2011 Cricket World Cup fever In Sri Lanka

Cricket World Cup has stirred Sri Lankan Island deeply. The fans are showing their profound love for cricket. The authorities are also trying to raise cricket inspiration among them. A huge cricket ball has been displayed in the sub-urban area of Attalla on January 11. People are keeping print of their colored palms on the ball. This ball and a replica of world cup 1996 are touring throughout the Island to raise public support for world cup 2011. The tour will stop on February 19  in Hambantota, a southern town. Two world cup matches are scheduled in a venue here in this town.

Source : Island Cricket

Ganguly, Lara, Gayle are unsold at IPL Auction

The IPL auction represented a great surprise by showing Sourav Ganguly,  Brian Lara, and Chris Gayle a cold shoulder. A lot of fans of the once great players remained disappointed as none of the franchise picked them up. Sourav Gunguly , the former Indian captain ,has not been kept by Kolkata Night Riders(KKR) which is the team of Kolkata and Sourav captained the team in 2008 and 2010 IPL. And none of the other franchise bought him .Sourav is seen a great hero in his home town and his fans burnt the effigy of Shahrukh Khan the owner of KKR. Another legendry player Brian Lara with the base price of $ 400,000 has also been ignored in the auction. The greatest surprise is the omission of one of the best destructive opening batsman Chris Gayle. Chris Gayle scored the first T20 international century.

Sourav scored 538 runs in total in 24 IPL innings with an average of 23.39, 3 fifties and with his highest 91.About his omission t IPL chairman Chirayu Amin said it was the decision of the owners of the franchise. Shahrukh Khan said they can still keep Ganguly making him a part management of the team.

England’s Ashes winning players James Anderson, Matt Prior and Graeme Smith were also not taken by any franchise. An official said the English players were not favored as they are no available for the whole session. New Zealand and South African players got a god bid for this reason.

The players unsold at the auction……..

Sourav Ganguly ($400,000)                 

Brian Lara ($400,000)

Chris Gayle ($400,000)

James Anderson ($400,000)

Graeme Swann  ($400,000)

Luke Wright $400,000)

Jesse Ryder  ($100,000)

Herschelle Gibbs  ($200,000)

Graham Manou ($50,000)

Matt Prior ($200,000)

Mark Boucher  ($200,000)

Dilhara Fernando ($100,000)

Ajanta Mendis ($200,000)

Murali Kartik  ($200,000)

Chamara Kapugedera  ($100,000)

Tamim Iqbal ($100,000)

Source: Rediff

Michael Bevan to appoint as a Coach of Kings XI Punjab

Michel Bevan, a former Australian player, has been appointed the coach of Kings X1 Punjab, A franchise of the fourth Indian Premier League to be held just after the Cricket World Cup 2011. He is replacing Coach Tom Moody who is also an Australian. Bevan was a mainstay of Australian middle order. He was also a part of world cup winning Australian team in 2009 and 2003.

Kings XI Punjab was terminated by IPL in October. But Bombay high court stayed this expulsion order in December. However the participation of the team in the 4th IPL has been confirmed only last Wednesday.

Bevan is also happy with his present responsibility and says his first focus will be on getting the pool of talents from the coming player’s auction. He also promises to present the cricket lovers some great cricketing moments in the upcoming IPL tournament.

Source: Espn Cricinfo

Rajasthan Royals Playing in IPL Season 4?

Rajasthan Royals is fortunate to get a nod for IPL 4.In an private arbitration proceeding Rajasthan Royals got this favor. In an interim judgment retired justice BN Srikrishna stayed the termination of the Rajasthan Royals from the fourth session of Indian Premier League. He stayed the termination for six week.

BCCI expelled Rajasthan Royals and Kings Xi Panjab from IPL Rajasthan Royals went to Bomby High Court. Later both party agreed to solve the problem in a private arbitration. On receiving the order of justice Sri Krishna Rajasthan Royals started preparation for the forth coming tournament. Rajasthan Royals management, after the stay order, sees no more restriction in participating the fourth session of IPL.

But BCCI moved to Bomby High Court against the stay order. The court will make hearing on Friday.  

Kochi to get green signal for the IPL season 4

The Kochi IPL Franchise may get new life on 5th December. The consortium Members reached an agreement in the last moment on their share holding pattern and sent a fresh proposal to BCCI On Saturday. BCCI decided to fix the fate of the franchise on 5th December in Mumbai.  BCCI will get the proposal examined by legal experts before taking any decision.

 Kochi IPL was formed seven months ago and became the second most costly team. The franchise was bought for a fibulas sum of Rs 1533.33 crore.  But the team was on the verge of being thrown out of the game as a result of difference among the shareholders of the franchise over ownership pattern. In the new pattern Rendezvous Sports will have 10 percent stakes of the team coming down from 26% as in the past ownership pattern. The other investors, Anchor Earth, Parinee Developers, Rosy Blue and Film Wave, will have a larger share in running the company, which will now be called Kochi IPL Cricket.

Source: Bharat Chronicle

Swann, Broad In 2011 Indian Premier League?

English off spinner off-spinner Graeme Swann and fast bowler Stuart Broad are showing keen interest to play in Indian Premier League to be held just after the Cricket World Cup is over next year. They have already informed The England and Wales Cricket Board (EWC) of their interest. They expect to get 200000 pound each from the money spinning game. But the board has turned down their desire and told them to stay fresh for Pakistan’s tour to England  Kevin Petersen, Eoin Morgan and Paul Collingwood are also expected to be present in the IPL auction in January. will also be in January's IPL auction. 

source: Sify.com

Twenty20 World Cup qualifying matches kick-off Channel Islands

The International Cricket Council wants to expand the next T20 World Cup among 16 teams. The council has decided to arrange a Division One League In the Channel Island of Europe .Guernsey and Jurnsey islands will host the Twenty20 ICC European Division 1 Championship. Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Israel, Italy and Norway are the other countries to take part in the championship. As a part of qualifying structure ICC has arranged this championship.

The winner and runner –up teams will join with other such teams coming from Division Two. Division Two Championship will be held in Belgium in June. Richard Holdsworth, ICC Regional Development Manager, said that the Channel Islands have a successful experience of arranging a number of world cricket tournament. He again says the new qualifying structure will give more countries an opportunity to achieve global qualification for the coming T20 World Cup.