IPL Update

[hearts on fire]

Ricky Ponting:



RICKY, RETIRE WHILE YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT LEFT!

that is one of the most stupid comments i have heard on this site
Ricky retire

Agree joker. Dumb comment.

Ricky is obviously struggling, the more and more he plays, the worse a reputation he is going to get.........

He should go out whilst he still has a good average and is still making a few runs.....

[brod]

The cheerleaders are GONE...

[RustyCage]

The cheerleaders are GONE...

[magpie in the 80's]

The cheerleaders are GONE...

bloody russell crowe and his DRUMS

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Game 17

Dehli Daredevils vs Bangalore Royal Challengers

Delhi 5/191
G Gambhir 86 (54 balls)
S Dharwan 50 (33 balls)
JH Kallis 2/39 (4 overs)

Bangalore 5/181
JH Kallis 54 (44 balls)
R Dravid 38 (30 balls)
MV Boucher 31* (17 balls)
GD MaGrath 4/29 (4 overs) MOM - Best IPL bowling figures

[brod]

26 games played so far

Man Of the Match Awards

AUSTRALIA 10
A Gilchrist (2)
Watson (2)
M Hussey
D Hussey
S Katich
M Hayden
G McGrath
S Marsh

INDIA 8
Sehwag (2)
Y Pathan
MS Dohni
Asnodkar
Kumar
I Pathan
Sreesanth

NEW ZEALAND 2
McCullum
Oram

SRI LNAKA 2
Sangakkara
Jayasuria

PAKISTAN 2
Mahroof
Tanvir

SOUTH AFRICA 2
Boucher
Pollock

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TrueRoo posted this on another thread - very disturbing

Cricket: Star leant on to stay
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) will be faced with another availability conundrum with the Indian Premier League keen to leverage the superstar status of Brendon McCullum.
The blazing batsman lent instant credibility to the money-soaked tournament by smashing 158 not out in the opening match for his Kolkata Knight Riders on April 18. The Herald on Sunday understands that phone calls have taken place between tournament co-founder Lalat Modi and NZC with view to keeping McCullum on for another two or three games. NZC chief executive Justin Vaughan said the IPL was keen to maximise McCullum's talents but the May 1 arrival date in England had been agreed upon "and I think everybody was comfortable with that".
However with Kolkata now odds-on to make the semi-finals after winning their first two matches - they played Stephen Fleming and Jacob Oram's Chennai Super Kings again late last night - an interesting scenario could take place.
The semi-finals and finals are scheduled to take place in Mumbai from May 30 to June 1. New Zealand have a scheduled extended break between the second and third tests from May 27 to June 5, with only a low-key three-day match against Northamptonshire scheduled in between.
That would give McCullum, whom the Knight Riders would be desperate to see back, time to fly to India and back again to join the squad in Nottingham before the final test.
It would again be an unpopular move with cricket purists but one Vaughan did not dismiss out of hand. "I'd leave it up to John [Bracewell] but it seems pretty unlikely," he said. "If it was between the tests and the one-day series perhaps, but I'd say it's pretty unlikely in this scenario," he said.
McCullum is now a bona fide star in the subcontinent. After his opening match heroics he was apparently taken aside by captain Sourav Ganguly and warned that his life would never be the same again.
New Zealand, shorn of the five IPL players, arrived in England on Friday to a lukewarm response. Cricinfo wrote: "Since time immemorial, the success of a touring side has had a direct correlation with the cohesiveness of the players... but on the face of it, this situation is as divisive as they come."

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The cheerleaders are GONE...

Not tonight, maybe only certain venues

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Game 18

Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Rajasthan 7/196
SK Warne 7 (8 balls)
SR Watson 0 (1 balls) Shocking LBW decision
SA Asnodkar 60 (34 balls) MOM
YK Pathan 55 (33 balls)
RA Jadeja 33 (19 balls)
DJ Hussey 0/26 (2 overs)
U Gul 3/31 (4 overs)

Kolkata 151 (19.1 overs)
DJ Hussey 42 (30 balls)
BJ Hodge 1 (3 balls)
SC Ganguly 51 (39 balls)
SR Watson 2/22 (3.1 overs)
SK Warne 1/20 (2 overs)
S Tanvir 2/30 (4 overs)
SK Trivedi 2/31 (4 overs)

Game 19

Deccan Charger vs Kings XI Punjab

Deccan 8/164
AC Gilchrist 6 (6 balls)
RG Sharma 76* (42 balls)
VVS Laxman 48 (34 balls)
PP Chawla 3/28 (4 overs)
IK Pathan 2/30 (4 overs)

Punjab 3/167 (18.5 overs)
SE Marsh 84* (62 balls) MOM
DPMD Jayawardene 45* (23 balls)

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The Australian and New Zealand players that are required in their upcoming international tours have left India, so allowing for some of the other lesser lights to come into the side and fill the international quota in the sides, eg Sean Marsh for Punjab

[the joker]

The Australian and New Zealand players that are required in their upcoming international tours have left India, so allowing for some of the other lesser lights to come into the side and fill the international quota in the sides, eg Sean Marsh for Punjab

and Brad Hodge for kolkata. he only got one run almost as much as punter already. but punter will be man of the series vs windies

[Dogmatic]

Interesting to see the money outlayed for the IPL teams and where they are on the ladder.
Franchise Price (USD) Played Won Lost Points Net Run Rate
Chennai Super Kings $91 million 4 4 0 8 1.054
Rajasthan Royals $67 million 5 4 1 8 0.452
Delhi DareDevils $84 million 4 3 1 6 1.431
Kings XI Punjab $76 million 5 3 2 6 0.372
Kolkata Knight Riders $75.09 million 5 2 3 4 0.259
Hyderabad Deccan Chargers $107 million 5 1 4 2 -0.088
Mumbai Indians $111.9 million 5 1 4 2 -0.654
Bangalore Royal Challengers $111.6 million 5 1 4 2 -1.487

Good to see the big spenders down the bottom.

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Ganguly and Warne fined 10% of match fees

Sourav Ganguly and Shane Warne have been fined 10% of their match fees, while Pratap Kumar, the on-field umpire, has been suspended for a game following the controversy during Thursday's IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals.
Ganguly asked Kumar to refer a decision to the third umpire after he wasn't convinced about a catch taken by Rajasthan's Grame Smith at the deep midwicket boundary. Asad Rauf, the third umpire, ruled in favour of the batsman after replays weren't entirely conclusive. In his post-match comments, Shane Warne, the Rajasthan captain, hit out at Ganguly's behaviour and condemned his attitude towards the IPL's Spirit of Cricket agreement.

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So much for Ponting saying that IPL has helped Australian and Indian relations

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Can you feel the love??

Warne shouldn't talk about the spirit of cricket - Ganguly
http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ipl/con ... 48299.html

Warne upset at Ganguly's refusal to walk
http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ipl/con ... 48285.html

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Game 20

Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Dare Devils

Chennai 6/169
S Vidyut 54 (37 balls)
MS Dohni 32 (27 balls)
GD McGrath 1/21 (4 overs)

Delhi 2/172 (19 overs)
V Sehwag 71 (41 balls) MOM
G Gambhir 50 (37 balls)

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Game 21

Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers

Bangalore 8/156
W Jaffer 44 (37 balls)
V Kohli 38 (29 balls)
RP Singh 3/41 (4 overs)
PP Ojha 2/28 (4 overs)

Deccan 6/153
AC Gilchrist 10 (11 balls)
RG Sharma 57 (42 balls)
VVS Laxman 52 (44 balls)
P Kumar 3/23 (4 overs) MOM

Game 22

Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Punjab 6/178
SE Marsh 40 (32 balls)
JR Hopes 18 (12 balls)
KC Sangakkara 28 (21 balls)
IK Pathan 24* (26 balls)
PP Chawla 21* (7 balls)
DJ Hussey 1/23 (3 overs)
U Gul 2/27 (4 overs)

Kolkata 6/169
DJ Husey 71 (46 balls)
BJ Hodge 1 (3 balls)
WP Saha 59* (32 balls)
JR Hopes 0/35 (3 overs)
IK Pathan 2/18 (4 overs) MOM
S Sreesanth 2/25 (4 overs)

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Here comes Shoaib...

Shoaib Akhtar has been cleared to play in the IPL after the Appellate Tribunal decided to suspend his five-year ban for one month, until they reconvene on June 4. The PCB has, in turn, granted Shoaib a No Objection Certificate to feature in the IPL, where he will play for the Kolkata Knight Riders.

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Game 23

Mumbai Indians vs Dehli Daredevils

Mumbai 8/162
DJ Thornley 30 (24 balls)
ST Jayasuriya 34 (16 bals)
SM Pollock 33 (15 balls) MOM
GD McGrath 0/26 (4 overs)
VY Mahesh 3/33 (4 overs)

Dehli 133 (18.5 overs)
GD McGrath 0 (2 balls)
V Sehwag 40 (20 balls)
DJ Thornley 1/15 (2 overs)
A Nehra 3/25 (4 overs)
SM Pollock 2/16 (4 overs)
DS Kulkarni 2/18 (2.5 overs)

Game 24

Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals

Chennai 109 (19 overs)
JA Morkel 42 (33 balls)
SR Watson 1/19 (4 overs)
SK Warne 1/29 (4 overs)
S Tanvir 6/14 (4 overs) MOM (best ever T20 bowling figures)

Rajasthan 2/110 (14.2 overs)
SR Watson 14* (8 balls)
GC Smith 35* (44 balls)
SA Asnodkar 32 (30 balls)

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Game 25

Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kings XI Punjab

Bangalore 126 (19.2 overs)
CL Whote 0 (1 balls)
R Dravid 66 (51 balls)
JR Hopes 0/10 ( 1 over)
PP Chawla 3/25 (4 overs)
S Sreesanth 2/16 (4 overs) MOM

Punjab 4/127 (18.2 overs)
SE Marsh 30 (34 balls)
JR Hopes 5 (4 balls)
RR Sarwan 31 (29 balls)
P Kumar 2/22 94 overs)