IPL 2009

[brod]

Chris Gayle and Fidel Edwards will be appearing for the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Deccan Chargers respectively in this season's IPL, but will be available for a little less than two weeks. With both West Indian players expected to arrive in England for the return series no later than May 1, their IPL stints are expected to last just 12 days.

[brod]

Jerome Taylor, the West Indies fast bowler who was picked up by Kings XI Punjab in this year's auction, has been ruled out of the IPL due to an injury, the franchise owner Ness Wadia said. He also said that he didn't expect the franchise to lose much money because of moving the tournament to South Africa as the IPL would underwrite some of the costs.

Taylor sustained the injury from a vehicle accident and has been replaced by the 26-year-old South African left-arm fast bowler Yusuf Abdulla, who made an impressive Twenty20 debut against Australia last week

[hearts on fire]

Is the IPL starting tonight?

[Gozu]

Yep.

[hearts on fire]

Yep.

Thank you very much.

[Gozu]

No probs, it's only on One though, no games on Ten. I think there's a double header on tonight from about 7:30pm.

[magpie in the 80's]

Where's Brod with his famous results updates
Heard Kumble took 5/5 in one of the opening games

[Drop Bear]

Got to love the compulsory ad breaks they throw in. Add to that the two dicks talking about the match throughout the game. No wonder it's free tv.

[Gozu]

Gilchrist is going nuts!

[Pidge]

Wasnt very impressed with OneHD the other night. They had the game between Warnies team and the KKR's. Teenage Prodigy Kamran Khan got Ganguly out off the 2nd last ball. Ganguly had played a great innings talking to his partner to calm him down and telling him no to play any silly shots. His partner got out in the 2nd last over. Ganguly was not happy at all, swung his bat in frustration. Then Ganguly let himself and the team down by getting out on the 2nd last ball. Exciting stuff. KKR needed 2 off 1 to win. OneHD went to an add break and returned with Athletics. The game ended a tie with a run out off the last ball. The a super-over, which I had not seen before. Quite angry i was. POOR FORM!

[brod]

Where's Brod with his famous results updates
Heard Kumble took 5/5 in one of the opening games

No computer access and surgery have kept me quiet for a while, but we should be back into it now

[Gozu]

Wasnt very impressed with OneHD the other night. They had the game between Warnies team and the KKR's. Teenage Prodigy Kamran Khan got Ganguly out off the 2nd last ball. Ganguly had played a great innings talking to his partner to calm him down and telling him no to play any silly shots. His partner got out in the 2nd last over. Ganguly was not happy at all, swung his bat in frustration. Then Ganguly let himself and the team down by getting out on the 2nd last ball. Exciting stuff. KKR needed 2 off 1 to win. OneHD went to an add break and returned with Athletics. The game ended a tie with a run out off the last ball. The a super-over, which I had not seen before. Quite angry i was. POOR FORM!

I saw that too, very poor form from One/Ten. While the standard of the IPL isn't much chop it's been alright watching it every night when there isn't much else on.

[hearts on fire]

So far, the IPL has been no where near as good as last year.....

Good to see the old fella's Hayden and Gilchrist doing well though!

[Pidge]

So far, the IPL has been no where near as good as last year.....

Good to see the old fella's Hayden and Gilchrist doing well though!

Out of the top 5 batsmen this year, 4 of them were over 35. It shows that Twenty20 can be anyones game.

The games have been lower scoring and better contests.

[Pidge]

Wasnt very impressed with OneHD the other night. They had the game between Warnies team and the KKR's. Teenage Prodigy Kamran Khan got Ganguly out off the 2nd last ball. Ganguly had played a great innings talking to his partner to calm him down and telling him no to play any silly shots. His partner got out in the 2nd last over. Ganguly was not happy at all, swung his bat in frustration. Then Ganguly let himself and the team down by getting out on the 2nd last ball. Exciting stuff. KKR needed 2 off 1 to win. OneHD went to an add break and returned with Athletics. The game ended a tie with a run out off the last ball. The a super-over, which I had not seen before. Quite angry i was. POOR FORM!

I saw that too, very poor form from One/Ten. While the standard of the IPL isn't much chop it's been alright watching it every night when there isn't much else on.

It has been great to watch every night. I quite like watching Warnies team. He is a great captain and with the team he has (not too many big name players), he has done really well with them. Kamran Khan will be a gun bowler in the future, just 18. Got injured the other night but hopefully he is back before too long.

[brod]

Matches from the last couple of nights

MATCH 27
Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders

KINGS XI PUNJAB WON BY 6 WICKETS (with 0 balls remaining)

Kolkata 3/153 (20 overs)
BJ Hodge 70* (43 balls)
PP Chowla 2/27 (4 overs)

Punjab 4/154 (20 overs)
SM Katich 34 (28 balls)
DPMD Jayawardene 52* (41 balls) Man Of The Match
B Hodge 1/13 (2 overs)
I Sharma 2/27 (4 overs)

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MATCH 28
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE WON BY 9 WICKETS (with 11 balls remaining)

Mumbai 4/149 (20 overs)
ST Jayasuria 52 (43 balls)
DJ Bravo 50* (40 balls)
D du Preez 3/32 (4 overs)

Bangalore 1/150 (18.1 overs)
JH Kallis 69* (59 balls) Man of the Match
RV Uthappa 66* (42 balls)

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MATCH 29
Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS WON BY 78 RUNS

Chennai 3/178 (20 overs)
ML Hayden 43 (26 balls)
MS Dohni 58* (37 balls) Man of the Match
SK Raina 32 (19 balls)
RJ Harrs 0/39 (4 overs)

Deccan 100 (16.4 overs)
RJ Harris 1 (4 balls)
AC Gilchrist 0 (1 ball)
DR Smith 49 (23 balls) 2 fours, 5 sixes
JB Jakati 4/22 (4 overs)
M Muralitharan 2/11 (3 overs)
JA Morkel 2/24 (3 overs)

[hearts on fire]

hey brod, whats the current ladder for this years IPL and will the Australian players that toured Pakistan play in the IPL at all and will Ricky Ponting take part at all?

[brod]

MATCH 30
Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals

RAJASTHAN ROYALS WON BY 78 RUNS

Rajasthan 4/211 (20 overs)
LA Carseldine 16* (9 balls)
GC Smith 77 (44 balls) 12 fours 1 six Man of the Match
NV Ojha 68 (51 balls) 5 fours 5 sixes
RA Jadeja 33 (12 balls) 5 fours 1 six
PP Chowla 2/30 (4 overs)

Punjab 8/133 (20 overs)
SM Katich 10 (13 balls)
Yuvraj Singh 48 (37 balls)
SK Warne 2/38 (3 overs)
SM Harwood 1/26 (4 overs)
A Singh 3/9 (4 overs) T20 debut