Posted on March 29th, 2008 by monica
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A breathtaking triple-century from Virender Sehwag, by far the fastest in terms of balls faced (278), was the centrepiece as India utterly dominated proceedings on the third day at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Sehwag scored 257 runs in the day, finishing it on 309, the same score he made at Multan back in 2004. The […]

Posted on March 28th, 2008 by monica
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Australia’s leading cricketers are likely to be granted a fortnight of paydirt in the Indian Premier League (IPL) before they tour the Caribbean. 
Cricket Australia (CA) is yet to announce what sort of role the likes of Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds and Brett Lee will have in the inaugural IPL season before the world champion team […]

Posted on March 17th, 2008 by monica
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Former Pakistani opener Imran Farhat hit a blazing half-century to lead Lahore Badshahs to a 38-run win over local favourites Chandigarh Lions in an ICL Twenty20 match in Panchkula on Sunday night. 

Posted on March 17th, 2008 by monica
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The cash rich Board of Control for Cricket in India on Saturday said it would officially announce the funding of the five disciplines of the Olympic sports by the end of this month and would restrict its help to only individual sports to start with.
BCCI Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Professor Ratnakar Shetty said the Cricket […]

Posted on March 17th, 2008 by monica
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Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag on Saturday insisted that his team has a good balance even though they could afford Australian tour hero Ishant Sharma because of his “high price“. 
Sehwag said the gangling fast bowler was among the players he listed but decided not to bid for him because the franchisee would not have got […]

Posted on March 17th, 2008 by monica
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Pakistan cricket coach Geoff Lawson was angered by the decison to call off the tour.The announcement was made Tuesday just hours after two bombs killed at least 20 people and injured many more in the eastern city of Lahore. 
The tour, which had been due to start on March 29, had been in doubt with leading […]

Posted on March 11th, 2008 by admin
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Top officials from Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment, the IPL’s Kolkata franchise, and the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) will meet in the city on Tuesday to break the deadlock on hosting league matches at Eden Gardens, one of the world’s biggest cricket venues.

Posted on March 11th, 2008 by monica
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The second IPL auction takes place in Mumbai on Tuesday, with the Rajasthan Royals best placed to make the most of the situation. Eighteen players are up for grabs, with 16 Under-19 players being decided by draft pick.

Posted on March 11th, 2008 by monica
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Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq, Australia’s Shane Watson, and Mohammad Ashraful, the Bangladesh captain, are among 18 players included in the second Indian Premier League (IPL) auction to be held in Mumbai on March 11. The list is made up of seven New Zealanders, four Australians, three Pakistanis, two Bangladeshis, one Sri Lankan and South African each but […]

Posted on March 10th, 2008 by monica
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