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Kolkata: Bangladesh pacer Mashrafe Mortaza feels turning out in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will boost his confidence. Confident about performing well in the coming edition of the cash-rich league in South Africa, Mortaza said his inclusion will increase the IPL fan following in his country. “It feels great [...]

April 2009 Wed 22 Day/Night 14:30 local, 10:30 GMT 1st ODI – Pakistan v Australia Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium Fri 24 Day/Night 14:30 local, 10:30 GMT 2nd ODI – Pakistan v Australia Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium Mon 27 Day/Night 14:30 local, 10:30 GMT 3rd ODI – Pakistan v Australia Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu [...]

The IPL is set to make its second major concession in a week, with executives close to a compromise with the South African provinces over the allocation of corporate suites. Indian officials had initially demanded control over the boxes, much to the chagrin of their South African hosts, but a series of meetings during the [...]

Cape Cobras v Rajasthan Royals, Cape Town The Rajasthan Royals’ warm-up for next week’s IPL began with defeat to the Cape Cobras at Newlands. The defending IPL champions, fielding an XI that included rookie Indians and a few first-time overseas names, did well in the field but couldn’t reach the target of 143 set by [...]

Two one-sided contests in the first two matches, one to Australia and one to South Africa, means it’s impossible to predict what will happen from game to game. With each alternating result the No. 1 ODI ranking has switched hands and it’s starting to look like a booby prize that neither side wants to hold [...]

Major international news agencies would not be covering this year’s IPL because they are unhappy with the tournament’s media guidelines. They had boycotted the previous year’s IPL for the same reason. The News Media Coalition, the umbrella body that comprises global news and photograph agencies Reuters, AP, AFP and Getty Images, has failed to get [...]

Brett Lee has flown to South Africa in a bid to advance his comeback from ankle surgery, and will seek to train with the touring Australian one-day side in the coming days. Lee’s trip across the Indian Ocean comes amid speculation he could be in the frame for a surprise recall to the Australian squad [...]

Andrew Flintoff, who was bought by the Chennai Super Kings for US$1.5 million in the second auction, believes the IPL will help him reach his peak for a busy summer. Flintoff has signed on for two weeks with Chennai and intends to absorb as much as he can from team-mates and opposition in a bid [...]

Shah Rukh Khan, owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders, has hit back at Sunil Gavaskar’s comments about franchise coach John Buchanan, and asked Gavaskar to stay away from issues concerning his IPL team. In his column for the Hindustan Times, Gavaskar termed Buchanan a “failed former cricketer making a living telling international players to do [...]

Australia are back on top of the world in both Tests and ODIs during their trip to South Africa, but the teams are so tightly matched that the one-day honour will return to the hosts if they win the five-match series. The visitors, who lost the two Twenty20s, switched on in the opening contest for [...]