Buzzin Cricket

Retired majors from Guildford and the like must be thinking the world has gone mad. First the dancing girls and gold shiny pads in the IPL, now trials of a fluorescent pink cricket ball at Lord’s.
The ball was used in a 50-over match between the M.C.C. and Scotland yesterday. The idea is to [...]

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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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