr 11 - Mo	Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers	20:00	Kolkata
Apr 12 - Tu	Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils	16:00	Jaipur
Apr 12 - Tu	Royal Challengers Ban. v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Bengaluru
Apr 13 - We	Pune Warriors v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	16:00	Mumbai
Apr 13 - We	Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings	20:00	Chandigarh
Apr 14 - Th	Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Hyderabad
Apr 15 - Fr	Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders	16:00	Jaipur
Apr 15 - Fr	Mumbai Indians v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Mumbai
Apr 16 - Sa	Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab	16:00	Hyderabad
Apr 16 - Sa	Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Chennai
Apr 17 - Su	Pune Warriors v Delhi Daredevils	16:00	Mumbai
Apr 17 - Su	Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Kolkata
Apr 18 - Mo	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Chennai Super Kings	20:00	Kochi
Apr 19 - Tu	Royal Challengers Ban. v Rajasthan Royals	16:00	Bengaluru
Apr 19 - Tu	Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers	20:00	Delhi
Apr 20 - We	Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors	16:00	Mumbai
Apr 20 - We	Kolkata Knight Riders v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Kolkata
Apr 21 - Th	Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Chandigarh
Apr 22 - Fr	Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Ban.	16:00	Kolkata
Apr 22 - Fr	Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings	20:00	Mumbai
Apr 23 - Sa	Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab	20:00	Delhi
Apr 24 - Su	Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians	16:00	Hyderabad
Apr 24 - Su	Rajasthan Royals v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Jaipur
Apr 25 - Mo	Chennai Super Kings v Pune Warriors	20:00	Chennai
Apr 26 - Tu	Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Delhi
Apr 27 - We	Pune Warriors v Chennai Super Kings	16:00	Mumbai
Apr 27 - We	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Deccan Chargers	20:00	Kochi
Apr 28 - Th	Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders	20:00	Delhi
Apr 29 - Fr	Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians	16:00	Jaipur
Apr 29 - Fr	Royal Challengers Ban. v Pune Warriors	20:00	Bengaluru
Apr 30 - Sa	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Delhi Daredevils	16:00	Kochi
Apr 30 - Sa	Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab	20:00	Kolkata
May 01 - Su	Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers	16:00	Chennai
May 01 - Su	Rajasthan Royals v Pune Warriors	16:00	Jaipur
May 02 - Mo	Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab	16:00	Mumbai
May 02 - Mo	Delhi Daredevils v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Delhi
May 03 - Tu	Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders	16:00	Hyderabad
May 04 - We	Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals	16:00	Chennai
May 04 - We	Pune Warriors v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Mumbai
May 05 - Th	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Kolkata Knight Riders	16:00	Kochi
May 05 - Th	Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils	20:00	Hyderabad
May 06 - Fr	Royal Challengers Ban. v Kings XI Punjab	20:00	Bengaluru
May 07 - Sa	Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings	16:00	Kolkata
May 07 - Sat	Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils	20:00	Mumbai
May 08 - Su	Royal Challengers Ban. v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	16:00	Bengaluru
May 08 - Su	Kings XI Punjab v Pune Warriors	20:00	Chandigarh
May 09 - Mo	Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings	20:00	Jaipur
May 10 - Tu	Deccan Chargers v Pune Warriors	16:00	Hyderabad
May 10 - Tu	Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Chandigarh
May 11 - We	Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Jaipur
May 12 - Th	Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils	20:00	Chennai
May 13 - Fr	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Kings XI Punjab	20:00	Indore
May 14 - Sa	Royal Challengers Ban. v Kolkata Knight Riders	16:00	Bengaluru
May 14 - Sa	Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers	20:00	Mumbai
May 15 - Su	Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils	16:00	Dharamsala
May 15 - Su	Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Indore
May 16 - Mo	Pune Warriors v Deccan Chargers	20:00	Mumbai
May 17 - Tu	Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Ban.	20:00	Dharamsala
May 18 - We	Chennai Super Kings v Kochi Tuskers Kerala	20:00	Chennai
May 19 - Th	Pune Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders	20:00	Mumbai
May 20 - Fr	Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals	20:00	Mumbai
May 21 - Sa	Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers	16:00	Dharamsala
May 21 - Sa	Delhi Daredevils v Pune Warriors	20:00	Delhi
May 22 - Su	Royal Challengers Ban. v Chennai Super Kings	16:00	Bengaluru
May 22 - Su	Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians	20:00	Kolkata
May 24 - Tu	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd)	20:00	Mumbai
May 25 - We	TBC v TBC, Eliminator (3rd v 4th)	20:00	Mumbai
May 27 - Fr	TBC v TBC, Qualifier 2 (Q1 Loser v winner of Eli.)	20:00	Chennai
May 28 - Sa	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Chennai

Indian Premier League 2011: Team Squads

2011-03-23T13:14:00.003+05:30

New entrants Sahara Pune Warriors registered all 30 players for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League which will start from April 8 while Shah Rukh Khan co-owned Kolkata Knight Riders which failed to make it to the semifinals during the past three editions have only 20 on their roster.

IPL team squads:

Chennai Super Kings (24): Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramanium Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, Sudeep Tyagi, Abhinav Mukund, Aniruddha Shrikant, Ganapathi Vignesh, K Vasudevdas, Shadb Jakati, Vijaykumar Yomahesh, (Foreign) Albie Morkel, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, Scott Styris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nuwan Kulasekera, Suraj Randiv, George Bailey, Faf du Plessis

Mumbai Indians (23): Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Rohit Sharma, Munaf Patel, Abu Nechim Ahmed, Aditya Tare, Ali Murtuza, Ambati Rayudu, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pawan Suyal, Rajagopal Sathish, Surul Kanwar, Surya Kumar Yadav, T Suman, Yazvendra Singh Chahal (Foreign) Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Andrew Symonds, Davy Jacobs, James Franklin, Moises Henriques, Alden Blizzard, Dilhara Fernando

Kolkata Knight Riders (20): Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Jaidev Unadkat, Iqbal Abdulla, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Manvinder Singh Bisla, Pradeep Sangwan, Rajat Bhatia, Sarabjit Ladda, Shami Ahmed, Shreevats Goswami (Foreign) Jacques Kallis, Brad Haddin, Shakib Al Hassan, Brett Lee, Eoin Morgan, Ryan ten Doeschate, James Pattinson.

Sahara Pune Warriors (30): Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Ashish Nehra, Murali Kartik, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Bhuvenshwar Kumar, Dheeraj Jadhav, Ekalavya Dwivedi, Ganesh Gaikwad, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Harshad Khadiwale, Kamran Khan, Manish Pandey, Mithun Manhas, Mohnish MIshra, Rahul Sharma, Sachin Rana, Shrikant Wagh, Shrikant Mundhe, Imtiyaz Ahmed (Foreign) Graeme Smith, Tim Paine, Angelo Mathews, Nathan McCullum, Callum Ferguson, Wayne Parnell, Mitchell Marsh, Jerome Taylor, Alfonso Thomas, Jesse Ryder

Kochi Tuskers Kerala (27): VVS Laxman, S Sreesanth, RP Singh, Parthiv Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Ramesh Powar, R Vinay Kumar, B Akhil, Chandan Madan, Deepak Chowghule, Kedar Jadhav, Raiphi Gomez, Sushant Marathe, Tanmay Srivastava, Y Gnanswara Rao, Yashpal Singh, Prashant Padmanabahan, (Foreign) Mahela Jayawardene, Brendon McCullum, Steven Smith, Muttiah Muralitharan, Brad Hodge, Thisara Perera, Steve O'Keefe, Owais Shah, Michael Klinger, John Hastings

Royal Challengers Bangalore (25): Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara, Abhimanyu Mithun, Mohammed Kaif, Arun Karthik, CM Gautham, Abrar Kazi, Mayank Agarwal, Bharath Narayan, Raju Bhatkal, Sreenath Aravind, Ryan Ninan, Asad Khan Pathan, (Foreign) Tillekratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers, Daniel Vettori, Dirk Nannes, Charl Langeveldt, Luke Pomersbach, Johan van der Wath, Rilee Rossouw, Nuwan Pradeep, Jonathan Vandiar

Rajasthan Royals (27): Rahul Dravid, Pankaj Singh, Aakash Chopra, Abhishek Raut, Aditya Dole, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Paunikar, Ashok Menaria, Deepak Chahar, Dishant Yagnik, Faiz Fazal, Nayan Doshi, Pinal Shah, Samad Fallah, Siddharth Trivedi, Stuart Binny, Amit Singh, Dinesh Salunkhe, Swapnil Asnodkar, Sumit Narwal, Ankeet Chavan (Foreign) Shane Warne, Shane Watson, Ross Taylor, Johan Botha, Paul Collingwood, Shaun Tait

Deccan Chargers (27): Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Manpreet Gony, Akash Bhandari, Anand Rajan, Ankit Nagendra, Arjun Yadav, Ashish Reddy, Bharat Chipli, DB Ravi Teja, Harmeet Singh Bansal, Ishank Jaggi, Ishan Malhotra, Jaydev Shah, Kedar Devdhar, Sunny Sohal (Foreign) Kevin Pietersen, Cameron White, Kumar Sangakkara, JP Duminy, Dale Steyn, Daniel Christian, Chris Lynn, Juan Theron, Michael Lumb

Kings XI Punjab (23): Dinesh Karthik, Abhishek Nayar, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, Love Ablish, Mandeep Singh, Nitin Saini, Paras Dogra, Paul Valthaty, Shalabh Srivastava, Siddharth Chitnis, Sunny Singh, Vikramjeet Malik, Amit Yadav (Foreign) Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Stuart Broad, Ryan Harris, Dimitri Masceranhas, Nathan Remington.

Delhi Daredevils (29): Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan, Naman Ojha, Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda, Umesh Yadav, Venugopal Rao, Aavishkar Salvi, Prashant Naik, Rajesh Pawar, Robin Bist, S Sriram, Tejashwi Yadav, Unmukt Chand, Varun Aaron, Vikash Mishra, Vivek Yadav, Yogesh Nagar, Shahbaz Nadeem (Foreign) David Warner, James Hopes, Morne Morkel, Aaron Finch, Mathew Wade, Roloef van der Merwe, Andrew McDonald, Travis Birt, Collin Ingram, Robert Frylinck.

Yuvraj to lead Pune Warriors

2011-03-09T13:15:00.002+05:30

India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh was on Tuesday named skipper of the Pune Warriors squad for the 4th season of the Indian Premier League starting April 8 2011.

The new entrant in the hugely successful league also announced its 30-member squad that includes, among others, Graeme Smith, Nathan McCullum, Wayne Parnell, Tim Paine, Jesse Ryder and Angelo Mathews.

Besides Yuvraj, Ashish Nehra, Robin Uthappa and Murali Karthik are the other capped players from India.

Callum Ferguson, Mitchelle Marsh, Jerome Taylor and Alfonso Thomas are also part of the squad.

Ganguly retires from all forms of cricket

2011-02-08T17:35:00.002+05:30

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, who was snubbed at the IPL auctions, has retired from all forms of cricket.

His decision came after no team picked him at the IPL 4 players' auction held in January 2010.

On Friday, IPL's Governing Council, due to protests from Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore, hindered what could have been a back-door entry for Ganguly as the Kochi IPL team was keen on roping him in.

Sourav Ganguly, who announced his retirement from international cricket after the Test series against Australia in November 2008, continued to play for West Bengal and KKR.

Apart from being a brilliant batsman, Ganguly has been India's most successful Test skipper, having led the team in a record 49 Test matches, out of which India won in 21 matches.

England win thriller to set Twenty20 record

2011-01-13T12:28:00.001+05:30

Debutant Chris Woakes guided England to a record 8th successive Twenty20 win as England inflicted more torture on Australia with a final ball one-wicket victory at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday.

Even with all-rounder Shane Watson's best efforts to single-handedly lift the home side to victory, 21-year-old Woakes (19 not out) was the hero as he hit the winning run from the final ball of the England innings.

After Australia posted 157-4, with Watson top-scoring with 59 from 31 balls, England wobbled in the chase as Watson picked up four wickets, but Woakes' cool head enabled them to reach 158-9 and snatch the win.

England previously shared the record for most successive Twenty20 international wins with South Africa and Pakistan and the result follows hard on the heels of their historic 3-1 Ashes triumph over the embattled Australians.

England skipper Paul Collingwood heralded the new record.

"Eight wins in this form of the game is very special," he said. "It was a great game of cricket, it had everything. I thought we probably should have seen it through a little bit easier, but Twenty20 cricket can get a little bit like that towards the end."

Watson took little solace from his own form and said the Australians should have posted a higher total.

With wickets falling at the other end, Woakes kept his cool when he found himself on strike with his side needing three runs from the last two balls from Watson with only one wicket in hand.

He slashed the next delivery to the cover boundary for two, then drove Watson through the infield for what would have been a boundary had he and number 11 Ajmal Shahzad not completed the winning run first.

Woakes' innings came after Eoin Morgan put England on the path to victory with 43, but the match turned when the left-hander holed out to Watson, who then removed Michael Yardy with the next ball to be on a hat-trick. Watson could scarcely have done more for the home side, with 4-15 from his four overs after his solo effort with the bat.

Big surprise that no one picked Ganguly: Wasim Akram

2011-01-12T11:48:00.003+05:30

The snub to Sourav Ganguly in the IPL players’ auction 2011 shocked his former team KKR bowling coach Wasim Akram, who said he expected any of the other franchises to pick the former India skipper for his "experience and leadership qualities".

In a major discomfiture for Ganguly, he was not picked by his home team Kolkata Knight Riders or any of the other franchises after two rounds of bidding last week.

"Sourav is a dear friend of mine. I thought he would be picked up by some franchise for his experience and leadership qualities. But it was a big surprise when he was totally ignored," Akram told 'Mobile ESPN' from Karachi, hinting that KKR never had plans to hire the Prince of Kolkata.

If the ignore to Ganguly shocked Akram, the former Pakistan captain was more shocked when there were no takers for dashing West Indian batsman Chris Gayle.

"I just can't believe it. Gayle is a game-changer but probably never fit the scheme of things for many teams. Maybe, teams think that Gayle does not help youngsters in the side," said Akram.

India beat South Africa by 21 runs

2011-01-11T11:39:00.004+05:30

An injury-hit India produced all-round performance to slash up an emphatic 21-run triumph over South Africa in the only twenty20 international.

Playing without regular openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, India ride on a brilliant half-century by Rohit Sharma (53 off 34 balls) and Suresh Raina's racy 23-ball 41 to post a competitive 168 for six after captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat.

The visitors then returned to contain South Africa to 147 for nine in the stipulated 20 overs to complete the victory at the Moses Mabhida Stadium here.

Ashish Nehra and Yusuf Pathan chimed in with two wickets each to contribute to the cause.

For South Africa, opener Morne van Wyk blasted a whrilwind 39-ball 67 comprising five fours and as many sixes but he didn't get support from the other end as the hosts fell short by 21 runs in the end.

van Wyk then sent one Ashwin delivery flying over the deep midwicket for a six to complete his half-century in just 24 balls, registering the fastest fifty by a South African in twenty20 cricket.

India and South Africa will next play the five-match ODI series starting here on Wednesday.

Michael Clarke retires from international Twenty20 Cricket

2011-01-07T13:12:00.002+05:30

Michael Clarke announced his retirement from T20 international in the fallout from Australia's Ashes humiliation against England on Friday.

Clarke, standing in for injured captain Ricky Ponting, presided over an Australian team thrashed by an innings and 83 runs in the fifth Sydney Test and made the announcement during his post-match press conference.

Cameron White was later named skipper of Australia's side for their two T20 games against England next week, with wicketkeeper Tim Paine his vice-captain.

It was a personal series failure by one of Australia's senior Test batsmen, scoring just 193 runs at 21.44 in nine innings against the dominant English bowling attack.

"I'm retiring from international T20 cricket," Clarke said.

"I guess, looking back on this series, my Test cricket isn't where I want it at the moment.

"This gives me the opportunity to focus wholly and solely on Test cricket and one-day internationals and to use that time to play more domestic or first-class cricket for New South Wales and become a better Test player.

"For me, I've always said Test cricket is the ultimate for me. This gives me that opportunity."

Clarke admitted that even as captain he has struggled in the T20 format of the game, scoring just 419 runs in 23 innings at 22.05.

IPL players' auctions to be held in Bangalore on Jan 8 & 9

2010-12-21T11:18:00.002+05:30

The much-awaited IPL players' auction will be held in Bangalore on January 8 and 9 and will see over 400 players going under the mallet, according to sources.

"The auction is to be held in Bangalore and a total of 416 playes would go under the auctioner's hammer," IPL sources said.

Under the Indian Premier Leaque Player Regulations, each of the founding franchises could retain up to four players in advance of the player auction - against fixed deductions from the USD 9 million salary cap.

Only Chennai Super Kings, the 2010 champions, and runners-up Mumbai Indians have retained the full complement of players.

CSK have retained skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay and Albie Morkel. MI held on to batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga and Kieron Pollard.

By retains four players, MI and CSK are each left with only USD 4.5m to spend either in the auction or in buying Ranji players outside the auction.

Delhi Daredevils retained blustering opener Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals decided to keep their two Australian stars Shane Warne and Shane Watson.

Rajasthan Royals will have USD 5.9 mn available to spend while Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore will each have a balance of USD 7.2mn available. The remaining franchises have the full USD 9mn available to spend.

BCCI loses appeal against Kings XI Punjab

2010-12-15T16:59:00.000+05:30

A day after the Rajasthan Royals celebrated taking a step closer to returning to the IPL fold, it was the turn of Kings XI Punjab to feel the same elation today.

KXIP had much to celebrate after the divisional bench of the Bombay High Court upheld the order of the single bench that had stayed the termination of the Indian Premier League franchise by the BCCI.

The BCCI, which on Monday had filed an appeal against the initial decision, was also slammed by the High Court as it said the termination of KXIP was defective.

On Tuesday, the Bombay High Court had upheld the order passed by an independent arbitrator granting stay to the termination of the Royals' contract.

Justice SJ Vazaifdar had dismissed an appeal filed by BCCI challenging the stay granted by the arbitrator and permitted the Royals to participate in the IPL-4 auction that is to be held on January 8 and 9.

The Court has also imposed a condition on the Royals directing them to file confirmation before it by January 3 specifying full details of its ownership pattern and mode of control; apart from directing the IPL franchise to submit USD 2.83 million as guarantee to the BCCI for the contract and USD 18 million as bank guarantee for the players.

Meanwhile, a BCCI source said on Tuesday night that the Indian cricket board is likely to move the Supreme Court challenging High Court's decision regarding the Royals.

BCCI to fight High Court's Kings XI order

2010-12-14T12:09:00.001+05:30

The BCCI followed an expected route, by challenging HC order, after Kings XI Punjab was granted temporary stay on their exclusion from the IPL by the High Court. The move comes just a few days after Kings XI were an established interim relief.

The BCCI will open its appeal before Justices DY Chandrachud and AV Mohta on Tuesday. The fate of the Rajastan Royals in also likely to be exposed later that day, by Justice SJ Vazifdar.

In its appeal, the BCCI have reportedly said that the team from Punjab "did not make out a strong prima facie case that its consortium members were always in control." The BCCI says that the franchisee's case did not meet the requirements in law to get the mandatory injunction that it did.

Last Wednesday, the court's ruling went in favour of the Mohali Indian Premier League team co-owned by Priety Zinta, Ness Wadia, Mohit Burman and Karan Paul. But the court also asked the franchisee to provide "security in the form of an unconditional bank guarantee of a Nationalized Bank for payment of the players' dues, initially for $18 million... and another guarantee of $3.5 million."

The HC order would have to wait until a new arbitrator, appointed jointly by BCCI and Kings XI, decides the dispute. It is expected that the arbitrator would take upto 2 years to give out the final orders, hence giving Kings XI an opportunity to be part of the next 2 editions.

KKR should retain Ganguly in IPL IV

2010-12-08T12:05:00.002+05:30

Amidst the reports of Sourav Ganguly's possible release from KKR in IPL IV, former Bengal skippers Sambaran Banerjee and Gopal Bose have said that the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned franchise might lose its support base in Kolkata in absence of its most popular sporting icon.

"Sourav is the best option to lead KKR in the upcoming IPL. I don't understand the rumors about his possible release by the team management. It is really needless and unwanted. Team wants him the most," Sambaran Banerjee, a former national selector and under whom Ganguly made his first-class debut told PTI Bhasha from Kolkata.

There are rumors that KKR have decided to let Kolkata's favourite son be up for auctions and not retain him. More importantly, they won't retain any player although they are keen on retaining explosive West Indian opener Chris Gayle.

"If Sourav is not there, KKR will lose the sentimental attachment that people of Bengal share with the team."

"I doubt whether they will be able to attract good crowds during IPL matches if Sourav is not there. KKR will face a lot of problems in his absence," said the veteran who was instrumental in Ganguly's comeback in the Indian team in 1996.

Similarly another former captain and staunch Ganguly backer Gopal Bose, has said that the former India captain is to Bengal what like Sachin is for Mumbai.

"We cannot imagine the Mumbai team in the absence of Sachin Tendulkar. Similarly Sourav is the face of Kolkata. He is the biggest sporting icon Bengal has ever produced. People are emotionally attached with him. The team management can conduct polls and more then 90% people will vote for Sourav," he said.

"He played well in the previous season and the most amazing part was his fielding."

Banerjee has said that Ganguly does not need to prove anything to anybody. He also hoped that KKR can reach the semi-final in the coming season under his captaincy.

IPL Governing Council to meet on Today

2010-11-17T12:08:00.001+05:30

The Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council will meet on November 17 at the Mumbai Cricket Association's Recreation Centre at the Bandra Kurla Complex here, a Cricket Board official said.

Refusing to reveal the agenda of the meeting, a governing council member told PTI that a decision on the beleaguered Kochi IPL franchisee was not expected during the meeting.

"The franchisee has been given a 30-day notice. A decision cannot be taken before that," the member said.

The BCCI last month gave a 30-day notice to the Kochi IPL consortium to sort out its internal differences and get its ownership structure in order.

SA won by 6 wickets against Pakistan in the first T20

2010-10-27T18:48:00.002+05:30

Fast bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe and off-spinner Johan Botha took three wickets apiece to help South Africa beat Pakistan by six wickets in the first of two Twenty20 matches on Tuesday.

Tsotsobe, with a career-best 3-16, and skipper Botha (3-31) led a spirited South African bowling to restrict Pakistan to a paltry 119 at the Abu Dhabi Stadium in a match whose income will go to flood victims in Pakistan. Over two million people were displaced in the worst-ever floods in Pakistan.

Jean-Paul Duminy hit an elegant 41 while Colin Ingram remained unbeaten with 46 as South Africa reached the target after losing three early wickets for 26. The two left-handers shared a solid 66-run partnership for the fourth wicket after Faster Shoaib Akhtar gave Pakistan some hope with the quick wickets of opener Loots Bosman and AB de Villiers in the 3rd over.

Ingram hit two towering sixes and four boundaries during his 38-ball knock. Duminy hit five boundaries as the two dominated the Pakistan bowling which initially looked threatening. Botha said he was happy to lead the series. "It was a clinical performance and I am happy at the way the young guns stepped in after we lost three early wickets especially Ingram and Duminy," said Botha. Duminy, who also took two beautiful catches, was declared man-of-the-match.

Earlier, Tsotsobe and off-spinner Botha bowled tightly to derail Pakistan, who won the toss and batted on a flat pitch.

Misbah-ul-Haq, recalled after being axed following the World Twenty20 in May this year, top-scored with 27 with a six and two boundaries. Captain Shahid Afridi hit a rapid seven-ball 25 before he became one of Botha's three victims. Pakistan had raced to 16 in the second over before Tsotsobe removed openers Imran Farhat (10) and Shahzaib Hasan (nine) in the sixth.

Botha then removed Mohammad Hafeez (13), Afridi and Abdul Razzaq (four) to end Pakistan's hopes of reaching a respectable total. Pakistan coach Waqar Younis was disappointed over the poor batting. "We scored 25-30 runs less than we expected," said Waqar, whose team lost the last six wickets for a mere 35 runs. We need to bat with strategy in the next game."

This is Pakistan's home series shifted to United Arab Emirates due to security fears. The two teams meet in the second Twenty20 on Wednesday.

They then play the first two one-day internationals and the second Test in Abu Dhabi. Dubai will stage the last three one-day and the first Test.

No second chance for Rajasthan Royals: Shashank Manohar

2010-10-19T10:57:00.002+05:30

BCCI president Shashank Manohar dismissed speculations that past IPL team Rajasthan Royals will get a lifeline from the parent body after the owners wrote a letter to BCCI demanding a second chance.

The champions of the 1st edition of IPL 2008, were expelled from the cash-rich league last Sunday on grounds on a variety of irregularities along with another high profile franchise Rajasthan Royals.

"They may have written a letter but where does the question of revoking the decision come up?" BCCI president Manohar told PTI when contacted at his Nagpur residence.

Manohar further added, "We have taken a final decision. That remains and no further decisions will be taken in this regard."

Last Sunday after the IPL governing council meeting Manohar had told reporters that there were violations in agreement and breach of contract on the part of the franchise that has led to the expulsion. There were discrepancies regarding the shareholding outline and ownership transfers which the board claimed were not sorted out.

Brett Lee signs up for New Zealand domestic T20 stint

2010-10-18T10:53:00.004+05:30

Australian faster Brett Lee has signed to play domestic T20 cricket in New Zealand later this year with the Wellington Firebirds, the club said Monday.

Brett Lee, looking for as much match-time as possible as he seeks a career swansong at ICC World Cup 2011, will entrance for Wellington against Auckland on December 14, Cricket Wellington chief executive Gavin Larsen said.

"It’s marvelous to have secured the services of Brett and his record speaks for itself," Larsen said.

"He's a gifted all-round sportsperson who has proven himself a true match winner for Australia in over a decade at the highest level."

The 33-year-old will miss the first half of the New Zealand domestic competition because of prior commitments to his home state New South Wales but will play five matches and be available for the final on January 2.

Lee retired from Test cricket earlier this year after a string of injuries but is worried to cap his international career by appearing for Australia at the World Cup 2011.

Kings XI and Rajasthan Royals agreements are terminated

2010-10-12T10:09:00.000+05:30

In a radical step, the Indian Cricket Board unanimously decided to terminate the franchise agreements of Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab, while thrifty the newly-inducted Kochi team.

The Kochi franchisee has been issued a notice and has been given 10 days time by the BCCI, asking them to decide all their disputes.

The decision means that the 4th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will feature eight teams for the time being despite the addition of two new teams in Kochi and Pune. If Kochi is also scrapped, then of course there will be only 7 teams.

The decision was taken at disaster meeting of the IPL Governing council at MCA Recreation Centre here.

"It was unanimously decided that the franchise agreements with Kings XI and Rajasthan Royals be terminated forthwith based on the Legal opinions obtained by BCCI in the matters," the BCCI said in a release.

"It was further unanimously decided to issue a notice to the unincorporated joint venture holding the Kochi franchise calling upon them to resolve all their disputes and form a company which will hold the IPL franchise rights."

"Accordingly, P R Raman, advocate for BCCI has been given instructions to issue all the three notices," BCCI said.

Zimbabwe in South Africa 2010, Schedule

2010-10-08T11:18:00.000+05:30

Date	Match Details	Time (GMT)	Place
Oct 08	South Africa v Zimbabwe, 1st T20I	16:00*	Bloemfontein
Oct 10	South Africa v Zimbabwe, 2nd T20I	12:30	Kimberley
Oct 15	South Africa v Zimbabwe, 1st ODI	12:30*	Bloemfontein
Oct 17	South Africa v Zimbabwe, 2nd ODI	08:00	Potchefstroom
Oct 22	South Africa v Zimbabwe, 3rd ODI	12:30*	Benoni

* - Day-night Match....

ICC annual awards 2010

2010-10-06T18:27:00.000+05:30

Cricketer of the Year: Sachin Tendulkar

ICC Test Cricket Awards:

Test player of the year: Virender Sehwag

Test team of the year: India

The ICC World Test Team of the Year is (in batting order):

Virender Sehwag (Ind)
Simon Katich (Aus)
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
Hashim Amla (SA)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Jacques Kallis (SA)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind, captain and wicketkeeper)
Graeme Swann (Eng)
James Anderson (Eng)
Dale Steyn (SA)
Doug Bollinger (Aus)

ICC ODI Cricket Awards:

ODI player of the year: AB de Villiers

ODI team of the year: Australia

ICC World ODI Team of the Year is (in batting order):

Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
Shane Watson (Aus)
Michael Hussey (Aus)
AB de Villiers (SA)
Paul Collingwood (Eng)
Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain)
MS Dhoni (Ind, wicketkeeper)
Daniel Vettori (NZ)
Stuart Broad (Eng)
Doug Bollinger (Aus)
Ryan Harris (Aus)

ICC Emerging player of the year: Steven Finn

Best T20 performance of the year: Brendon McCullum

Spirit of Cricket award: New Zealand

ICC Associate player of the year: Ryan ten Doeschate

Umpire of the year: Aleem Dar from Pakistan

Women's Cricketer of the Year: Shelley Nitschke (Aus)

LG people's choice award: Sachin Tendulkar

Sunil Gavaskar removed from IPL Governing Council

2010-09-29T18:06:00.000+05:30

In a main overhaul of the Indian Premier League, the BCCI dropped cricket Master Sunil Gavaskar from the IPL Governing Council, which was reduced to a 7-member panel with tenure of just one year instead of five.

The decision to drop SunilGavaskar from the IPL Governing Council was taken by the Cricket Board in its Annual General Meeting (AGM), which also appointed temporary chairman Chirayu Amin as full-time chief of the T20 league.

"The IPL Governing Council constitution was changed today at the AGM. The period of the Governing Council, which is a sub-committee, of the Board has been reduced to one year from five years," BCCI president Shashank Manohar told reporters at a press conference after the Annual General Meeting.

"It will have five members and two cricketers will be part of the committee. Earlier, cricketers were used to be paid Rs 1 crore but BCCI decided no payment will be made from now onwards," he said.

Champions League T20: Chennai Super Kings won the Title

2010-09-27T10:56:00.000+05:30

The Chennai Super Kings are now the Emperors of the T20 world. Nothing went wrong for CSK as Hussey and Vijay got the team off to an extraordinary start with a superb 103 run opening stand. It was a golden night for Vijay as he stroked a half century and he also became the proud owner of the Golden Bat for the most number of runs scored in this tournament. Hussey also went past his fifty as Chennai reached home by eight wickets and are now proud champions of this Champions League T20.

Murali Vijay (58 off 53 balls), smashed his 3rd half-century of the Champions League 2010 while the other opener Mike Hussey played sheet anchor and remained not out on 51 as Chennai chased down the easy target of 129 with one over to spare.

Muttiah Muralitharan (3/16) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2/16) divided 5 wickets as Chennai controlled Warriors to 128 for 7 after the South African champion side won the toss and elected to bat first at the New Wanderers Stadium. Vijay underlined his emergence as a fine T20 batsman by becoming the highest run getter of the tournament with 294 runs from six matches.

Vijay's 53-ball innings was studded with 6 fours and 2 sixes while Hussey hit only 3 fours from 46 balls in his winning knock. CSK were richer by $2.500000 for winning the 2nd edition of Champions League T20 2010 tournament, their 2nd crown in 5 months after their IPL victory in April.

The total of 128 was too easy to defend and Chennai was always in control of the run chase though it got a bit tight with Suresh Raina, who was mainly responsible for CSK's semi-final win against Royal Challengers Bangalore with an aggressive 94, out cheaply for just two.

Hussey and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (17 not out), however, held on their nerves to pull off the win with a 25-run partnership for the unbroken 3rd wicket. Dhoni hit the winning runs - a four off Juan Theron - as Chennai scored 132 for two in 19 overs to lift the title.

LG ICC Awards 2010 short-list

2010-09-23T10:29:00.000+05:30

Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag of India, Hashim Amla of South Africa and Graeme Swann of England have all been short-listed for the LG ICC Awards 2010.

The votes have now been shine by the independent 25-person academy and these four men are the ones in the running to get the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of the Year at a glittering ceremony in Bengaluru on 6 October 2010.

Short-lists of nominees:

Cricketer of the Year: Hashim Amla (SA), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Graeme Swann (Eng), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

Test Player of the Year: Hashim Amla (SA), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Dale Steyn (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

ODI Player of the Year: Ryan Harris (Aus), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), AB de Villiers (SA), Shane Watson (Aus)

Emerging Player: Umar Akmal (Pak), Steven Finn (Eng), Angelo Matthews (SL), Tim Paine (Aus)

Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year: Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned), Trent Johnson (Ire), Kevin O'Brien (Ire), Mohammed Shahzad (Afg)

T20 International Performance of the Year: Michael Hussey (Aus); Mahela Jayawardena (SL); Ryan McLaren (SA); Brendon McCullum (NZ).

Women's Cricketer of the Year: Katherine Brunt (Eng), Shelley Nitschke (Aus), Ellyse Perry (Aus), Stafanie Taylor (WI)

Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Tony Hill, Simon Taufel

Spirit of Cricket: India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe

Redbacks conformed semi final berth

2010-09-18T13:51:00.000+05:30

Southern Redbacks first came out with a disciplined bowling display to control the Bangalore side to 154 in 19.5 over on a little slow Kingsmead pitch and then achieved the target with 9 balls to spare in the Group B in CL 2010.

Skipper Klinger scored 69 off 57 balls with the help of 9 fours and a six, while Harris came out with a sparkling 57 off 38 balls. Redbacks scored 155 for two in 18.3 overs, with Callum Ferguson giving company to Klinger.

Chasing 155 to win, both the openers started on an attacking note. Neither Klinger nor Harris faced any problem in tackling the Bangalore bowling attack and kept sending the ball to the hedge in regular intervals.

Klinger cracked a four in the second ball of the innings off medium pacer Praveen Kumar, while Harris cracked three fours in the sixth over off Dillon du Preez to add to the frustration of RCB skipper Anil Kumble. Kumble tried out five bowlers, including himself, but all his efforts went in vain as the bowlers, including pacer Dale Steyn, proved quite ineffective and expensive on the Kingsmead pitch.

Southern Redbacks reached 50-run mark in the 6th over and then riding on the rampaging form of the two openers they crossed 100-run mark in the 12th over. To the end of the match, the Australian side lost two quick wickets in the form of Harris, who adorned his innings with 7 fours and two sixes.

Harris returned after a misunderstanding with his skipper while Manou feel to Kumble after facing three balls but that could not stop them from registering their third successive win in the tournament. Earlier, Preez and Ross Taylor scored an identical 46 to help Bangalore overcome a mid-innings slump and post 154 after Kumble opted to bat first.

Taylor, who cracked eight fours and a huge six during his 28-ball stay, steadied the RCB innings in middle overs while Preez capitalised on his home condition when the team was struggling at 76 for five in 10.5 overs. Preez struck one four and four sixes during his 25-ball innings and with Cameron White (25) produced a crucial 58-run partnership to pull the team out of the pit.

Some betting patterns were very suspicious at IPL 2

2010-09-13T10:00:00.000+05:30

29 players, including two Australia players are suspected to be involved in match fixing in IPL2 in South Africa, the top London newspaper claimed. According to a underground dossier compiled by the ICC's anti-corruption and security unit, the list includes some high-profile names but no one from England or Pakistan, whose players did not take part due to security issues, The Sunday Times claimed.

"Some betting patterns were very suspicious at IPL 2," the report said quoting a source. Despite long-standing concerns about the honor of the IPL, whose commissioner Lalit Modi is suspended amid sleaze allegations, England players are expected to be available for the entirety of next year's IPL for the 1st time.

Three Pakistan players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were suspended by the ICC for their suspected involvement in match-fixing in the Lord's Test and the trio returned to Pakistan recently.

AirTel CLT20 2010 will bring focus back on cricket

2010-09-08T16:43:00.000+05:30

The CLT20 which is planned to start on Friday will let cricket aficionados move the focus back to cricket and move away from the ongoing spot fixing saga.

Australian Faster Shaun Tait who will represent the South Australian Redbacks said the 'spot-fixing' damaged the repute of the game and CLT20 2010 will be welcomed by fans as a much needed break.

"It is good time for this tournament to happen because cricket will be moving forward. People will at last get to see a spirited tournament rather than look at the garbage going on in England," he said on Tuesday referring to the 'spot-fixing' reports.

"The tournament is happening at the perfect time because it will shift the focus back on cricket," added Tait.

West Indian all-rounder Kieron Pollard also seconded taits view that CLT20 brings chance to regain spectators' faith in the game.

"I don't want to speak on the topic because I am not involved in it and so far in my career nothing like this happened. The most we can do at this moment is play competitive, hard and fair cricket whenever we get on to the field be it CLT20 or in international matches," said Pollard.

JP Duminy expressed sympathy for promising left-arm pacer Mohamad Aamir but also added that players should be very careful and aware when it comes to match-fixing.

"It is a pity that such serious and big allegations have come into cricket. But personally, I always try to keep myself miles away from all these things. For a cricketer it's about saying right things at the right time and remaining extra careful," the left-hander said.

"I feel for Aamir. It is a pity to be in this position, especially in this young age. I hope he comes out clean and enjoy a long career," added Duminy, who will turn out for Mumbai Indians in CLT20.

JP Duminy and Kieron Pollard of Mumbai Indians will face Tait of the Redbacks on the 14th.

Botha has been appointed South Africa's Twenty20 Skipper

2010-08-23T12:32:00.000+05:30

Johan Botha appointed South Africa's T20 skipper after Graeme Smith resigned from the job earlier in the week.

"Johan was the common choice of the Board and we have every confidence that he will do an excellent job leading up to the next edition of the ICC World Twenty20 in 2012," Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola said.

Johan Botha has had previous captaincy experience, having stood in for Smith during South Africa's tour of Australia in 2009 for the ODIs. He was successful in his stint, and led South Africa to victory in the series.

"Johan has an excellent record as a skipper," selection convener Andrew Hudson said. "He was an inspirational captain when he stood in for Smith in the ODI series victory in Australia in 2009. His appointment is part of the procedure of refreshing our Pro20 squad and also deciding whether to follow the route of having different skippers for different formats of the game."

Botha said he had enjoyed his earlier experience of the captaincy was hopeful he would do well enough so that when the time came, he would be considered for the ODI captaincy as well. Graeme Smith has said that he will resign from the ODI captaincy after the 2011 World Cup.

Smith set to quit as SA's T20 skipper

2010-08-18T12:26:00.000+05:30

South Africa Captain Graeme Smith is set to quit as South Africa's Twenty20 captain after recent injuries seem to have hastened the conclusion to reduce his workload in order to concentrate on prolonging a test career that has yielded 7,170 runs at an average of 50.49, a source who declined to be identified told Reuters on Tuesday.

Smith, 29, who has captained his country since 2003, is due to hold a news conference in Johannesburg at 1100 local time on Wednesday.

It also seems likely the opening batsman will step down as one-day skipper in the near future, possibly after next year's 50-over World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Smith has been concerned about the lack of a sequence plan and has spoken on a number of occasions about his desire to finish his international career by playing as "one of the boys" under a different captain.

Sachin's form may help us win CL T20: JP Duminy

2010-08-11T13:11:00.000+05:30

Skipper Sachin Tendulkar has mysterious ability to inspire his team-mates to perform several notches up and that will make a massive impact on Mumbai Indians' campaign in next month's Champions League T20 in South Africa, feels batsman Jean-Pual Duminy.

Duminy believes that if Sachin Tendulkar continues with his menacing form of this year's IPL, MI will go all the way through.

"He (Sachin) clearly leads from the front and that lifts his team-mates. He is very inspiring and exceptional skipper. If he fires, others also perform better by another 20 per cent.

"He has been in fine form in the IPL and for India. Hope he does the same for us to win this tournament," Duminy told PTI on the sidelines of the launch of Champions League Twenty20 here.

"Sachin helps everybody out and he tries to engage every player. I get along with him very well and had discussions on batting and other cricketing things," said the 26-year-old batsman, who was the inaugural CLT20's top scorer for Cape Cobras but will play for Mumbai Indians this time.

Shane Warne looking forward to IPL-4

2010-08-10T12:13:00.000+05:30

Australian spinner Shane Warne expressed his willingness to play in the 4th edition of the Indian Premier League 2011.

The Rajasthan Royals captain, who lead his team to a title win in the inaugural edition 2008, had a three-year contract with his t20 franchise which expired after the 3rd edition.

Although a fresh auction will be held in September for IPL-4, the Australian star is not in favour of IPL franchisees retaining any player for the next season.

Warne, who is currently in England, said he is looking forward to play the in the Twenty20 cricket league in India for one more year.

"It's great here in England, love coming over for the so called summer !!! Hahaha. P.S: Yes will play 1 more year. I'm looking forward to IPL 4!," he wrote on his twitter page.

Warne has been uncertain about featuring in the IPL and had earlier described his chances of playing in next year's event as fifty-fifty.

Champions League Twenty20, 2010 Schedule

2010-08-09T11:51:00.000+05:30

Date	Match Details	Time ISD	Place
Sep 10	MI v Lions, 1st Match, Group B Lions won by 9 runs	21:00	Johannesburg*
Sep 11	Warriors v Wayamba, 2nd Mat, Group A Warriors won by 7 wkts	17:00	Port Elizabeth
Sep 11	Central Districts v CSK, 3rd Mat, Group A CSK won by 57 runs	21:00	Durban*
Sep 12	Lions v South Australia, 4th Mat, Group B South Aus won by 11 runs	17:00	Centurion
Sep 12	RCB v Guyana, 5th Mat, Group B RCB won by 9 Wickets	21:00	Centurion*
Sep 13	Victoria v Warriors, 6th Mat, Group A Warriors won by 28 runs	21:00	Port Elizabeth*
Sep 14	MI v South Australia, 7th Mat, Group A S.Aus won by 5 wickets	21:00	Durban*
Sep 15	Central Districts v Victoria, 8th Mat, Group A Victoria won by 7 wickets	17:00	Centurion
Sep 15	CSK v Wayamba, 9th Mat, Group A CSK won by 97 runs	21:00	Centurion*
Sep 16	MI v Guyana, 10th Mat, Group B MI won by 31 runs	21:00	Durban*
Sep 17	RCB v South Australia, 11th Mat, Group B S.Aus won by 8 wickets	21:00	Durban*
Sep 18	Central Districts v Warriors, 12th Mat, Group A Warriors won by 6 wickets	17:00	Port Elizabeth
Sep 18	CSK v Victoria, 13th Mat, Group A Victoria won in super over	21:00	Port Elizabeth*
Sep 19	Lions v Guyana, 14th Mat, Group B Lions won by 9 wickets	17:00	Johannesburg
Sep 19	MI v RCB, 15th Mat, Group B MI won by 2 runs	21:00	Durban*
Sep 20	Victoria v Wayamba, 16th Mat, Group A Victoria won by 8 wickets	21:00	Centurion*
Sep 21	South Australia v Guyana, 17th Mat, Group B S.Aus won by 15 runs	17:00	Johannesburg
Sep 21	Lions v RCB, 18th Match, Group B RCB won by 6 wickets	21:00	Johannesburg*
Sep 22	Central Districts v Wayamba, 19th Mat, Group A Wayamba won by 74 runs	17:00	Port Elizabeth
Sep 22	CSK v Warriors, 20th Match, Group A CSK won by 10 runs	21:00	Port Elizabeth*
Sep 24	CSK v RCB, 1st semi-final	21:00	Durban*
Sep 25	South Australia v Warriors, 2nd semi-final	21:00	Centurion*
Sep 26	TBC v TBC, Final	21:00	Johannesburg*

* - Day Night Match

India tour not idyllic for Ashes preparation: Ponting

2010-07-26T16:04:00.000+05:30

Australia captain Ricky Ponting fears that his country's forthcoming tour of India in October may obstruct their preparation for the Ashes series commencing in November 25 at Brisbane.

Ricky Ponting said that preferably, Australia should not play on dry and flat Indian pitches in the run-up to the Ashes series against arch-rivals England at home.

"If you were trying to sit down and map out your perfect preparation for an Ashes series or a home series it probably wouldn't be playing two Test matches in India," said Ponting.

"But you don't live in an ideal world. That's the way international cricket is these days," Ponting was quoted as saying by 'The Australian'.

Australia play two Tests followed by three one-day Matches during their India tour.

Talking about Australia's three-wicket defeat against Pakistan in the 2nd Test at Leeds, Ponting admitted that he had misjudged the batting situation after winning the toss.

"We were definitely playing catch-up from stumps day one. That's my responsibility, to get those sorts of things right and make those decisions," Ponting said.

Australia were bowled out by Pakistan for just 88 - their lowest total in 26 years - on the first day of the 2nd Test at Headingley, in a Test that also ended Pakistan's 15-year wait for a win over Australia.

Sachin deserves World Cup victory: Morrison

2010-07-16T16:15:00.000+05:30

Sachin Tendulkar deserves a World Cup win under his belt but to realise this dream the batting icon wants players like Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni to fire in the 2011 home event, says former New Zealand fast bowler Danny Morrison.

"Sachin Tendulkar, the master, deserves to have some sort of winners medal hanging round his neck but it's not all about him. Cricket is a tough game and it's also about whether Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni can carry for India. Can they do it for Sachin?," Morrison said at an ICC audio-cricket show.

The cricketer-turned-commentator also feels that India will be strong contenders to lift the ICC World Cup 2011.

"I think India has the best chance to lift the World Cup this time round. It has to be good for them playing on home turf. It adds pressure but that's part of hosting.

"You feel that India want something special to happen and this year I think you've got to go with the India team to follow the 1983 side led by Kapil Dev," said Morrison, who claimed 126 ODI wickets and 160 in Tests.

India will co-host the 2011 edition along with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in February-March.

McCullum almost quit NZ team for the IPL

2010-07-08T12:34:00.000+05:30

Brendon McCullum reveals that he nearly turned his back on the country to entrust to an entire season of the IPL, before he changed his mind while on holiday in Fiji. The star NZ keeper & batsman made the revelations in his book Inside T20, co-authored by journalist Dylan Cleaver. In the book, he mentions the crash that the Indian Twenty20 league had on his psyche.

"I felt I had some unfinished business in the 2nd season of the IPL. However, the fact that the tournament did not go according to expectations did not sit well with me. I desperately wanted to turn it around," McCullum wrote.

"I must admit I came really close to not playing for NZ. I went to Fiji for a holiday with my wife and I had a long hard look regarding the cricket that I have to play.

McCullum said that the whole issue of whether he should sign or not sign with NZ cricket misty his thoughts during this period. He said that he had to give something up to understand it and he chose not to give up his full and total commitment to New Zealand.

Pakistan complete a 2-0 series win over Aussies

2010-07-07T12:07:00.000+05:30

Pakistan beat Australia in 11 runs after their 23-run win on Monday to seal the Twenty20 international series 2-0.

Pakistan post a challenging 162 for nine in 20 overs with six of their batsmen reaching double figures, including the Akmal brothers Kamran and Umar who scored 33 and 25 respectively.

Skipper Shahid Afridi, who took two brilliant catches on Monday, struck with the ball this time. Afridi took two wickets for 30 from his four overs of quickest leg-spin to reduce Australia to 104/5.

Michael Hussey, who steered Australia to win in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-final in St Lucia when Pakistan appear to have the game won, kept his team in the match batting at number seven.

Left-hander Hussey scored 25 from 14 balls but his dismissal lbw to Umar Gul spelled the end of his team's hopes and they were finally all out for 151 from 19.4 overs.

The teams meet at Lord's next Tuesday in the 1st test of a two-test series.

Match Summary
Pak 162/8 20 over Umar Akmal 25 Kamran Akmal 33 S. O'Keefe 3/29 Dirk Nannes 3/30	Aus 151 allout 19.4 over M. Clarke 30 David Hussey 33 Shahid Afridi 2/30 M. Aamer 3/27

Man of the match: Mohammad Aamer

Pakistan beat Australia by 23 runs in 1st T20i

2010-07-06T14:27:00.000+05:30

Pakistan beat Australia for the 1st time in 13 matches across in all formats of cricket as they won the first T20 international by 23 runs at Edgbaston.

They were grateful to Umar Akmal's career-best 64 runs in just 31 balls that helped Pakistan to a total of 167 for eight after they had been 47 for four.

Australia, chasing 168 to win, were 144 allout with off-spinner Saeed Ajmal three wickets for 26 runs off his four overs and teenage left-arm faster Mohammad Aamer doing the mass of the damage.

Victory put Pakistan 1-0 up lead of the 2nd and final T20 international here on Tuesday.

Match Summary
Pak 167/8 20 over Umar Akmal 64 Kamran Akmal 23 Shaun Tait 2/25 Dirk Nannes 2/41	Aus 144 allout 18.4 over David Warner 41 David Hussey 34 Saeed Ajmal 3/26 M. Aamer 3/27

Man of the match: Umar Akmal

Pakistan v Australia in England 2010, Schedule

2010-06-29T20:00:00.000+05:30

Date	Match Details	Time IST	Venue
Jul 05 - Mon	Pakistan v Australia, 1st T20I Pak won by 23 runs	21:30	Birmingham
Jul 06 - Tue	Pakistan v Australia, 2nd T20I Pak won by 11 runs	21:30	Birmingham
Jul 13 - 17	Pakistan v Australia, 1st Test	15:00	London
Jul 21 - 25	Pakistan v Australia, 2nd Test	15:00	Leeds

Australia in India 2010

Raina powers India win T20 Series

2010-06-14T17:34:00.000+05:30

Captain Suresh Raina led from the frontage with a blistering 72(44) as India signed off their Zimbabwe tour with a complete 7 wickets win over the hosts in the 2nd and final T20 International at Harare.

Chasing 141, India made 144 for three with Suresh Raina striking the winning runs and comprehensive the two match Twenty20 series 2-0. Raina's effort earned him the Man of the Match & the Man of the Series awards.

India lost the 1st wicket of Naman Ojha early, but Vijay and skipper Suresh Raina ensured that India would not face any complexity. Along with Murali Vijay (46), Raina shared a 79-run standing for the 2nd wicket, which set up the second easy win. Raina's 44-ball knock contained 6 fours and 2 sixes.

India's 2nd consecutive win, after a poor show in the ODI tri-series, will do a world of good to the confidence of its youngsters as they head off for the Asia Cup 2010 in Sri Lanka, which starts in two days time.

Match Summary:

1st T20:

Zim 111/9 20 Over

Chibhabha 40
Ervine 30

V.Kumar 3/24
A. Dinda 2/27

Ind 112/4 15 Over

Y. Pathan 37
S. Raina 28

Price 2/24
Mpofu 2/31

2nd T20:

Zim 140/5 20 Over

Taibu 45
Coventry 28

A. Dinda 2/15
A. Mishra 1/21

India: 144/3 in 18 Over

S. Raina 72
M. Vijay 46

Chibhabha 1/19

Adam Gilchrist warns of T20 overkill

2010-06-03T16:54:00.000+05:30

Former Australian wicket keeper Adam Gilchrist has warned of a T20 overkill in cricket in the wake of the IPL's success, saying it is time the administrators give thinking to how much more the players can take.

The 38-year-old wicketkeeper, who has remained in action civility the Indian Premier League, feels the number of matches should be regulated.

"The IPL is going bigger next year. How much further can you go? We have to be very smart with it and make sure that we monitor that," Gilchrist said.

"I think we are very close to the limit of how much cricket we can stage in general and Twenty20 has contested to the fore. But, this vast tool we have got, let's not burn it out," he said.

Gilchrist said players who decide to take breaks during the season should not be criticized as they are only trying to protect their bodies for as long a stay as possible in international cricket.

"If someone doesn't play because he has the chance to rest, the public shouldn't beat up on him. They are just trying to be as good as they can for as long as they can, first for their country, then their county," he said.

"But the IPL has moved the goalposts and clouded the issue a bit. But as professional cricketers, we have to stride carefully. I know a number of Australian players who have stayed away from the IPL for reasons of extending their Test careers and that's something all players have to weigh up," he added.

Australia in England 2010, ODI Schedule

2010-05-27T11:41:00.000+05:30

Date	Match Details	Time IST	Ground	Place
Jun 17 - Th	Ireland v Australia, Only ODI	15:15	Castle Avenue	Dublin
Jun 22 - Tu	England v Australia, 1st ODI	19:00	The Rose Bowl	Southampton
Jun 24 - Th	England v Australia, 2nd ODI	19:00	Sophia Gardens	Cardiff, Wales
Jun 27 - Su	England v Australia, 3rd ODI	15:15	Old Trafford	Manchester
Jun 30 - We	England v Australia, 4th ODI	17:30	Kennington Oval	London
Jul 03 - Sa	England v Australia, 5th ODI	15:15	Lord's	London

Only 10 teams for this year's Champions League

2010-05-25T16:38:00.000+05:30

There will be only 10 teams in this year's CL T20 as opposed to the 12 that participated in the inaugural in 2009, after the English Cricket Board(ECB) expressed their incapability to participate as their domestic season clashed with the tournament's dates.

English teams were forced out after their cricket board declined to adjust the dates of their domestic season to avoid a clash with the profitable league. The England and Wales Cricket Board had proponed the dates after being requested by the BCCI initially.

But when the Indian Board rejigged the Champions League T20 dates for a 2nd time, the ECB said it was left with no room to make adjustments again.

The tournament is a joint project between the cricket board of India (BCCI), Australia (CA) and South Africa (CSA).

Already nine of the ten teams for the tournament in South Africa, scheduled between September 10 and 26, are confirmed. Only the tenth team is to be known and that will be confirmed once the West Indian domestic T20 competition ends in July. The tournament will feature 23 matches, with the format, schedule and venues to be decided in the coming weeks.

The teams that have already qualified for the 2010 Champions League T20 are: Chennai Super Kings (India), Mumbai Indians (India), Royal Challengers Bangalore (India), South Australian Redbacks (Australia), Victorian Bushrangers (Australia), Warriors (South Africa), Highveld Lions (South Africa), Central Stags (New Zealand) and Wayamba Elevens (Sri Lanka).

No match-fixing in 3rd IPL 2010: Paul Condon

2010-05-21T17:07:00.000+05:30

Outgoing ICC Anti-Corruption chief Paul Condon said he had no evidence to propose there had been any fraud in the 3rd edition of the IPL.

"3rd IPL from a clean cricket point of view seems to have been a very clean event," Paul Condon told a news conference at Lord's.

"There were rumours and unclear allegations about match-fixing in 3rd IPL 2010."

"No one has come forward from within the Indian board or the IPL or franchises or journalists, players or team managers, anyone with any specific allegations about match-fixing in the IPL 2010. All there has been is a nonspecific rumour."

The Anti-Corruption and Security Unit did not monitor the first two IPL Twenty20 competitions. Condon, who has been in accuse of the unit since it was set up 10 years ago to deal with a match-fixing scandal which resulted in life bans for three international captains, will be succeeded by former senior British police offical Ronnie Flanagan on July 1.

Clarke wants to continue as Australia Twenty20 captain

2010-05-20T15:56:00.000+05:30

Michael Clarke's leadership qualities have come under the scanner in the World T20 in the West Indies, but Michael Clarke said he was enjoying every bit of the duty and wants to continue as Australia's T20 skipper.

"No doubt, I'm disappointed we couldn't win the World T20, win the final, but I've really enjoyed the opportunity," Clarke said yesterday after returning home following Australia's loss to England in the World Twenty20 final in the Caribbean.

"I've loved playing with the guys, I've had a lot of support from people back at home, the people who came and watched the games in the West Indies, and family and friends, so it's been great and I'm enjoying it," he said.

Clarke's future as T20 captain is likely to be decided over the next week as the selectors sit to name the Australian squads for the tour of England, where they will play Tests Series, one day matches and T20 games against Pakistan and the hosts.

He also has the backing of Test skipper Ricky Ponting, who feels Clarke is the future of Australian cricket.

However, it is not Clarke's captaincy that has been a matter of concern but his poor run with the bat.

The right-hander himself admitted that it was high time he reinvent his aggressive manner.

ICC T20 World Cup Team Standings 2010

2010-05-18T12:02:00.000+05:30

England Won ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010

ICC T20 Final - England Beat Australia By 7 wickets

ICC T20 1st Semi Final - Sri Lanka vs England: Eng Won By 7 wickets

ICC T20 2nd Semi Final - Australia vs Pakistan: Aus won by 3 wickets

Group Match Standing:

Team	P	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Group A
AUS	2	2	0	0	4	+1.52
PAK	2	1	1	0	2	-0.33
BAN	2	0	2	0	0	-1.20
Group B
NZ	2	2	0	0	4	+0.43
SL	2	1	1	0	2	+0.36
ZIM	2	0	2	0	0	-1.60
Group C
IND	2	2	0	0	4	+1.50
RSA	2	1	1	0	2	+1.13
AFG	2	0	2	0	0	-2.45
Group D
WI	2	2	0	0	4	+2.78
ENG	2	0	1	1	1	-0.45
IRE	2	0	1	1	1	-3.50

England had won a major international T20 World Cup

2010-05-18T11:37:00.000+05:30

South Africa born batsmen Craig Kieswetter and Kevin Pietersen starred as England won their first major one-day title in a 7 wicket victory over Australia in the World T20 final.

England, chasing 148 to win in 20 over, after reducing a formerly unbeaten Australian side at this tournament to eight for three, saw Kieswetter and Pietersen put on 111 for the second wicket at the Kensington Oval.

They finally won with three overs to spare when skipper Paul Collingwood struck Shane Watson for a four as his side finished on 148 for three.

It was the first time England had won a major international one-day event after losing in 3 World Cup finals (1979, 1987 and 1992) and the 2004 Champions Trophy.

England, who detained Australia to 147/6, had an early setback when Michael Lumb's out them seven for one.

But Kieswetter(63) and Pietersen(47) then conquered the Australian bowlers. Pietersen, who faced 31 balls, with six and four fours, was out when he hoisted leg-spinner Steven Smith to David Warner on the long-off boundary line.

And, troublingly for England, 118 for two became 121 for three when Kieswetter was bowled by left-arm faster Mitchell Johnson, having faced 49 balls, with two sixes and seven fours.

But Collingwood and Eoin Morgan saw England home.

Beat in what was a first World T20 final for both the Ashes rivals left an Australia side before unbeaten at the tournament still searching for the one major title that has so far eluded them.

Earlier, David Hussey's 59 kept Australia in the match during an innings where the next best score was Cameron White's 30.

Kieswetter, a former South Africa Under-19 international, then struck medium-pacer Watson for two fours in as many balls

He later launched the all-rounder for a huge six over midwicket.

At the 10-over halfway mark, England were 73 for one compared to Australia's 47 for four.

Australia badly needed a breakthrough but, in Tait's comeback over, Pietersen drove him over his head for a boundary and then struck an even more impressive six high over long-off to bring up England's hundred.

IPL Team Standings 2010

2010-04-30T14:56:00.001+05:30

Team	Mat	Win	Lost	RR	Pts
Mumbai	14	10	4	+1.08	20
Deccan	14	8	6	-0.30	16
Chennai	14	7	7	+0.27	14
Bangalore	14	7	7	+0.22	14
Delhi	14	7	7	+0.02	14
Kolkata	14	7	7	-0.34	14
Rajasthan	14	6	8	-0.51	12
Kings XI	14	4	10	-0.48	8

Chennai Super Kings Win IPL 2010

IPL Final - Chennai Beat Mumbai By 22 Runs In IPL Final

IPL 1st Semi Final - RCB vs MI: MI Win By 35 Runs

IPL 2nd Semi Final - CSK vs DC: CSK won by 38 runs

ICC World Twenty20 Schedule, 2010

2010-04-30T14:09:00.000+05:30

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Pakistan	Sri Lanka	South Africa	West Indies
Bangladesh	New Zealand	India	England
Australia	Zimbabwe	Afghanistan	Ireland

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Venue

Apr 30	Sri Lanka v NZ, Group B NZ won by 2 wickets	22:30	Guyana
Apr 30	West Indies v Ireland, Group D WI won by 70 runs	02:30 (next day)	Guyana
May 01	India v Afghanistan, Group C IND won by 7 wickets	19:00	St Lucia
May 01	Pakistan v Bangladesh, Group A PAK won by 21 runs	23:00	St Lucia
May 02	South Africa v India, Group C IND won by 14 runs	19:00	St Lucia
May 02	Pakistan v Australia, Group A AUS won by 34 runs	23:00	St Lucia
May 03	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, Group B SL won by 14 runs(D/L)	19:00	Guyana
May 03	West Indies v England, Group D WI won by 8 wickets (D/L)	23:00	Guyana
May 04	New Zealand v Zim, Group B NZ won by 7 runs (D/L)	19:00	Guyana
May 04	England v Ireland, Group D Match abandoned	23:00	Guyana
May 05	Bangladesh v Australia, Group A AUS won by 27 runs	19:00	Barbados
May 05	S.Africa v Afghanistan, Group C SA won by 59 runs	23:00	Barbados
May 06	Pakistan v England, 13th Match	19:00	Barbados
May 06	S.Africa v New Zealand, 14th Match	23:00	Barbados
May 07	Australia v India, 15th Match	19:00	Barbados
May 07	Sri Lanka v West Indies, 16th Match	23:00	Barbados
May 08	Pakistan v New Zealand, 17th Match	19:00	Barbados
May 08	England v S.Africa, 18th Match	23:00	Barbados
May 09	India v West Indies, 19th Match	19:00	Barbados
May 09	Sri Lanka v Australia, 20th Match	23:00	Barbados
May 10	Pakistan v S.Africa, 21st Match	19:00	St Lucia
May 10	New Zealand v England, 22nd Match	22:47	St Lucia
May 11	Sri Lanka v India, 23rd Match	22:30	St Lucia
May 11	West Indies v Australia, 24th Match	02:30 (next day)	St Lucia
May 13	1st Semi-Final	21:00	St Lucia
May 14	2nd Semi-Final	21:00	St Lucia
May 16	Final	20:30	Barbados

India rely on Skipper Cool in World T20

2010-04-27T11:48:00.000+05:30

India expect captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to fire in the upcoming World T20 in the Caribbean.

The former champions are already without Virender Sehwag due to a shoulder injury, but Dhoni is second to none when it comes to striking the ball hard and clean.

The 28-year-old skipper is known for holding his nerve under pressure and winning matches from desperate situations with his power-hitting.

Leading Chennai Super Kings in a must-win Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Kings XI Punjab in Dharamshala recently, Dhoni proved why he was considered one of the best finishers in the game.

CSK needed 52 to win off the last 4 overs before the skipper guided his team to the semi-finals with an explosive 29-ball 54 not out, which included two sixes and five fours.

"It came right down to the wire, and hats off to the skipper for pulling it off," Chennai coach and former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming wrote in his newspaper column after the match.

"It was an emotional moment for him too, and he is typically such a calm character. MS Dhoni has had a quiet tournament and it was nice to see him get his confidence back.

"This was the last innings for him to deliver and he came good. I am happy for him and the team."

The burden of captaincy has not affected his batting, for he has led his team outstandingly well in all formats of the game.

India gained the number-one Test ranking in December last year under Dhoni, who has scored 356 runs in 20 Twenty20 internationals with a strike-rate of 105.95 since making his debut against South Africa in Johannesburg in 2006.

Dhoni will be keen to excel both as captain and batsman as his last World Twenty20 World Cup campaign ended in failure in England in 2009, when India unsuccessful to make it to the semi-finals.

Like record-breaking batsman Sachin Tendulkar and Sehwag, Dhoni likes to dominate bowlers with a wide range of strokes and can change the course of a match in a short time.

Dhoni's Indians face first-timers Afghanistan and South Africa in their first round group, with the top two advancing to the Super Eights round.

I am getting younger: Sourav Ganguly

2010-04-08T15:26:00.000+05:30

After first proving those who said he couldn't score runs in the T20 format wrong, Ganguly proceeded to baffle fans and critics alike by throwing himself about in the field with the alertness of a 20 year old. Dada, as he is lovingly known, had never made headlines for his fielding, but in a crucial match for the Kolkata Knight Riders against the Delhi Daredevils, he was brilliant in the field.

"As far as my fielding is concerned, I'm getting younger!" said Ganguly.

He was happy with the win, which saw KKR remain in strife for a semi-final spot. Throwing light on the team selection, Ganguly discovered that the decision to play Ajantha Mendis instead of Shane Bond was taken at the ground itself.

"It was a good game and it was good to win. It is always a difficult decision to leave Shane Bond out. I wasn't sure whom to play, Bond or Mendis, when we reached the ground. But then on seeing the wicket, I thought Mendis would do well. Even Iqbal Abdulla bowled well. He is a youngster and all time he gets an opportunity, he proves himself."

Sourav Ganguly praised Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag, and said their wickets turned the match for KKR.

"I think we should have got 190 today. We're a bit stuck during the middle overs. Till the time Sehwag was around, I thought they were very much in the match. He is a champion batsman and when he bats, anything is possible. So Sehwag, along with Gambhir, kept them in the match. It was only when Sehwag was dismissed that we began to sense victory. Everyone thinks they know how to bowl to Sehwag but he keeps pumping them into the stands! He is a champion batsman. Both Sehwag and Gambhir are really fine players.

"We have been playing well for quite sometime now. Hopefully, we will be able to win the next match. Every time we win one, we lose the very next game."

Delhi skipper Gautam Gambhir gave credit to Kolkata for the win, and said that he should have ensured he stayed till the end to finish the match for Delhi. Gambhir was run-out by a direct hit via his opposite number, Sourav Ganguly.

Kolkata bowling coach, Wasim Akram was delighted with his wards' show in front of a packed Eden Garden and heaped praises on faster Ashok Dinda, who packed off the dangerous David Warner in the first over, and was denied another wicket when Sehwag nicked a ball behind to the keeper.

"I am very happy with the way he bowled. He runs in straightaway, right from the first ball. I have always maintained that there aren't any warm-up deliveries in this format and you need to warm up before the match, which is what he does."

Lalit Modi offers 5000 passes for IPL 2010 semis and finals to MCA

2010-03-20T11:48:00.000+05:30

Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) chief Sharad Pawar said that IPL Chairman Lalit Modi has clarified the locate over the non-issue of passes for league matches to the MCA and offered 5,000 passes for semifinal and final of the IPL Twenty20 event.

"I had a talk on this issue with the BCCI President and IPL Chairman. Lalit Modi has cleared a few things," Pawar said at MCA's Annual General Meeting.

"The opening match did not belong to Navi Mumbai but to Deccan Chargers as it was originally scheduled at Hyderabad and was shifted here only due to the Telangana violence.

"Hence, the IPL could not provide passes on time as they themselves an established the passes late," he said.

"The IPL and the Board have taken this issue fatally and Modi has offered to provide our members with 5,000 passes in advance for the semifinal and the final matches," Pawar said.

On matches hosted by the Mumbai Indians, Pawar said that the IPL franchisee had straight approached the Cricket Club of India and hence MCA could not get the 20 per cent passes reserved for the host association.

"This has happened because we do not have our stadium as it is under-construction. The phase is fleeting and for this year only as once we have our stadium, nobody can deny us our share of 20 per cent seats," he added.

Meanwhile, addressing the AGM, MCA treasurer Ratnakar Shetty said that the court has refused relief to petitioners of a PIL which contended that permission for revamping of the Wankhede Stadium has been given without considering the environmental issues.

"Recently, the judges visited the site and said that MCA was not wrong in construction and refused to grant relief to the petitioners. Besides, the judges have also asked the Railways to issue an NOC. We are expecting an NOC from Railways in a week," he said.

An NOC is required from the Railways for the building of the stadium as construction is not allowed within 30 metres of the railway track, he said.

IPL Team Preview: Kolkata Knight Riders

2010-03-11T15:47:00.000+05:30

When Shahrukh Khan - India's leading movie star - co-purchased the Kolkata Knight Riders franchise, the country couldn't help but feel an similarity with the side. And when Brendon McCullum stormed into the competition with a whirlwind 158*, it drew a group gasp of admiration from fans of the sport across the world. If Ganguly helmed the side, then there was John Buchanan who powered the think-tank. But the team could not live up to potential.

In the 2nd season, suggestions of a multiple-captain approach drew a lot of argue but as it turned out, McCullum ended up captaining the side throughout. But the side's prospects did not improve. KKR ended the event pretty close to the bottom of the table. Ricky Ponting and Morne van Wyk have been bought out ahead of Season IPL 2010, while NZ Shane Bond has been bought at USD 750,000. U-19 player Harpreet Singh has also been picked for the tournament.

Sourav Ganguly (C), Wriddhiman Saha, Varun Aaron, Owais Shah, Iqbal Abdulla, Ishant Sharma, Ajit Agarkar, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Eklakh Ahmed, Manoj Tiwary, Ashoke Dinda, Ganapathi Vignesh, Rohan Gavaskar, Chris Gayle, Brad Hodge, Harshad Khadiwale, Charl Langeveldt, Angelo Mathews, Brendon McCullum, Ajantha Mendis, Murali Kartik, Chirag Pathak, Cheteshwar Pujara

Leading Batsmen
	Mts	Avg	S/R	Runs
BJ Hodge	12	40.55	117.74	365
B McCullum	13	23.75	119.24	285
Leading Bowlers
	Mts	Wkts	S/R	Economy
I Sharma	11	11	23.4	6.9
BJ Hodge	12	7	17.1	8.05