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TwitterTHE Twenty20 revolution is stalling, not because fascination with the game has turned to disillusionment, but because of that monster of our times, the global economic crisis. Twenty20 was from the start about nothing if not money. Twenty20 money would pay players on an unprecedented scale, attract new fans, add glamour, beget more money, loosen [...]
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Don't stand in Flintoff's way, IPL tells England cricket chiefs
February 28th, 2009 
admin Lalit Modi, commissioner of the billion-pound Indian Premier League, has said that if Andrew Flintoff were to decide he was fit to play in the league, then the England and Wales Cricket Board should not interfere. “It’s between the player and his team,” Modi said. “It is nothing to do with the ECB as far [...]
New Zealand beat India by 5 wickets, win series
February 27th, 2009 admin New Zealand beat India by 5 wickets in a thrilling encounter to win the series 2-0 in Wellington New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum celebrates with his brother Nathan after hitting the winning run. on Friday. In a match that went down the wire, with the Kiwis needing one run off the last ball, Brendon McCullum mistimed [...]
Tendulkar not to play exhibition game in NZ
February 27th, 2009 admin BCCI forced star batsman Sachin Tendulkar to withdraw from an exhibition match on Friday because one of the participants, New Zealander Hamish Marshall, had links to the rebel Indian Cricket League. Sachin Tendulkar at a recent practice session. Tendulkar and teammate Dinesh Karthik had been given permission by officials to play in a lighthearted match [...]
Twenty20: India lose Sehwag, Raina early
February 27th, 2009 admin India lost Virender Sehwag and Suresh Raina in successive overs to be at 36/2 in 4.3 overs in the second Twenty20 international against New Zealand in Wellington on Friday. India lost the second wicket when Raina mistimed a hit to mid-on for Tim Southee to take the catch off Ian Butler. Raina, who top scored [...]