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Disputes Between Players and Cricket Australia

Bowman Michael — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:08:56 +0000

Australian players have threatened not to sign contracts with Cricket Australia next year if the board less 10% of their Indian Premier League wages.

On Sunday, the IPL Governing Council will discuss about the rules and regulations for the IPL 4 season of the league, has ruled that 10% of players’ salaries would to go to their respective boards.

The move comes in part as a result of pressure from governing bodies such as CA for lack of additional earnings from their players’ involvement in the IPL.

But, Australian cricketers association believes that the board has gone behind cutting back from Board of control of Cricket in India (BCCI).

The latest move by the BCCI to deal directly with the boards has been understood to be aimed at keeping agents out of the loop.

IPL 4: 74 Matches Scheduled in IPL Season 4

Jal Hayden — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:28:04 +0000

The IPL Governing Council met Sunday and decided to bring a change of format for a total of 74 matches during the expanded fourth edition of the Twenty20 extravaganza.

IPL Chairman, Chirayu Amin said that it would be total 74 matches in IPL Season 4.

Each franchise will play a minimum of seven matches in the IPL Season 1. It seems that teams would be divided into two groups at the early stage.

In the last season, there were eight franchises, who played home and away from the baseline lead to 56 matches in the league phase, followed by two semi-finals, a 3-4 match (only played in IPL3 season) and a grand final – it make total of 60 matches.

In IPL Season 4, two new franchise teams were added. Sahara Warriors of Pune and as yet unnamed Kochi franchise, a continuation of the home and away format would involve a total of 94 matches, which are council members did not find feasible.

IPL is clean and free from Corruption

Yule Napier — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:04:55 +0000

Bangalore Royal Challengers owner Vijay Mallya on Tuesday gave a clean cheat to the Indian Premier League following the match-fixing scandal in Pakistan’s cricket team, saying that the Twenty20 event is free from all forms of corruption.

There is no corruption and match-fixing in IPL. My team has competed in three editions of the IPL and I can say I am very happy that the IPL is clean, Mallya said after talks with ICC President Sharad Pawar at his office in Krishi Bhawan.

The ghost of match-fixing scandal to turn against the world cricket after an alleged fixer Mazhar Majeed said in a covert operation by a British tabloid that several Pakistani cricketers, including captain Salman Butt and Mohammad leading duo Asif and Mohammad Aamer, were involved in the spot-fixing in the third test against England in the Lord.

Majeed also said that apart from spot-fixing, the Pakistani cricketers also involved in determining the outcome of the game.

Mallya said that there is no place for corruption in cricket, and anyone guilty would be dealt with seriously.