Indian Cricket League (ICL) slaps case on ECB, BCCI and ICC

Indian Cricket League (ICL) run by Essel Sports Private Ltd (ESPL) slaps a case on ICC, the Engligh Cricket Board (ECB) and the India Cricket Board (BCCI) for jeopardizing the venture by unlawfully banning players who had joined the so called rebel Cricket league.

The notice has been served by London-based legal firm Ingram Winter Green, claiming that the barring of ICL players from international cricket, particularly the county circuit, violated England's restraint of trade laws. The ECB has been named as the first respondent in the notice while the BCCI and ICC have been named as second and third respondents respectively.

Kareena Kapoor performs during ICL Opening ceremony - archive pics

ICL Champions - Inzamam receiving trophy by Kapil Dev - archive pics

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Sri Lanka Tour of India 2009 Schedule, Ind vs SL Series Timing

Sri Lanka will play 3 test matches, 2 Twenty20 Internationals and 5 One Day Internationals on their tour of India. Sri Lanka has never won a test match in India and they will try to break the jinx.

Test Series Schedule:

1st Test Match

Monday, 16th November to Friday, 20th November, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Timing: 09:30 IST, 04:00 GMT

2nd Test Match

Tuesday, 24th November to Saturday, 28th November, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Green Park, Kanpur

Timing: 09:30 IST, 04:00 GMT

3rd Test Match

Wednesday, 2nd December to Sunday, 6th December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Timing: 09:30 IST, 04:00 GMT

Twenty20 Series Schedule:

1st T20: D/N

Wednesday, 9th December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur

Timing: 20.00 IST, 14:30 GMT

2nd T20: D/N

Saturday, 12th December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Timing: 20.00 IST, 14:30 GMT

ODI Series Schedule:

1st ODI:

Tuesday, 15th December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot

Timing: 09.00 IST, 03:30 GMT

2nd ODI: D/N

Friday, 18th December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Andhra Cricket Association, Visakhapatnam

Timing: 14.30 IST, 09.00 GMT

3rd ODI: D/N

Monday, 21st December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

Timing: 14.30 IST, 09.00 GMT

4th ODI: D/N

Thursday, 24th December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Timing: 14.30 IST, 09.00 GMT

5th ODI: D/N

Sunday, 24th December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing: 14.30 IST, 09.00 GMT

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Gambhir & Tendulkar holds India towards a draw – India Vs Sri Lanka 1st Test at Ahmedabad

Gautam Gambhir's hundred keeps Sri Lanka at bay

Gautam Gambhir who misfired in the first innings held a steady head to score a ton to revive India’s campaign of the First Test match against Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad. India’s challenge would be to hold the innings safe to not allow Sri Lanka earn a win. The pitch has been playing quite steady and not playing any pranks on the last day of the match. Both teams displaying its batting prowess making this series a treat for batting fans.

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Sachin Tendulkar completes 20 years of International Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar the "master blaster" considered as the greatest player of cricket and still going great guns recently completed 17,178 runs in ODI and 12,773 runs in Test cricket; has completed 20 grand years in International cricket.

His Test debut & ODI was against Pakistan in a tour to Pakistan in the year 1989 at a very young age of 16 years. He was well known for his hitting ability (Abdul Qadir's spin bowling was manhandeled by this young talent.)

His cricketing career has been on a high ever since he had been a part of the Indian Team, without missing any major seasons till recently he missed a few series due to a tennis elbow injury which haunted him again and again.

Some excellent pictures of Sachin the Master

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Ind vs Aus 2nd ODI Live Scorecard - India vs Australia 2nd ODI

After a thrilling first ODI, India and Australia are ready for the 2nd one day on October 28, 2009 at Nagpur. Australia beat India by 4 runs in a last over thriller in 1st ODI.

India will be happy by the return of Yuraj Singh as they badly missed him in the middle order as Gautam Gambhir is in good touch. India's main worry is their bowling as none of the bowler is performing well.

Australia is facing injury problem for their key players like James Hopes while Brett Lee and Michell Johnson will be doubtful for tomorrows game.

India Team for 2nd ODI:

MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Suresh Raina, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh.

Australia Team for 2nd ODI:

Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Hussey (vc), Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, Jon Holland, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), Peter Siddle, Adam Voges, Shane Watson.

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Ind vs Aus 1st ODI Live Scorecard - India vs Australia 1st ODI

After champions trophy triumph, world champions Australia will take India at their home soil . First ODI of the 7 natch series will be played on October 25, 2009 at Vadodara.

India's top two players Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh will make their comebacks from injury which is good for the team as they are struggling in opening and finish the game. Bad news is that captain Dhoni is injured during practice and is availabilty is not confirmed.

Australia is on high as their key players performed well in just ended CLT20 on Friday specially Brett Lee. Shaun Marsh is back and he has done well in domestic and in first IPL in India. Their only concern is not availabilty of deputy Michael Clarke.

India Team for 1st ODI:

MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Suresh Raina, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh.

Australia Team for 1st ODI:

Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Hussey (vc), Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, Jon Holland, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), Peter Siddle, Adam Voges, Shane Watson.

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India and Australia ODI Team, Squad for 7 Match ODI Series

Teams has been announced for 7 match ODI series between two top teams Australia and host India starting from 25th October, 2009.

India has included fast bowler Sudeep Tyagi and recalled Raninder Jadeja and Munaf Pate while Virender Sehwag, Yuraj Singh recovered from injury.

Indian ODI Team, Squad:

MS Dhoni (C) , Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Suresh Raina, Virender Sehwag, Ishant Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Sudeep Tyagi, Yuvraj Singh.

Australian ODI Team, Squad:

Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Hussey (vc), Doug Bollinger, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, Jon Holland, James Hopes , Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), Peter Siddle, Adam Voges, Shane Watson, Cameron White, Tim Nielsen.

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Royal Challengers Banglaore (RCB) take on Cape Cobras - Champions League Twenty20 2009 1st Match Preview, Squad & match timings

The much awaited Champions League Twenty20 trophy begins today with the Top T20 clubs teams of every cricket playing nations take part in this ICC tournament to emerge world chamions of this shorter version of the Cricket Game.

Todays tie is between Royal Challengers Bangalore who were runners up of IPL 2009 & Cape Cobras of South Africa who emerged leaders in South Africa local championships. Royal Challengers beign the host (as the match is in Bangalore) and also studded with stars like Jacques Kallis, Kumble, Dravid, Ross Taylor . For Cape Cobras, H. Gibbs chose to play for the national team wince he was a part of both the sides.

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad:

A Kumble*, B Kumar, B Akhil, R Bishnoi, MV Boucher†, R Dravid, JH Kallis, V Kohli, P Kumar, MK Pandey, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, RV Uthappa, RE van der Merwe, R Vinay Kumar

Cape Cobras squad:

AG Puttick*, D Brand, RCC Canning†, H Davids, JP Duminy, SA Engelbrecht, HH Gibbs, CW Henderson, RK Kleinveldt, CK Langeveldt, RE Levi, JL Ontong, VD Philander, FC Plaatjies, M Zondeki

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Champions League Twenty20 Teams - 2009 CLT20 Squads

Inaugural Champions League Twenty20 have 12 teams, 3 teams from India, 2 teams each from Australia, South Africa and England and 1 team each from Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies. 12 Teams have been divided into 4 groups with 3 teams in each group.

Deccan Chargers CLT20 Team:

Adam Gilchrist (capt), VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, Fidel Edwards, Scott Styris, Chaminda Vaas, RP Singh, Ryan Harris, Pragyan Ojha, Y Venugopal Rao, T Suman, Azhar Bilakhia, Harmeet Singh, SM Shoaib.

Royal Challengers Bangalore CLT20 Team:

Anil Kumble (capt), Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa, Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor, Dale Steyn, Manish Pandey, Praveen Kumar, Jesse Ryder, Roelof van der Merwe, Mark Boucher, Vinay Kumar, Virat Kohli, Akhil Balachandra, Rajesh Bishoni.

Delhi Daredevils CLT20 Team:

Virender Sehwag (capt), AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir, Dirk Nannes, Dinesh Karthik, Daniel Vettori, Ashish Nehra, Amit Mishra, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Pradeep Sangwan, Aavishkar Salvi, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas.

New South Wales CLT20 Team:

Simon Katich (capt), Phillip Hughes, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Moises Henriques, Nathan Hauritz, Doug Bollinger, Aaron Bird, Stephen O'Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Steve Smith, Daniel Smith, Dominic Thornely, David Warner.

Victoria Bushrangers CLT20 Team:


Cameron White (capt), Brad Hodge, Peter Siddle, David Hussey, Andrew McDonald, Jon Holland, Clint McKay, Rob Quiney, Matthew Wade, Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, John Hastings, Damien Wright, Bryce McGain.

Cape cobras CLT20 Team:

Graeme Smith (capt), Herschelle Gibbs, JP Duminy, Justin Ontong, Charl Langeveldt, Claude Henderson, Monde Zondeki, Vernon Philander, Henry Davids, Ryan Canning, Rory Kleinveldt, Richard Levi, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Derek Brand, Francois Plaatjies.

Wayamba CLT20 Team:

Jehan Mubarak (capt), Mahela Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, Farveez Maharoof, K Lokuarachchi, J Kulathunga, Mahela Udawatte, Thisara Perera, Sameera Soysa, S Karunanayake, Isuru Udana, Ishara Amerasinghe, C Welegedara, Michael Vandort.

Otago Volts CLT20 Team:

Craig Cumming (capt), Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Aaron Redmond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Greg Todd, Hamish Rutherford, Derek deBoorder, Nick Baird, Warren McSkimming, Neil Wagner, Matt Harvie, James McMillan.

Trinidad & Tobago CL T20 Team:

Daren Ganga (capt), Samuel Badree, Adrian Barath, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Rayad Emrit, Sherwin Ganga, Dave Mohammed, Sunil Narine, William Perkins, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Ravi Rampaul, Lendl Simmons, Navin Stewart

Sussex Sharks CL T20 Team:

Michael Yardy (capt), Dwayne Smith, Luke Wright, James Kirtley, Piyush Chawla, Ed Joyce, Joe Gatting, Robin Martin-Jenkins, William Beer, Andrew Hodd, Christopher Nash, Ben Brown, Rory Hamilton-Brown, Yasir Arafat, Chad Keegan.

Diamond Eagles CL T20 Team:

Boeta Dippenaar (capt), Dillon du Preez, Morne van Wyk, Mthandeki Tshabalala, Adrian McLaren, Ryan McLaren, Victor Mpitsang, Ryan Bailey, Jandre Coetzee, Cornelis de Villiers, Dean Elgar, Reeza Hendricks, Alan Kruger, Rilee Rossouw, Shadley van Schalkwyk.

Somerset Sabres CLT20 Team:

Justin Langer (capt), Marcus Trescothick, Zander de Bruyn, Omari Banks, James Hildreth, Craig Kieswetter, Pete Trego, Arul Suppiah, Alfonso Thomas, Max Waller, Charl Willoughby, Wes Durston, Mark Turner, Jos Buttler, Ben Phillips.

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Champions League Twenty20 Schedule - CL T20 Timing India

Champions League Twenty20 is finally going to kick start from October 8th in India. 12 teams from around the world participating in this tournament with 3 teams from India, 2 teams each from Australia, South Africa and England and 1 team each from Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies.

2009 Champions League Twenty20 Schedule:

Thursday, 8th October, 2009

Group C - Day/Night

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras

at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Timing - 20:00 IST, 14:30 GMT

Friday, 9th October, 2009

Group B

Diamond Eagles v New South Wales

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GMT

Group D - Day/Night

Delhi Daredevils v Victoria Bushrangers

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 20:00 IST, 14:30 GMT

Saturday, 10th October, 2009

Group C

Cape Cobras v Otago Volts

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GMT

Group A - Day/Night

Deccan Chargers v Somerset Sabres

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GMT

Sunday, 11th October, 2009

Group B

New South Wales v Sussex Sharks

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GMT

Group A - Day/Night

Delhi Daredevils v Wayamba

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GMT

Monday, 12th October, 2009

Group A

Somerset Sabres v Trinidad & Tobago

at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GMT

Group C - Day/Night

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Otago Volts

at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GMT

Tuesday, 13th October, 2009

Group D

Victoria Bushrangers v Wayamba

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GMT

Group B - Day/Night

Diamond Eagles v Sussex Sharks

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GMT

Wednesday, 14th October, 2009

Group A - Day/Night

Deccan Chargers v Trinidad & Tobago

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GMT

2nd Round League Stage

Thursday, 15th October, 2009

League B - Day/Night

C1 v D2

at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GMT

Friday, 16th October, 2009

League A

A2 v B2

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GM

League A - Day/Night

A1 v B1

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GM

Saturday, 17th October, 2009

League B

C2 v D2

at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GM

League B - Day/Night

C1 v D1

at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GM

Sunday, 18th October, 2009

League A

A2 v B1

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 16.00 IST, 10.30 GM

League A - Day/Night

A1 v B2

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GM

Monday, 19th October, 2009

League B - Day/Night

C2 v D1

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GM

CLT20 2009 Semi-Finals Schedule:

1st Semi-Final - Day/Night

Wednesday, 21st October, 2009

Winner B v Runner up A

at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GM

2nd Semi-Final - Day/Night

Thursday, 22nd October, 2009

Winner A v Runner up B

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GM

CLT20 2009 Final

Friday, 23rd October, 2009

Winner of 1st SF v Winner of 2nd SF

at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Timing - 20.00 IST, 14.30 GM

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