New Delhi - India's cricket board is looking at rescheduling matches for the Indian Premier League Twenty20 championship after the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Pakistan and a clash with dates for general elections in India, news reports said on Thursday.
General elections are scheduled to be held in India in five phases from April 16 to May 13.
The IPL matches, with several international players participating, were earlier scheduled to be held in major Indian cities between April 10 and May 24.
Melbourne, Mar 5: Australian umpires Simon Taufel and Steve Davis, who were officiating in the drawn Test match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan, have said they can''t believe that they are still alive after the Lahore terror attack.
Taufel arrived home in Sydney this morning, two days after being caught in the attack on the Sri Lankan team bus on the way to the Gaddafi Stadium in Pakistan for the third day of the second Test.
Wellington (New Zealand), Mar. 5 : It has taken four years of toil and reinvention for New Zealand fast bowler Ian Butler to make a comeback to the national squad.
When Butler had the Australian all rounder Shane Watson caught behind by Brendon McCullum under the roof at Melbourne''s Docklands Stadium in December 2004, he never imagined there would be a hiatus of over four years before the New Zealand wicketkeeper helped provide the reconstituted seam bowler with his next one-day international wicket.
Sydney, Mar 5: Cricket Australia has sent its officials to Dubai for a safety inspection for the one-day series next month against Pakistan, days after the Sri Lankan tean was fired upon in Lahore.
Cricket Australia officials, including Michael Brown and Australian Cricketers’ Association chief Paul Marsh are in Dubai for the pre-tour inspection, Australia captain Ricky Ponting said.
“Brute (team manager Steve Bernard) left us last night to go to Dubai to do the regular pre-tour visit,” Ponting said.
Sydney, Mar. 5: Former CEO of the International Cricket Council, Malcolm Speed, has said that Tuesday’s terrorist attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, has changed the way the sport is to be played forever and from Pakistan''s point of view, particularly so.
In an article for the Sydney Morning Herald, Speed described the shocking attack on the Sri Lankans as a cricket administrator''s worst nightmare, and said that such an incident should no longer been seen as an occupational hazard for elite sportsmen and women.
New Delhi - India's cricket board is looking at rescheduling matches for the Indian Premier League Twenty20 championship after the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Pakistan and a clash with dates for general elections in India, news reports said on Thursday.
Melbourne, Mar 5: Australian umpires Simon Taufel and Steve Davis, who were officiating in the drawn Test match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan, have said they can''t believe that they are still alive after the Lahore terror attack.
Wellington (New Zealand), Mar. 5 : It has taken four years of toil and reinvention for New Zealand fast bowler Ian Butler to make a comeback to the national squad.
Wellington, Mar 5: New Zealand vice captain Brendon McCullum is in doubt for the second one dayer against India, starting on Friday.
Sydney, Mar 5: Cricket Australia has sent its officials to Dubai for a safety inspection for the one-day series next month against Pakistan, days after the Sri Lankan tean was fired upon in Lahore.
Sydney, Mar. 5: Former CEO of the International Cricket Council, Malcolm Speed, has said that Tuesday’s terrorist attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, has changed the way the sport is to be played forever and from Pakistan''s point of view, particularly so.
