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NFL Cheerleaders, $1 Million Pay Shake Cricket: Andy Mukherj...

If you think ``getting Bangalored'' is still a metaphor for the loss of Western computer-software and network-maintenance jobs to cheaper workers in India, then you aren't following the Washington Redskins cheerleaders. Twelve of th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

ECB holds talks with billionaire Stanford

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) raised the prospect of a lucrative Twenty20 series against a West Indies team on Tuesday after confirming they had held further talks with Texas billionaire Allen Stanford. Stanford, who launched a [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Pink cricket ball trial succeeds

The pink cricket ball experiment went without obvious hitch at Lord's yesterday but it is the proscription of chuckers and superbats that the MCC are really out to nail with the research and development programme they are undertaking with I [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Indian Cricket League seeks ICC recognition

The Indian Cricket League (ICL) has written a letter to the ICC seeking recognition for their Twenty20 league and asking why they continue to be labelled as 'unsanctioned' or 'unofficial' by the BCCI. While Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief ex [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Cricket's biggest show set to get underway

Not so long ago Brendon McCullum would have laughed if you'd told him he'd play cricket in India for the spectacularly-named Kolkata Knight Riders. And that he'd earn around $300,000 from just four Twenty20 games for the Riders before join [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Shoaib surely can't recover from this latest saga

The latest twist in the tormented saga that is Shoaib Akhtar's career has once again thrown a spotlight on the inconsistent and unpopular decision-making processes of the Pakistan Cricket Board. The resulting confrontation may spell the end [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Cricket Brings its Unlimited Leadership to Wireless Broadban...

In a move to bring its unlimited wireless broadband services to new Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) markets across the country, Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, and a wholly-owned subsidiary [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Second IPL players' auction next week: Modi

The Cricket Board-floated Indian Premier League will conduct a second players' auction next week to enable franchises, that have money left after the initial auction held on February 20, from the $5 million cap, supplement their player base [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2008 | Comments : 0

ECB told to open mind to ICL

Professional Cricket Association chief executive Sean Morris has warned the England and Wales Cricket Board not to resist allowing English players to join the Indian Premier League. More StoriesMascarenhas admits to risking ODI future IP [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Lawson does not want Yousuf, Afridi in Pak ODI team

Mohammad Yousuf may be the prolific run-getter for Pakistan in both forms of cricket but coach Geoff Lawson has told the Board that he does not want the senior batsman in the One-day squad because of his poor fielding. In a recent meeting [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

ICC approves shorter World Cup in 2011

The International Cricket Council (ICC) cleared the way on Tuesday for a shorter 2011 World Cup. The ICC board decided on a 14-team format, reduced from 16 after the 2007 edition in West Indies was heavily criticised for being too long and [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

New Zealand Cricket to decide on IPL five next week

New Zealand Cricket will take a decision next week on whether to allow the five players who have joined the Indian Premier League to miss the start of the England tour. Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills, Brendon McCullum, Jacob Oram and Ross Tay [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Australia top seeds for 2008 Champions Trophy

Holders Australia are the top seeds for the ICC Champions Trophy to be staged in Pakistan this September, the International Cricket Council said on Thursday. Australia, also the one-day World Cup champions, are grouped with India, former w [...]

Posted On : Mar, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Cricket: India conquer Australia in one-day tri-series

India has ended their tour of Australia on a high - winning the one-day tri-series in a tense second final in Brisbane. The hero of the Indian batting effort was again Sachin Tendulkar. Two days after his first one day on Australian soil, [...]