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Cricket: Wasim Akram likely to become Kolkata Knight Riders coach

Kolkata Knight Riders management, searching a coach for their IPL franchise, now targets former Pakistan skipper and seamer Wasim Akram.According to Times Now news channel, Akram confirmed that he has been approached by the Kolkata Knight Riders management for coach’s job.
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Cricket: Wasim Akram not keen in full-time KKR coaching stint

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram is not interested in a full-time coaching stint with Kolkata Knight Riders, but is certainly keen to take up as a bowling consultant for the under-performing Indian Premier League (IPL) team.
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Cricket: Champions League orgasnisers extend deadline for naming final squad

The 12 competing teams of the Champions League got a breather on Thursday when the tournament’s governing council extended the deadline for naming of the initial squads to next Monday.
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Cricket: Kolkata Knight Riders shorlist Dermot Reeve for coach’s job

Even as John Wright has confirmed that he is on Kolkata Knight Riders radar, ex-England allrounder Dermot Reeve is the latest to have been shortlisted by the Shah Rukh Khan-owned franchise to replace John Buchanan as the coach of the Indian Premier League side.
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Cricket: Indian Premier League loses global viewership

The global television audience for the 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) was markedly down on the heights achieved during the inaugural season, according to a report published in London.
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Cricket: Sussex clinch English Twenty20 title

Sussex won the English Twenty20 Cup for the first time on Saturday when they defeated Somerset by 63 runs in the final at Edgbaston.West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Smith hammered 59 off only 26 deliveries with seven fours and three sixes to help Sussex reach 172 for seven after being put into bat.
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Cricket: IPL not a threat to international cricket, says Shane Warne

The Indian Premier League is not a threat to international cricket, said Australian spin legend Shane Warne as he once again advocated a permanent window for the cash-rich Twenty20 event to keep the players happy and prevent scheduling problems.
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Cricket: John Wright, Duncan Fletcher in Riders’ coach shortlist

The Knight Riders’ team management has begun a hunt for a suitable coach in right earnest. Having sacked former Australian coach John Buchanan, KR is looking for someone who can turn around the fortunes of the team in the third season of the Indian Premier League which will begin on March 12, 2010.
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Cricket: I’m shocked at being sacked as KKR coach, says John Buchanan

John Buchanan on Wednesday said he was “shocked and disappointed” at being sacked as the Kolkata Knight Riders’ coach by franchise owner Shah Rukh Khan because the actual deal was to build the team over five years.
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Cricket: Kolkata Knight Riders pre-season training camp at Eden Gardens

In a pre-season training, players of the Kolkata Knight Riders will assemble at the Even Gardens next week even as they are yet to announce the names of the coach and captain.
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Cricket: Sourav Ganguly dons mentor’s role during KKR practice

Speculated to return as Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain in the next Indian Premier League, Sourav Ganguly was seen playing mentor at the team’s practice session on Wednesday handing out tips to the rookies of the side at Eden Gardens.
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Cricket: Indian Premier League bids goodbye to ‘icon’ players

The ‘icon status’ of India’s most cherished cricketers will soon come to an end. From 2010 onwards, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh, who enjoyed this special status in the inaugural two seasons, will be like any other player in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Cricket: IPL 2010 to start on March 12 in Hyderabad

Four new venues and a third place playoff match will be introduced in the third Indian Premier League which will get underway in Hyderabad on March 12, 2010 with a game between IPL II winners Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders.
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Cricket: Players can choose their Champions League teams

In the Champions League scheduled for October, a player who qualifies from two different teams (the IPL team and the club team from his own country) can choose which team he wants to represent.
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Cricket: Northamptonshire cannot play in Champions League, says Modi

Irrespective of whether they make it to the final of England’s domestic Twenty20 tournament or not, Northamptonshire cannot play in October’s Champions T20 League in India as the county side still have three Indian Cricket League players, League chairman Lalit Modi said on Tuesd
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