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KP, Freddie hit hard by IPL late start

By admin ⋅ March 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The costliest players on the Indian Premier League roster, England’s Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff stand to lose as much as 150,000 pounds (USD 219,511 approx) due to the organisers’ decision to push back the event’s start by a week as their work has been cut to 14 days.
Via NDTV

IPL inches closer to England

By admin ⋅ March 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Four Indian Premier League officials, including Lalit Modi, are set to fly to London tomorrow, after the England and Wales Cricket Board signalled its willingness to stage the competition in England, the Press Trust of India agency has reported.
Via Guardian

ECB open to hosting Indian Premier League

By admin ⋅ March 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Cricket authorities in England and South Africa have expressed their willingness to stage the Indian Premier League (IPL) after it was confirmed the tournament would be played abroad because of security concerns.
Via TimesOnline

Pietersen attributes India’s one-day success to IPL

By admin ⋅ March 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has said the IPL contributed in a big way to India’s recent success as a one-day team. He said greater participation by England players in the annual Twenty20 tournament would help improve their consistency in one-day internationals.
Via Cricinfo

Pietersen keen to learn from IPL

By admin ⋅ March 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Kevin Pietersen believes English participation in the Indian Premier League could help improve England’s performances in one-day cricket.
Via BBC

Flintoff defiant on IPL

By admin ⋅ February 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Andrew Flintoff remains committed to playing in the Indian Premier League despite being forced home from England’s tour of West Indies by his latest injury. The all-rounder is flying back from the Caribbean and will miss the final Test in Trinidad to undergo intensive treatment on his strained hip muscle with his county Lancashire.
Vis SkySports

Don’t stand in Flintoff’s way, IPL tells England cricket chiefs

By admin ⋅ February 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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.
Via Guardian

Boycott wants Flintoff to play in IPL

By admin ⋅ February 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Contrary to suggestions that Andrew Flintoff should skip Indian Premier League to save his energy for the Ashes series, former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott says the lucrative Twenty20 event will prepare the all-rounder better.
Via TOI

Andrew Flintoff may have to skip IPL feels ECB

By admin ⋅ February 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Andrew Flintoff who is not playing in the third test match between England and West Indies is probably doing it so that he can save himself for playing in the second season of the Indian Premier League beginning in April. The thought operating at the back of his mind at the subconscious level would be [...]

Injured Flintoff insists he will recover to play in IPL

By admin ⋅ February 24, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Andrew Flintoff is certain that he will be fit to play in the lucrative Indian Premier League, despite the hip injury that has ruled him out of England’s fourth Test against West Indies, which starts in Barbados on Thursday, and makes him a doubt for the rest of the series.
Via Guardian

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