Yes, we did cover Fake IPL Player on June 3rd, 2009. The first ever interview with FIP. http://www.crichome.com/2009/06/03/fake-ipl-player-set-to-return-for-icc-world-t20/247/

The Supreme Court Wednesday set aside a Calcutta High Court ruling ordering trial of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar for lying before it when he was the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The high court had held that Pawar did not say the truth while ...

Graeme Swann's maiden 10-wicket haul has made him the first England bowler in six years to rise to second position in the Reliance Mobile International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings for bowlers. The 30-year-old off-spinner bowled England to a 181-run victory over Bangladesh in Chittagong to give his side a 1-0 ...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Monday said former team manager Abdul Raqeeb is lying that he had never filed any complaints against the players after the disastrous tour of Australia. "PCB has completely rejected former team manager Abdul Raqeeb's recent statements in the press where he has denied complaining about player indiscipline. ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Monday constituted a three-member committee to hear appeals of the players, banned and fined by the board earlier this month. The panel has three retired judges Jamshed Ali Shah, Irfan Qadir and Munir A. Sheikh. Seven players, including former captains Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik, ...

Banned Pakistani all-rounder Rana Naveed-ul-Hassan will play for Australia's Big Bash T20 team Tasmania this season. Rana, who was banned for one year by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) earlier this month over indiscipline, said that he is also in talks for a English county contract with Sussex. Last year Rana played ...

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting Sunday said Michael Clarke is a "certain starter" for the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington Friday. Clarke will have his first net with the Test squad Tuesday after joining his New South Wales teammates Simon Katich, Steve Smith, Phillip Hughes and Marcus North. His decision to ...

West Indies cricket legend Sir Gary Sobers said Friday that he is a great fan of India's dashing opening batsman Virender Sehwag. "I have never changed my game for any form of cricket. That is the reason why I like Virender Sehwag. He plays all forms of cricket in a similar ...

Even as his team Kings XI Punjab prepared for their first encounter against the Delhi Daredevils at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium in Mohali here Saturday, Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has flown back to Australia for treatment of his elbow injury. Lee will be missed for the Kings XI ...

Holders Pakistan Friday announced their final 15-man squad, without naming the captain, for the World Twenty20 championship in the West Indies. Chief selector Mohsin Hasan Khan told reporters here that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will name the captain later. Pakistan cricket plunged into a turmoil earlier in the week when ...