Kolkata Knight Riders’ spinner Murali Karthik admits that the team’s preparations have been severely affected by the IPL’s relocation to South Africa for security reasons. You can catch all the thrills and spills of The IPL on Setanta Sports. Click Here for details on how to get Setanta on Satellite, Freeview or Broadband The...
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The IPL, forced to move to another country due to the Government elections will move to South Africa. With just a few weeks before the scheduled start of the Indian Premier League South Africa has been chosen ahead of England to host the 2009 IPL tournament admi security and weather fears! Given the unpredictable...
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Following the “Will They, Won’t They” saga, the IPL has admitted defeat and will be held, for one year only outside India due to security issues. The decision on where it will move will be made in the next couple of days but favourites to hold the Twenty20 tournament are South Africa. “Because the...
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I am starting to have serious doubts as to whether the IPL will ever get the green light for 2009 following the Indian Governments request that the dates are changed yet again! Delhi Daredevils are current favourites to win the tournament at 4/1 “We told them it will not be possible to provide central...
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Here we go folks; the time has come to reveal the new look England football kit for the 2009/11 seasons. The England team has just walked out on the Wembley hallowed turf to a rapturous applause as they prepare to take on Slovakia in todays friendly. Davif Beckham will have to wait until later...
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It is hardly the biggest revelation ever to come out of an England cricket coach, but Peter Moores has admitted that his team do not have ‘long enough’ to prepare sufficiently for their two test matches against India. Following the terror attacks on Mumbai, the England players flew home on Saturday. However, the test...
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At this moment in time, Australia have reached 237-2 at tea in the third test match of the series against India. This is in response to India’s massive first innings total of 613-7 declared. So, all in all, with just over two days to play, there is no doubt that the cricket odds are...
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In what really is a fairytale ending, Shane Warne, the mercurial leg spinner from Victoria stuck two fingers up at the Australian cricketing authorities with a magnificent last ball victory over the Chennai Super Kings. Why two fingers I hear you ask ? Easy. Warne should have captained Australia years ago and probably would...
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75 years ago the most controversial Test series of them all took place when Douglas Jardine’s MCC side toured Australia with the infamous fast leg theory plan in mind. The aim was to thwart Don Bradman and reduce his effectiveness. Despite averaging over 56 in the series the plan worked and England won the...
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After Australia’s thrilling win in the closing stages of the 2nd test and the subsequent banning of Harbhajan Singh for alleged racist comments on day 3. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has told its players to stay in Sydney rather than travel to Canberra for a tour match on Thursday. The...
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