The opening match between South Africa and Sri Lanka will be played at Supersport Park on Tuesday September 22. The top eight cricket-playing countries will battle it out over two weeks to be crowned the ICC Champions 2009, with the winners banking $2-million (about R16-million). The runners-up will receive $1-million, the losing semi-finalists will take [...]
Andrew Flintoff’s upcoming retirement has provoked cynical rumblings across the land as to the motives of England’s talisman. In an age where money talks most, many feel that Flintoff’s focus has been drawn from his country to the millions he can earn if fully fit and available for next year’s IPL. This may well be [...]
As Andrew Flintoff prepares for his latest trip to the operating table Kevin Pietersen, England’s other million-dollar IPL star, admitted it was a massive blow for England, but said players can’t be stopped from joining the event. “It’s going to be very difficult for boards to pull players out of tournaments like this when you’re [...]
England scored 16th lowest total in test match history yesterday to loose the first of four test matches, by an innings and 23 runs. England batted first and posted a respectable 318 all out, with Pietersen top scoring with 97, he received some support from Prior who managed to get 64 runs. Then the West [...]