London: Television rights and not the weather, it appears convinced Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi to chose South Africa instead of England for the second edition of the twenty20 tournament.According to The Independent, Modi did not bother going on to
London:Somerset boss Giles Clarke and former Surrey chairman Mike Soper have been nominated to become chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
Dhaka:The Bangladesh government cleared a record 56 million-dollar television rights agreement with a Singapore-based company after a row over the deal led to the resignation of the country's cricket chief.
Colombo:Sri Lanka Cricket said its finances were on a good wicket after clinching commercial sponsorships for the sale of television rights and ongoing tournaments.
Mumbai:Percept D'Mark, after bagging the television rights for the two ODI series between India and Pakistan to be played at Abu Dhabi on APril 18 and 19, has also bagged the ground rights for the same, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced here yesterday.
Mumbai:Trans World International (TWI), a part of the IMG Group of Companies, yesterday denied reports which has accused them of being involved with the television rights of the 1996 World Cup, which was held in jointly India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
New Delhi:The cricket Board today cancelled the ongoing tenders for television rights and decided to issue fresh ones for cricket matches to be played in India for the next four years.
New Delhi:The Working Committee of the Cricket Board meets in New Delhi on Monday to ratify the participation of Zimbabwe 'A' in this year's Duleep Trophy besides considering the request of the Asian Cricket Council to have an Afro-Asian under-19 tournament in India in November this year.
Mumbai:The Technical Committee of the Indian Cricket Board today suggested introduction of the experimental One-day rules, including the soccer-like substitution, in domestic limited overs games in the coming season.
Thiruvananthapuram:The upcoming tours of the Indian team, television rights issue and ratification of the BCCI six-member committee's decision to appoint Greg Chappell as the new Indian coach,would be taken up at the two-day working committee meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) beginning at Kovalam near Thiruvananthapuram on June 2, BCCI secretary S K Nair said.
