Pakistan announced Squad for ICC World Twenty20 2009 including ICL players

Pakistan has announced the squad for the upcoming Twenty20 world championship that will be hosted by England. Pakistan, the inaugural championship runner-up has announced squad appeared some instability because they have included three names who was involved with the unauthorized Indian Cricket League. Although Abdul Razzaq, Naved-ul-Hasan and Imran Nazir have been named in the squad but still their confirmation to attend in the ICC World Twenty20 2009 championships second season is still on pending and have to wait for ICC approval.

 

"We have Razzaq, Hasan and Nazir in the preliminary squad but their inclusion in the final team will depend on clearance from the ICC," Abdul Qadir, the PCB's chief selector, said.

 

Earlier this year ICL minimized it rule over the international players who joined in the rival or unauthorized cricket league so that they can attend in the domestic cricket bu they have to back in the October-November edition this year. Following this rule some of Pakistan players got support from their High Courts on behalf of them.

 

Pakistan Squad: Younis Khan (capt), Salman Butt, Nasir Jamshed, Khalid Latif, Shahzaib Hasan, Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Amin, Misbah-ul-Haq, Faisal Iqbal, Fawad Alam, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Yasir Arafat, Kamran Younis, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Aizaz Cheema, Mohammad Aamer, Wahab Riaz, Imran Ali, Danish Kaneria, Abdul Rehman, Yasir Shah, Kamran Akmal (wk), Sarfraz Ahmed, Abdul Razzaq*, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan*, Imran Nazir*

Indian XI vs Pakistan XI Preview, Live Score: ICL 08-09

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Indian XI is going to face Pakistan XI in their first match of the ongoing ICL 20-20 World Series, 2008/09 tonight at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad with both sides looking to start off well in the tournament. Indian Cricket League (ICL) has recently organized the 20-20 Indian Championship which saw Lahore Badshahs winning the title. Pakistan XI seems to have an edge over the Indian XI, considering the fact that almost all the players played together in the 20-20 Indian Championship, except Abdul Razzaq and Taufeeq Umar. Their triumph in the tournament will also energize their mental strength and confidence. Indian XI, on the other hand, consists of players only from India, but their players did not play together during the recently finished ICL 20-20 Indian Championship. So, Pakistan team does surely have an advantage in this sense.

Having said that, Indian team also has some quality players like R Satish who was pretty much successful in the recent tournament, becoming one of the top five run scorers with 287 runs at an average of 47.83. There are some other key players like Reetinder Sodhi, S Abbas Ali and Ali Murtaza who did not see success as a team, but individually they were successful. One of the interesting things about this season of ICL is that players showed the guile to do better and there was improvement in their game in every department.

For Pakistan XI, they have some inform players like Naved-ul-Hasan who won the man of the series award in ICL 20-20 Indian Championship thanks to his consistent performance both with bowl as well as bat. He was the highest wicket taker with 22 wickets from 11 matches at an average of 12.77. His hard hitting batting in one-down was instrumental behind Lahore’s many wins in the tournament. Another all rounder Abdul Razzaq, who played for Hyderabad Heroes, was perhaps the second best all rounder in the tournament. Pakistan XI also has aggressive openers like Imran Nazir, who was the highest run getter in the recent tournament with 392 runs, and Imran Farhat. In the middle order, they have batsmen like Inzamam-ul-Haq and
Mohammad Yousuf. So, Pakistan seems to have a balanced squad.

India vs Pakistan match is always something special to the cricket team. I hope, it would not be different either in ICL.

You can find the online live score and updates of the match in Sports37.

Good Crowd in ICL Second Season

It has been some more than two weeks for Indian Cricket league (ICL) and we have seen many matches being played. It is a reality that There are very few big record stores who play in this league. So, there was fear that ICL second season could become a big flop. It seems that there is nothing to worry about and India is still a very good place for arranging cricket tournaments. ICL organizers should feel very happy to see that they have a lot of spectators in the stadium for most of the matches. In fact, in some of the match is there is a full house crowd and there are more than 20,000 spectators.

It is simply an amazing to see that so many people are going to the stadium to watch these matches. But no one could think that it would become so popular in such a short time. BCCI officials have tried their best to destroy the little league and still they are doing their best but it seems that they are not having any success at all in destroying ICL. Instead, ICL that is becoming stronger day by day.

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Important Difference between IPL and ICL

If you find on internet you will get a lot of articles on IPL and ICL and the cause of setup behind it. Opinion vary person to person. Here I mentioned some difference between ICL and IPL.

Actual meaning	IPL= Indian Premier League	ICL= Indian Cricket League
Why does it setup	To Defeat ICL	To help the help those players who are in economical problem.
Who are benefited	BCCI	The cricket players who are in rest and low class cricketers
Who are the franchise of IPL Teams	Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Industries Limited, Dr. Vijay Mallya and UB group, Deccan Chronicle, India Cements and N Srinivasan, GMR Holdings, Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur), Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla Mehta and Jai Mehta, Emerging Media: (Manoj Badale, Lachlan Murdoch, Suresh Chellaram). So it is using bollywood start s and top class businessmen to get popularity.	Behind ICL no franchise there but Executive Board Members The Talent Scouts The Coaches The Mentors The Players
Telecast right owner	Sony Entertainment Television	Zee Sports, Ten Sports

What is the destination of Shoaib Akter? IPL or ICL

Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar has been banned for five years. He was accused of breaking the cricket code. He was first banned at the time of the inaugural Twenty20 Championship for behave badly with his team mate. Recently, Pakistan Cricket Board has banned him again. Banning from the Pakistan cricket team, he has become uncertain at IPL. He was signed up with the team Kolkata Knight Riders.

Meanwhile, Shahrukh Khan is doing all he can to bring Shoaib Akhtar back to his team. He knew that he can hire another players but he want back him. He said that he would speak to BCCI and IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on the matter and try to lift the ban. He is of the opinion that Shoaib should be allowed to play in the domestic cricket though he is banned from international cricket.

Shahrukh Khan is the owner of Kolkata Knight Riders. He was signed a contract with Shoaib Akhtar to play IPL on behalf Kolkata Knight Riders. As Pakistan Cricket Board has (PCB) for indiscipline, that is why IPL is going to the same rule. Now what is the decision of Shoaib Akhtar? Will he join in ICL or his career will stop here?

All about ICL and Live telecast Media (TV & IPTV)

ICL is coming in a new form which is called the "ICL 20s Grand Championship" will take place on 9 March to 7 April. In this week two things is coming second time one is the second ICL tournament and the second auction of IPL for selecting players. Both are the talk of the time.

The second ICL will be held in three grounds Panchkula, Gurgaon and Hyderabad and eight teams will take part. In the inaugural ceremony the Grand tournament held on single gourd and 6 teams took. 34 matches will be held in this ICL 20s Grand Championship tournament.

There was huge media coverage about New Zealand Sahne Bond who will take part in the second ICL 20s Grand Championship. Australian pacer Jason Gillespie and Michael Kasprowicz will take part in the tournament. Ahmedabad Rockets and Lahore Badshahs is the new add team this tournament.

The telecast right was achieved by ZEE Sports and it telecast the inaugural Twenty20 tournament. But the second tournament will be telecast by Dubai Based Ten Sports and ZEE Sports too.

The tournament, called the "ICL 20s Grand Championship", runs from March 9 to April 7. Those taking part include Shane Bond, who faces a global ban on his cricket career. The Dubai-based Ten Sports, which recently retained the media rights of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), will telecast all the ICL matches live this time along with Zee Sports

Interesting news for the internet users who are living in India will watch the tournament through IPTV. It is providing by WatchIndia.TV but on demand.

With this announcement, WatchIndia subscribers can log on and watch live programmes from India or catch it on demand for up to 14 days after the live feed for all channels. WatchIndia.TV claims to offer Indian sports, news, entertainment, culture and movies to 30 million NRIs worldwide

So enjoy the second "ICL 20s Grand Championship" tournament.

ICL Match Schedule from 9 March 2008

The second ICL tournament will be held on 9 March 2008. So now the most important thing for the ICL fans is the schedule and timetable. I think the fans are expecting the schedule most because this tournament is different from the first and inaugural series. May be this time the ICL tournament will be held in three grounds and the impressive is that Pakistan players will play in an individual team named Lahore Badshahs. You can get a complete schedule by visiting the link: http://www.vcricket.com/schedule.aspx

Edelweiss 20s Challenge, 2008 (Twenty20 match)
09 Mar 2008
Chandigarh Lions vs Ahmedabad Rockets
1st Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
10 Mar 2008
Delhi Giants vs Mumbai Champs
2nd Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
11 Mar 2008
Chennai Superstars vs Lahore Badshahs
3rd Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
12 Mar 2008
Mumbai Champs vs Kolkata Tigers
4th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
13 Mar 2008
Hyderabad Heroes vs Lahore Badshahs
5th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
15 Mar 2008
Delhi Giants vs Chandigarh Lions
6th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 08:00 GMT (13:30 IST)
15 Mar 2008
Hyderabad Heroes vs Chennai Superstars
7th Match, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
16 Mar 2008
Ahmedabad Rockets vs Delhi Giants
8th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 08:00 GMT (13:30 IST)
16 Mar 2008
Chandigarh Lions vs Lahore Badshahs
9th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
17 Mar 2008
Chennai Superstars vs Kolkata Tigers
10th Match, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
18 Mar 2008
Ahmedabad Rockets vs Mumbai Champs
11th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
19 Mar 2008
Hyderabad Heroes vs Kolkata Tigers
12th Match, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
20 Mar 2008
Chennai Superstars vs Delhi Giants
13th Match, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
21 Mar 2008
Hyderabad Heroes vs Ahmedabad Rockets
14th Match, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad
Live action starts from: 08:00 GMT (13:30 IST)
21 Mar 2008
Mumbai Champs vs Lahore Badshahs
15th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)
22 Mar 2008
Kolkata Tigers vs Ahmedabad Rockets
16th Match, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad
Live action starts from: 08;00 GMT (13:30 IST)
22 Mar 2008
Chandigarh Lions vs Chennai Superstars
17th Match, Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, Chandigarh
Live action starts from: 13:30 GMT (19:00 IST)

Which one is the best, IPL or ICL

The second ICL tournament will be held on 10 March 2008. So, what is important thing in ICL than IPL in the second tournament? In the inaugural ceremony IPL is facing so many problems to recruit the players. It seems that this ICL will be more acceptable that the inaugural ceremony. I think you will ask me why?

The Indian Cricket League (ICL) is the only tournament of its kind that can keep alive the "great India-Pakistan rivalry". That's the view of the ICL's business head, Himanshu Mody, who was explaining its positioning vis-à-vis the ICC-backed Indian Premier League (IPL), which has a much higher profile and is operating on a larger scale.

The launch of the Lahore Badshahs team, which will participate in the tournament that begins on Sunday, will "add a whole new dimension to the league," Mody told Cricinfo. The side features 15 Pakistanis, including Inzamam-ul Haq, Mohammad Sami and Saqlain Mushtaq, and is coached by the former wicketkeeper, Moin Khan.

So it is clear that ICL is getting a team named Lahore Badshahs where all the members are form Pakistan. And, if any team comes on with all Indian players then it will be similar attraction like India vs Pakistan match.

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?

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.