Buzzin Cricket

Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford has offered $100 million to the ECB for playing a five match Twenty20 series against his West Indies All-Star team.
Many of England’s biggest players have been public in their disappointment at missing out on playing in the lucrative IPL.  This offer would seem to allow the ECB to appease their [...]

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The much discussed Indian Premier League (IPL) gets underway tomorrow. Most of the biggest names in the current world game, with the exception of one or two Englishmen, will be involved in the month-long tournament.
One thing bothers me though - no doubt some of the cricket will be spectacular and enthralling, but will it [...]

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Giles Clarke, Chairman of the ECB, has once again made it clear that centrally contracted players will not be free to join the IPL.
England star Kevin Pietersen was reported in Saturday’s Times newspaper saying it was “ridiculous” that England’s stars could not take part in the tournament which begins on April 18th.
Because of the massive [...]

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has today placed a five year ban on pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar due to what it describes as “repeated disciplinary violations.”
Akhtar is unable to play for Pakistan, or anywhere in Pakistan, whilst the ban is in force. Interestingly it does not prevent him from joining the IPL.
The 32 year [...]

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Setanta Sports, the subscription based TV sports channel, have expressed an interest in bidding for the rights to show England’s home Test matches from 2009. This would, of course, include the 2009 Ashes series.
Sky currently has an exclusive four-year contract in place with the ECB to show the games. This latest development makes it [...]

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