Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 5, 2009
Indian Premier League franchisee Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday said the new captain and coach for the team still remains undecided. After the conclusion of the meeting at team owner Shah Rukh Khan’s residence, the management said the decision will be taken by the end of August and emphasised on Sourav Ganguly’s role as a [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 28, 2009
There are trends developing in world cricket that are of concern to the future of the game, including in India, Indian coach Gary Kirsten said here, saying Team India has to decide its priorities in terms of Test cricket and other forms of the game, like T20. Kirsten was speaking on Saturday at a gathering [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 27, 2009
There are trends developing in world cricket that are of concern to the future of the game, including in India, Indian coach Gary Kirsten said here, saying Team India has to decide its priorities in terms of Test cricket and other forms of the game, like T20. Kirsten was speaking on Saturday at a gathering [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 26, 2009
New Zealand’s top cricketers may choose to play in the Indian Premier League rather than for their country if cricket’s international calendar continues to create conflict between the two, New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori said. Vettori said players may be forced to choose cash over country in future and hinted players came close to making [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 25, 2009
Sourav Ganguly is almost certain to be reinstated as the captain while John Wright is likely to take over as the coach of Kolkata Knight Riders in the third edition of the Indian Premier League in 2010. Even as an official announcement is awaited, that there could be a major reshuffle with former India coach [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 23, 2009
As the International Cricket Council celebrates 100 years this year, the game’s administrators have decided to go intellectual with a couple of lectures planned at the world’s oldest university in the English speaking world. A choice selection of the game’s greats has been invited to speak about various facets of the game, and among them [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 23, 2009
Australia began rebuilding for the 2011 World Cup by including three young players and leaving out batsman Brad Hodge in a 30-man preliminary squad named on Thursday for the Champions Trophy. The squad, for the limited-overs tournament in South Africa from Sept. 22 to Oct. 5, must be trimmed to 15 players by Aug. 23. [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 22, 2009
Ever wondered how come Sachin Tendulkar is endorsing Luminous inverters or Zandu balm? These are not quite the brands you associate with somebody who normally charges 6-8 crore per brand endorsement. So Sachin comes a bit cheap these days because as part of his IPL contract with Mumbai Indians he also has to endorse the [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 18, 2009
With Andrew Flintoff set to hang up his Test boots after the ongoing Ashes, his English teammates would do everything to win the series as a farewell gift to the burly all-rounder, believes former Australia stumper Adam Gilchrist. Gilchrist paid glowing tribute to Flintoff and felt it would inspire England to put their best foot [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 10, 2009
Convinced that Sourav Ganguly was unfit for Twenty20 cricket, former Kolkata Knight Riders coach John Buchanan had asked the left-hander to quit after the first edition of the Indian Premier League. In his latest book ‘The Future of Cricket: The rise of Twenty20′, Buchanan revealed advising Ganguly to quit Twenty20 even though the then Knight [...]
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