Cricket News

The Rajasthan Royal's warm-up for next week's IPL began with defeat to the Cape Cobras at Newlands

Being the defending champions will help as well as add pressure in equal measure for Rajasthan Royals

The tickets for the double-header in Cape Town on April 18 between the Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, and Rajasthan Royals versus Royal Challengers Bangalore, have been sold out within hours of going on sale online, the IPL said in a media releas

Few players better exemplify cricket's changing landscape than Tyron Henderson

The Rajasthan Royals, winners of the inaugural IPL, will take on the Cobras, champions of South Africa's Pro20 series this season, in two Twenty20 matches ahead of the second season of the IPL

With just three weeks left for the IPL to begin in South Africa, the eight teams have begun a race against time to get their player combinations and practice bases in place

Shane Warne has said it's unfortunate that the IPL had to be moved out of India for the second season

The impact of Twenty20 cricket is being acutely felt in Australia. A survey conducted by the Australian Cricketers' Association has found the majority of centrally contracted players are not convinced that representing Australia will be the pinnacle of th

Visakhapatnam is the only new venue for the second season of the IPL, according to a tentative schedule released by the league

The Rajasthan Royals have picked a young fast bowler, Kamran Khan, out of obscurity for the second season of the IPL

Rajasthan Royals, the reigning IPL champions, have sold a 11.7% stake in their franchise for approximately US$15.4 million

The player auction for the second IPL is expected to be a much more cerebral and focused exercise than last year's inaugural event

The inaugural Champions Twenty20 League has been pushed back by a year and will now be held in India in October 2009, the window originally identified for the tournament's second edition

The organisers of the Champions Twenty20 League are gearing up for intense negotiations in the coming weeks to get the inaugural edition of the tournament back on the road

Former Australia opener Justin Langer, who retired from the Test scene in January 2007, is considering extending his competitive cricket career to the age of 40

Australia's domestic Twenty20 winners Victoria will take on English champions Middlesex in the opening match of the inaugural Champions League

A possible upward revision in the US$ 5-million purchase cap for cricketers, a change in the limit for the number of foreign players in a team to be up for discussion

Graeme Smith, suffering from a tennis elbow, has said he will make a hastened return to the game

Justin Langer, the former Australia batsman, has extended his contract with Somerset

If there's a clash in loyalty when the Champions League takes place, it has been agreed that IPL players will represent the domestic teams of their home countries