England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke is gearing up for a legal battle as world renowned sports management company, International Management Group (IMG) served him with a writ for defamation. IMG had earlier demanded an apology from Clarke, who in an email to the Indian cricket board, allegedly accused the company of promoting rebel cricket. The writ ...

A court here Saturday issued notice to three officials of the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) for not paying the Rs.700,000 dues of a local hotel. Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO), a semi-government corporation here, had filed a complaint in the court alleging that the ICL authorities had not paid the dues of hotel Mountview where the teams had ...

Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, who is playing for English county Essex, was arrested and later released on bail by Essex police following the police's investigation into alleged spot-fixing in his team's Pro40 match against Durham last September. Essex's young fast bowler Mervyn Westfield has also been arrested along with Kaneria. "Both men appeared at Brentwood police station Friday and were questioned under ...

After lifting the World Twenty20 trophy, Paul Collingwood hoped their first major world title will herald a new beginning for English cricket. "It's going to be right up there. This is the first world cup we've ever won," Collingwood said after England beat Australia by seven wickets in the final here Sunday. "We want to kick on from this. This is ...

England produced an all-round performance as they outclassed Australia by seven wickets to win the World Twenty20 for their first major world title, at the Kensington Oval here Sunday. Young Craig Kieswetter (63 off 49 balls) and experienced Kevin Pietersen (47 off 31 balls) gave a powerful performance with the bat as England coasted to the 148 run target with ...

The Indian cricket team's tour manager Ranjib Biswal and speedster Ashish Nehra Saturday presented contradictory versions of reports that the players were involved in a pub brawl in St Lucia after the team's disappointing exit from the World Twenty20. Biswal said the players had a minor "argument" after being harassed by some fans in the pub. "It was nothing big. It was ...

Suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi said his reply to the Indian cricket board's show-cause notice is not to defend himself but the image of the highly-successful Twenty20 cricket league. Modi tweeted from Monaco, where he is supporting Force India in the Formula One race. "My reply is not about defending Lalit Modi it's about defending Brand IPL," Modi ...

After handing over his reply to the Indian cricket board's chargesheet, suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi said Saturday his team is readying to add more to the already voluminous response. Modi said that he will soon hold a press conference on the issue. "I will do a press conference at an appropriate time. Its best to allow my colleagues ...

Lalit Modi, the suspended chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL), is preparing to strike back at the bigwigs of the league's governing council (GC) with his own chargesheet after finalising his reply to the notice served by the Indian cricket board. Modi's legal team has worked overtime to prepare a lengthy chargesheet against the high-profile GC members, but it ...

England produced an all-round performance as they outclassed Australia by seven wickets to win the World Twenty20 for their first major world title, at the Kensington Oval here Sunday. Young Craig Kieswetter (63 off 49 balls) and experienced Kevin Pietersen (47 off 31 balls) gave a powerful performance with the bat as England coasted to the 148 run target with ...

Michael Hussey produced a breathtaking 24-ball 60 to give Australia a sensational come-from-behind three-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second semi-final of the World Twenty20. Hussey blasted off-spinner Saeed Ajmal for three sixes in the last over in which Australia needed 18 runs to chase down a tough target of 192 runs. Australia were stuttering at 144 for seven before ...

Lalit Modi, the suspended chairman and commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has tossed the ball back into the cricket board's court by seeking a pile of documents to firm up his answers to the charges slapped on him. Modi, who was to appear in person at the headquarters of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in ...