Cricket News

In what was a brutal one-man assault on the Bangalore Royal Challengers, Brendon McCullum blasted an unbeaten 158 from a mere 73 deliveries

Global news and photograph agencies will not cover the Indian Premier League because of the restrictions of the distribution of photographs

Mark Ramprakash has turned down an offer to join the Indian Premier League, according to a report in The Times

Earlier known as Communicate.com, LCM used to be a domain name company - it owns 110 domain names including cricket.com - but now uses domains as commercial sites

Here are a few pointers that captains, coaches and fans may want to keep in mind before the start of the tournament

Luke Ronchi did not register for the Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions for fear of looking like "a tool", but when Mumbai made him a late offer he jumped at the chance

Ricky Ponting fears for the future of international cricket if administrators don't carve out a six-week window for the Indian Premier League

After months of hype, excitement, controversy and speculation the high-profile Indian Premier League kicks off in Bangalore with the Royal Challengers hosting the Kolkata Knight Riders

The News Media Coalition (NMC), the body that has under its wings global news and photograph agencies, has not ruled out a boycott of the Indian Premier League

Dennis Lillee, the former Australian fast bowler, has signed with the Delhi Daredevils as a consultant

The Bangalore Royal Challengers are planning a "short, sharp and sweet" opening ceremony on Friday to launch the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League

Sachin Tendulkar has said he was not yet fully recovered from his groin injury, leaving him a doubtful starter for the Mumbai Indians' opening IPL match on April 20

The News Broadcasters Association, the umbrella body for major Indian television news channels, has dropped its threat to boycott the IPL after reaching agreements on accreditation and access to match footage

Brett Lee is not surprised that Twenty20 looks set to expand beyond the existing tournaments and he has repeated calls for the ICC to do what it can to accommodate the format in its existing calendar

Tim May has begun investigating how many players have not received their initial Indian Premier League fees and has warned if the problem is widespread they could walk away from their contracts

Speed said India have every right to aggressively gain mileage for the IPL but they can't force the others to follow suit

The Indian Premier League may have eased several restrictions on media coverage for the forthcoming event but that still hasn't pleased representative bodies

There has been some uncertainty over players' availability for the Bangalore franchise. Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher were expected to leave for the South African domestic Twenty20 competition but will now stay back

The channels are unhappy about the exorbitant rates that are being charged for news clips and also the stipulation that footage can't be used in archival form

Allen Stanford, the Texan billionaire, met with the ECB at Lord's on Tuesday for meetings which the board described as "very positive and constructive".