Friday, September 10, 2010

Champions League T20 updates- Mumbai Indians vs. Highveld Lions

CLT20 2010 is all set to kick off today, September 10 at the grounds of South Africa where 10 teams across six countries would be participating in the 16-day long cricket grand event.

The mega tournament will begin in Johannesburg with the electrifying match between Sachin Tendulkar led Mumbai Indians and Highveld Lions led by Alviro Petersen.

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga and South African batsman JP Duminy are the key players of this year’s runners up IPL team, Mumbai Indians

The opening ceremony is going to burn fire on the field where Hollywood Singer Enrique Iglasias will be performing at 19.30 hrs (IST) while match will start at 21 hrs (IST).
Murtaza, Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Rajagopal Sathish, Saurabh Tiwary

Highveld Lions (From): Alviro Petersen(c), Aaron Phangiso, Cliff Deacon, Craig Alexander, Thami Tsolekile(w), Ethan O’Reilly, Jean Symes, Jonathan Vandiar, Neil McKenzie, Richard Cameron, Robert Frylinck, Shane Burger, Vaughn van Jaarsveld, Werner Coetsee, Zander de Bruyn

Be it any country, you can sit back and enjoy the Live telecast of Champions League Twenty20, 2010 at the following channels-

* India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia – Star Cricket, Star Sports
* Hong Kong – Star Sports
* Australia – ONE HD
* Canada – CBN, ATN Cricket Plus
* Europe – Eurosport 2
* Pakistan – GEO Super
* South Africa – Supersport
* Saudi Arabia and Middle East – ART Prime Sport
* United Kingdom – British Eurosport
* United States

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

BBC Cricket Headlines

Kevin Pietersen has been omitted from England's limited overs series against Pakistan, with the 30-year-old batsman announcing the news via Twitter.

Pietersen's announcement contained an expletive and was hastily deleted, but the England and Wales Cricket Board later confirmed he had been dropped.

The squad for the two Twenty20 matches and five one-day internationals will be officially named on Tuesday, 1715 BST.

The series kicks off with a Twenty20 match in Durham on Friday.

Pietersen, who has made 232 runs in nine Test innings against Bangladesh and Pakistan this summer, with a top score of 80, also said he had been signed by Surrey, a claim the county side declined to confirm.

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His message, or Tweet, was cut off halfway through the sentence, meaning how long he believed he would be spending at the club and which competitions he would be playing in remained unclear.

"As if there wasn't enough going on in the world of cricket Kevin Pietersen has now joined the ranks of those who have pre-empted official announcements on Twitter, and not in the politest of language either," said BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew.

"He informed his 30,000 followers that not only has he been dropped by England but also that he has signed for the county club Surrey - the Tweet was swiftly removed, but too late.

"The ECB will take an extremely dim view of this indiscretion, which comes as administrators from England, the International Cricket Council and the Pakistan Cricket Board are negotiating the best way forward in the light of the betting scandal ."

Former England opener Geoff Boycott believes Pietersen will benefit from being left out of England's limited overs side following his failure in the fourth Test at Lord's, where he fell for a first-ball duck.

"He should be told to go find a county, which we think will be Surrey, and play a couple of Championship matches," said Boycott.

"This is not a punishment but it is so he can play some cricket. If you are sweating for weeks on end, and before you go to Australia, about playing a proper innings in the middle, that's not proper preparation for the Ashes."

In June, Pietersen announced he would no longer be playing for Hampshire, having played only 11 games for the club in four years. He cited the fact he lived in London as the reason for his exit.

Pietersen's outburst comes only days after the ECB issued a warning to players about Tweeting sensitive or offensive information.

Australia batsman Phillip Hughes was reprimanded for revealing he had been left out of the side for the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston last summer, while Yorkshire players Tim Bresnan and Azeem Rafiq have both been censured after expletive-strewn Tweets.