BCCI offers amazing prize money of Rs. 12cr

BCCI inaugurated and ICC backed IPL is going to take place on 18th April 2008. Basically, BCCI has installed IPL to defeat ICL. Now, they have announced a huge amount of prize money. So it is really amazing. It seems that BCCI is trying to impress the players and the owners by declaring these rewards. Anyway, it is totally personal matter of BCCI.

WebIndia reported: Announcing the prize, Chairman and League Commissioner Lalit Modi said in a release that the runner up will be richer by Rs 2.4 crore while the two losing semi-finalists will each earn Rs 1.2 crore. The total prize money will be further divided amongst other teams, with the team finishing fifth collecting Rs 80 lakh, while the sixth finisher will earn Rs 70 lakh. The team finishing seventh on the league table will get Rs 50 lakh while the eighth finisher will earn Rs 40 lakh.

After declaring the prize money BCCI is feeling proud and telling that it is the highest prize money in the domestic cricket among the countries in the world. I think here nothing to say proudly because BCCI has taken a huge amount of money from the franchises.

BCCI denied Pakistan’s offer?

Pakistan has requested BCCI to schedule a tour in the middle of March. India is playing a Tri-Nation CB Series in Australia. After finishing the series the team will back to home at the end of the first week of March. So, how it is possible for the team? BCCI explained about the next tour that will be start form last week of March. The most important thing is that India covering a long tour without rest so they need to rest. BCCI officials are also responsible for their payers.

"The players have had a long and strenuous tour of Australia and will return only on March 8 or 9," Niranjan Shah, the board secretary told Cricinfo. "They have to assemble for the South Africa series on March 22. So it will be really tough to play three ODIs in between.”

It is clear, why Pakistan is requesting BCCI for a short tour of three ODI because Australia is not agree to make a long tour in Pakistan and if BCCI agrees then Pakistan will not have to long rest before Australia tour.

The Pakistan board, it is learnt, were confident that the tour would go ahead and had already began preparations for the three games, all scheduled for Lahore. The decision from the BCCI - taken by the office bearers today - was conveyed to the PCB chairman, Nasim Ashraf, by his Indian counterpart, Sharad Pawar.

Most important thing is that Indian payers need to rest. On the other hand Pakistan wants to utilize the rest time by playing a short tour match. Dear readers, will it be well decision if India agrees for that short tour before South Africa tour.

Shane Bond has made an agreement with ICL

According to the senior officials of ICL, New Zealand pacer Shane Bond has signed up in a contact papers for three years. Ashish Kaul, the executive vice-president of the Essel Group, the company behind the ICL, confirmed the rumours that the league had secured New Zealand's strike bowler. "Shane Bond has signed up," Kaul told Reuters. "It's a three-year contract that he has with the Indian Cricket League."

Shane Bond makes his deal with ICL for US$800,000 for a season who was kept out from the ongoing series between Bangladesh-New Zealand for his abdominal injury. Although, NZC requested Bond to join IPL, which is backed by BCCI. Unfortunately the offer is lower that ICL, is US$250,000 per season.

All the countries warn their crickets not to join IPL that is non-officially-sanctioned. After joint of Shane Bond NZC again warn seriously that if any of the cricketers sing up with ICL, they will be ban from all kinds of international match both home and abroad.

The deal would likely mean the end of Bond's Test and ODI career, as NZC has already told its selectors to consider other players ahead of any who join the ICL. NZC has also made an agreement with the other Test nations that any players who take part in the non-officially-sanctioned ICL should not be selected for international duties.

It is an interesting matter that BCCI has declared that ICL is totally opposite of international cricket. My question is here that if it is against them so why they are going to introduce same formatted cricket match?

Incident of Sidney Test and what will be the Perth (3rd) Test!

During the 2^nd Test, the unexpected incident with Harbhajan Singh-Symonds and the wrong decision of the two umpires makes doubt in Perth Test(3rd). BCCI commanded to Indian Team not to shift Perth.

Australia has achieved 16 continuous test matches wining record by wining the 2^nd test against India at Sydney cricket ground on Wednesday. And this match even this test series will be memorable for umpire Steve Bucknor and Mark Benson’s wrong decision towards India. After the playing of 4^th day, it was being considered that the 2^nd test Between India vs Australia is going to draw definitely. But, at last, it was seen that Australia won by 122 runs. Becoming such as, the main reason possibly the wrong decision of the umpires. In this series, especially in the 2^nd test, the umpires took at least 10 wrong decisions, those all was gone against India remaining one.

The same incident happened in the fist test. In the 2^nd test, Indian first innings, when India came back in their as usual batting style then Australia fell in thought. That innings Sachin Tendulkar did unbeaten 154 runs and VVS Laxman took 123 runs even 9^th batsman spinner Harbhajan Singh took 67 runs, which was intolerable for Aussies specially, for Andrew Symonds. The out of Rahul Drabid and Sourav Ganguly were obviously wrong. In Australian first innings, when Andrew Symonds was on 48, then he was stamping by Dhoni. The umpire Steve Bucknor declared him not out. In that match, there has been taken a protest against Harbhajan Singh for saying ‘monkey’ to Andrew Symonds. However, Harbhajan has refused this objection. And the umpires also didn’t hear this word. After all, after finishing the 2^nd test, the match referee ‘Mike Proctor’ suspended Harbhajan Singh for 3 test matches under ICC three-level regulation. Indian cricket board ‘BCCI’ has applied against Harbhajan’s suspension near ICC. Along with, BCCI has ordered to Indian team to stay at Sydney and the board has taken the decision to reject Australia tour until next hearing. The hearing will be in this current week about the affair of Harbhajan Singh. At present, Indian cricket team has postponed their tour.

On the other hand Indian skipper Anil Kumble has taken opposite complain against Brad Hug to revile him. And BCCI has informed it to ICC. BCCI has also appealed near ICC not to umpiring with Bucknor and Mark Benson in next test match. But ICC has appointed again Steve Bucknor. They have said that any country couldn’t decision about umpire that who will maintain match.

The Indian cricket fans have staged protest and burned Steve Bucknor and Mark Benson’s picture and effigy. So, Indian tour has become under trained.

NatWest Series India vs England Cricket Match Live sites

For live updates of the match, visit this link:

India vs England 2^nd ODI Live Updates

I think a lot of website is broadcasting the live scoreboard in internet. We know at little bit of them. There are some common sites that are broadcasting the news in detail. Dear readers, I am giving some information in detail about the websites. What they are showing.

India vs England cricket matches

It is broadcasting the live scoreboard form the first match between India vs England in a limited way. It will broadcast all the matches between the two countries. Its broadcast system is sort but very nice way.

BBC Sports Cricket

BBC Sport is broadcasting two ways one is text version and full scoreboard too. But here is a problem that you have to refresh to know the latest news. In its text version, they are describing over to over in details.

123Inida.com

It is showing the entire scoreboard in a page in four parts in detail but no text commentary. It is also displaying the all about the match such as Match Referee, Umpires.

Espnstar.Com

Espnstar is showing their scoreboard as a small in a short approach and big in detail but there is no ball to ball or over to over commentary.

Cricket Next

Cricket Next is broadcasting the scoreboard in two ways one is short scoreboard in the left and other is commentary ball to ball. So it is very good way and easy to understand. It is refreshing after ball to ball. In the short scoreboard it is only showing the batsman who is on strike now and the bowler.

Cricinfo

Cricinfo is always different. It is broadcasting the live score as usual but it has added ball to ball commentary in the bottom and after one over it is showing all abut bats man bowler econ.

Dear fans, I think this all link will help you in different test. Chose on of them and enjoy the match of you favorite team.