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