Dhoni wishes he had ‘Sholay coin’
By OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Sydney, Feb. 24: Having lost the tosses consistently in the CB Series, Mahendra Singh Dhoni wishes he had a 'Sholay coin' that would get him to use the advantage of making the decision to bat or bowl.
Australia won the toss, batted and piled a huge total that proved a bit tough for the Blues. Looking at the next match, Dhoni said: "I hope to win the toss, that's an area of concern. I wish I had a coin from the Sholay movie where its heads both sides. Sri Lanka are a tricky opponent."
Despite Sunday's defeat, Dhoni was all praise for the youngsters in the team. "You need characters in the team who are playing for the team and not themselves. They are not looking for their 50s and centuries, which is very important. If we have a bunch of 16 players like that we will win more matches for sure," he said. Excerpts:
On the game: Without any significant partnerships among the top batsmen we managed to get close to 300 runs. When Gautam and Robin were batting we thought we had a chance. But it got difficult as Gautam got out. Still, Irfan batted well and Bhajji got a couple of boundaries. I think we were fortunate enough to make it a close match because we could have easily been bundled out for 200 odd runs.
On the batting: The seniors can contribute more. Specially if you see the matches we have played till now. Gautam is one batsman who has been consistent. Rohit has done well in patches and I've scored a few runs. If you look at the first five batsmen if they can contribute and put up significant partnerships among them then the lower order, me coming at five or six and Uthappa after me can really go after the bowlers. But it's very important to get the initial partnerships going.
If Viru, Sachin and Yuvraj do well, it gets easier for the batsmen to follow. But it hasn't been the story till now. We have a very important game against Sri Lanka we'd like to win that game and get into the finals rather than wait for the Sri Lanka vs Australia game.
On Sachin and Sehwag's forms: They are getting out to good balls. You cannot really do much about it. It's not like they are getting out to some rash shots or they are not taking up the responsibility. It's very important to go in with the right approach. Everything is not in your control.
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Monday, February 25, 2008
Sydney, Feb. 24: A gallant century by Gautam Gambhir and a courageous 51 by Robin Uthappa went in vain as India picked themselves up from the pits to fearlessly chase Australia’s 317 before going down by 18 runs in their penultimate game of the CB Series at the Sydney Cricket Ground here on Sunday.....Complete Story
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Dhoni bags rs 6 crores
By Sundari Iyer
Mumbai, Feb. 20: Auction-eer Richard Madley could not have imagined the impact of his words on the glittering gathering at the plush Hilton Towers here on Wednesday. Neither could his vast experience at running auctions have prepared him for the frenzy that was to follow his announcement that India one-day skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni had raked in a cool $1.5 million (Rs 6 crores) to top the charts at the auction of players for the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League.
Marking the dawn of a new era in cricket, the bid process saw the Deccan Chronicle’s Hyderabad team emerge as the most balanced of the eight outfits, with Andrew Symonds its star buy at $1.35 million (Rs 5.4 crores). The colourful Symonds will be joined by iconic Aussie wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist ($700,000), Pakistan’s explosive batsman Shahid Afridi ($675,000) in a team led by the stylish Venkatasai Laxman.
Chennai forked out the massive amount spent on Twenty20 world championship winner Dhoni, and he was joined by the likes of Australian opener Matthew Hayden ($375,000), wily Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan ($600,000) and former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming ($350,000).
Drawing almost as many gasps as Dhoni was Delhi’s new star, Ishant Sharma, who was snapped up by Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata for $950,000 (Rs 3.8 crores) to become the second highest paid Indian. It also means that his captain, Sourav Ganguly, will pull in excess of a million dollars, as the former India skipper is guaranteed iconic status and a guarantee of 15 per cent more than the highest paid player in his squad.
Eight franchise owners, including corporate tycoons like Mukesh Ambani and liquor baron Vijay Mallya and Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta (with partner Ness Wadia), bid for the 79 cricketers at an event that has the potential to change the face of world cricket.
Age did not seem to be a criteria either as Sri Lanka opener Sanath Jayasuriya, at 38 one of the oldest on sale, drew in a bid of $975,000 (Rs 3.9 crores) from the Ambani-owned and Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai team.
Australian speedster Brett Lee went for $900,000 (Rs 3.6 crores) to Preity Zinta’s Mohali, which will be led by Yuvraj Singh. South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis sold for $900,000 (Rs 3.6 crores) to Hyderabad, Harbhajan Singh for $850,000 (Rs 3.4 crores) also to Mumbai, and West Indies opener Chris Gayle for $800,000 (Rs 3.2 crores) to Kolkata.
Delhi, to be led by Virender Sehwag, bagged retired Aussie fast bowler Glenn McGrath for a relatively modest $350,000. Legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne was snapped up by Jaipur for $450,000.
The high-profile Twenty20 venture will run from April 18 to June 1 and a grand opening will be held in Bangalore.
The IPL’s five "icon" players — Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai), Ganguly (Kolkata), Yuvraj (Mohali), Rahul Dravid (Bangalore) and Sehwag (Delhi) were not part of the auction but have been guaranteed 15 per cent more than the highest paid player at their franchise.
Symonds’ high price came as a surprise as he went over his base price of $250,000 by a big margin to Team Hyderabad. Symonds has indicated that he is unwilling to be a part of the Australia team scheduled to tour Pakistan in the next couple of months, which means he will be available for this year’s tournament itself.
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By Sundari Iyer
Mumbai, Feb. 20: Auction-eer Richard Madley could not have imagined the impact of his words on the glittering gathering at the plush Hilton Towers here on Wednesday. Neither could his vast experience at running auctions have prepared him for the frenzy that was to follow his announcement that India one-day skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni had raked in a cool $1.5 million (Rs 6 crores) to top the charts at the auction of players for the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League.
Marking the dawn of a new era in cricket, the bid process saw the Deccan Chronicle’s Hyderabad team emerge as the most balanced of the eight outfits, with Andrew Symonds its star buy at $1.35 million (Rs 5.4 crores). The colourful Symonds will be joined by iconic Aussie wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist ($700,000), Pakistan’s explosive batsman Shahid Afridi ($675,000) in a team led by the stylish Venkatasai Laxman.
Chennai forked out the massive amount spent on Twenty20 world championship winner Dhoni, and he was joined by the likes of Australian opener Matthew Hayden ($375,000), wily Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan ($600,000) and former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming ($350,000).
Drawing almost as many gasps as Dhoni was Delhi’s new star, Ishant Sharma, who was snapped up by Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata for $950,000 (Rs 3.8 crores) to become the second highest paid Indian. It also means that his captain, Sourav Ganguly, will pull in excess of a million dollars, as the former India skipper is guaranteed iconic status and a guarantee of 15 per cent more than the highest paid player in his squad.
Eight franchise owners, including corporate tycoons like Mukesh Ambani and liquor baron Vijay Mallya and Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta (with partner Ness Wadia), bid for the 79 cricketers at an event that has the potential to change the face of world cricket.
Age did not seem to be a criteria either as Sri Lanka opener Sanath Jayasuriya, at 38 one of the oldest on sale, drew in a bid of $975,000 (Rs 3.9 crores) from the Ambani-owned and Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai team.
Australian speedster Brett Lee went for $900,000 (Rs 3.6 crores) to Preity Zinta’s Mohali, which will be led by Yuvraj Singh. South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis sold for $900,000 (Rs 3.6 crores) to Hyderabad, Harbhajan Singh for $850,000 (Rs 3.4 crores) also to Mumbai, and West Indies opener Chris Gayle for $800,000 (Rs 3.2 crores) to Kolkata.
Delhi, to be led by Virender Sehwag, bagged retired Aussie fast bowler Glenn McGrath for a relatively modest $350,000. Legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne was snapped up by Jaipur for $450,000.
The high-profile Twenty20 venture will run from April 18 to June 1 and a grand opening will be held in Bangalore.
The IPL’s five "icon" players — Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai), Ganguly (Kolkata), Yuvraj (Mohali), Rahul Dravid (Bangalore) and Sehwag (Delhi) were not part of the auction but have been guaranteed 15 per cent more than the highest paid player at their franchise.
Symonds’ high price came as a surprise as he went over his base price of $250,000 by a big margin to Team Hyderabad. Symonds has indicated that he is unwilling to be a part of the Australia team scheduled to tour Pakistan in the next couple of months, which means he will be available for this year’s tournament itself.
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Mumbai, Feb. 20: Auction-eer Richard Madley could not have imagined the impact of his words on the glittering gathering at the plush Hilton Towers here on Wednesday. Neither could his vast experience at running auctions have prepared him for the frenzy that was to follow his announcement that India one-day skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni had raked in a cool $1.5 million (Rs 6 crores) to top the charts at the auction of players for the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League.....Complete Story
Monday, February 18, 2008
Earlier in the week, Akhtar, who has shown a penchant for controversies since bursting onto the international stage with his express pace, stirred another storm in Pakistan after terming the Pentangular Cup in the country as Grade 'B' cricket.
He faces a life ban following his latest outburst which evoked anger among top officials of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
'This time he has gone too far. We had already issued a notice to him to explain his earlier statements against the policies of the Board. Now he will face more punitive action,' a senior PCB official said on condition of anonymity.
He made it clear that in the next few days, the Board will decide on banning Akhtar from the ongoing Pentangular Cup.
Akhtar had criticised the standard of the tournament and lashed out at the Board for providing dead Kookaburra balls and a flat pitch for the Federal Areas match against Punjab.
The official said Akhtar was already under a one-year probation period during which, if he indulged in any misconduct, he could face an automatic life ban.
Photograph: Arun Patil
He faces a life ban following his latest outburst which evoked anger among top officials of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
'This time he has gone too far. We had already issued a notice to him to explain his earlier statements against the policies of the Board. Now he will face more punitive action,' a senior PCB official said on condition of anonymity.
He made it clear that in the next few days, the Board will decide on banning Akhtar from the ongoing Pentangular Cup.
Akhtar had criticised the standard of the tournament and lashed out at the Board for providing dead Kookaburra balls and a flat pitch for the Federal Areas match against Punjab.
The official said Akhtar was already under a one-year probation period during which, if he indulged in any misconduct, he could face an automatic life ban.
Photograph: Arun Patil
The eight franchises will participate in a high-profile IPL 'auction' in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Shoaib's agent, David Ligertwood, expressed confidence that the pace ace would be cleared to play in the IPL.
"This is an exciting week for Shoaib and all other players contracted to the IPL. We have just agreed on the players contract which Shoaib and all other players will sign in the next 48 hours. We are now waiting to find out on Wednesday which city and franchise Shoaib will be engaged with."
Shoaib's agent, David Ligertwood, expressed confidence that the pace ace would be cleared to play in the IPL.
"This is an exciting week for Shoaib and all other players contracted to the IPL. We have just agreed on the players contract which Shoaib and all other players will sign in the next 48 hours. We are now waiting to find out on Wednesday which city and franchise Shoaib will be engaged with."
India made one change from the side that lost to Australia, bringing in all-rounder Pravin Kumar in place of S Sreesanth.
Rossouw bats South Africa to win over West Indies
New Zealand, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka also tasted victory in Monday's Under-19 World Cup matches.
All Indian players sign up for IPL
Setting aside any perceived reservations, all the Indian cricketers who are contracted to the Cricket Board have signed up for the BCCI-promoted multi-million dollar Indian Premier League (IPL) set to commence on April 18 at Bangalore.
Duleep final looks promising
The five-day Duleep Trophy cricket final between defending champions North Zone and hosts West Zone promises a no-holds-barred battle between two evenly matched sides at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday.
Shoaib Akhtar visits Haji Ali
Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar offered namaz at the famous Haji Ali shrine in Mumbai on Monday.
Team not distracted by IPL auction: Pathan
Irfan Pathan denied the team was distracted by the imminent bidding for the Indian Premier League.
Dhoni, Gilchrist top IPL wish-lists
Adam Gilchrist and Mahendra Singh Dhoni top the wish-lists for the eight franchises participating in the IPL 'auction'.
Spotted: When Irfan met Irfan
Reader Farooq Umar sent us this picture from Adelaide.
India set to discard five-bowler theory
India may discard their five-bowler theory and recall Virender Sehwag when they take on Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
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Rossouw bats South Africa to win over West Indies
New Zealand, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka also tasted victory in Monday's Under-19 World Cup matches.
All Indian players sign up for IPL
Setting aside any perceived reservations, all the Indian cricketers who are contracted to the Cricket Board have signed up for the BCCI-promoted multi-million dollar Indian Premier League (IPL) set to commence on April 18 at Bangalore.
Duleep final looks promising
The five-day Duleep Trophy cricket final between defending champions North Zone and hosts West Zone promises a no-holds-barred battle between two evenly matched sides at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday.
Shoaib Akhtar visits Haji Ali
Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar offered namaz at the famous Haji Ali shrine in Mumbai on Monday.
Team not distracted by IPL auction: Pathan
Irfan Pathan denied the team was distracted by the imminent bidding for the Indian Premier League.
Dhoni, Gilchrist top IPL wish-lists
Adam Gilchrist and Mahendra Singh Dhoni top the wish-lists for the eight franchises participating in the IPL 'auction'.
Spotted: When Irfan met Irfan
Reader Farooq Umar sent us this picture from Adelaide.
India set to discard five-bowler theory
India may discard their five-bowler theory and recall Virender Sehwag when they take on Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
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Furthermore. the Education Minister Haneef Atmar has pledged to construct a ground in Kabul for school cricket and the Afghanistan parliament has promised a parcel of land for each player. In addition Afghanistan's captain Nowroz Mangal, in many people's eyes the Player of the ACC Twenty20, was also awarded a piece of land in Khost province worth US$ 60,000. Taj Malik, the Afghanistan Cricket Federations's Secretary General said "there are so many other awards, medals, cash prizes, gifts , free mobile phones, watches, certificates, it was very useful for Afghan cricket. Now cricket is flying high in Afg
Such was the joy unconfined amongst Afghanis after their team jointly won the ACC Twenty20 Cup with Oman last November in Kuwait, that only now have the overwhelming number of gifts of appreciation for the team stopped coming in. The final tally: US$ 23,000 for the team from President Hamid Karzai, the Governor of Nangrahar, the National Sports Committee and local businesses. Another US$ 40,000 was given by the Afghans in Kuwait to the team.
Umpiring and coaching as well as fitness programs will be demonstrated. “It was very good Response from Ladies and there are more than 20 Participants on the Ground,” says Mr. de Silva, adding "many more newspapers are behind us now for these events and cricket is more and more popular in Qatar."
Filed February 18 2008
Filed February 18 2008
QATAR'S WOMEN GET ACTIVE
Following the first-ever camp for woman cricketers in Qatar, where 150-lady cricketers showed up at the West Bay Ground, National Coach Aruna de Silva reports that he has “just started a Women’s Coach Educator Course for School Teachers and Outside Ladies who can do the Coaching for Qatar’s National and Under-19 Women’s teams.”
Following the first-ever camp for woman cricketers in Qatar, where 150-lady cricketers showed up at the West Bay Ground, National Coach Aruna de Silva reports that he has “just started a Women’s Coach Educator Course for School Teachers and Outside Ladies who can do the Coaching for Qatar’s National and Under-19 Women’s teams.”
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JOHN HOTTINGER: HALF ENGLISH, HALF-THAI - FULL-ON CRICKET, FULL-ON COACH
Buddhists have a saying, ‘when the pupil is ready the teacher will appear.’ A county-squad member alongside Monty Panesar and Michael Hussey, John Hottinger’s arrival in Thailand to play cricket came after he was within a whisker of playing county cricket in England. His arrival coincided with an upturn in Thai cricket and Thai cricket activity. He is 21.
“I don’t think cricket has absolutely anything to do with being physically strong.”
What do you do for the Cricket Association of Thailand?
I am the head Development Officer for Khon Kaen, which is a region in north-eastern Thailand. I also coach the Under-13, Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 national squads but I work most with the Under-15s. I am also the senior teams’ vice-captain at the moment.
Do you consider yourself Thai or English?
My father is English and my mother is Thai but I do have dual-nationality.
Where were you born?
I was born in Bangkok but at the age of three I went to England and did my education there. My dad was always a big fan of cricket and so he always wanted to get me involved in the game at an early age. When I was nine I was playing age-group county cricket and I got a cricket scholarship to a private school in England called Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire.
When did you start playing?
I can’t actually remember exactly. But my dad’s got pictures of it. I had one of those plastic bats and when my dad threw to ball to me, I played a perfect cover drive. And then from there on my dad insisted I play cricket. I had natural abilities and he wanted to develop that a little more and from there he applied for me to go to a cricketing school.
Holding the national 8-a-side U-11 Lord’s Taverners Trophy in 1997. John’s father stands behind the boys.
How important was cricket on TV in learning about cricket?
I mainly watched my dad as a little boy because he was still playing club cricket. From then on I watched cricket on the television as well as my dad while I was playing.
Was it hard to break into the side at school?
Well at first I improved my game but by the time I was eleven I got into the Colts team, which isn’t the first eleven, but I was playing two years above myself. I wasn’t getting much opportunities to play but when I did get it I performed and by the end of the season I was a Colts ‘A’ regular and the season after I got my colours; leading run-scorer, leading wicket-taker. At twelve, I was captain and was in the school team then.
Batting at Trent Bridge for Malvern College
Were you the only Thai in your school?
There were other Thai boys but none were too interested in sport. They were mainly involved in their studies. They were boarding school kids whilst I was just day schooled because my parents had a house in Cheltenham so I usually went back after classes.
Did your friends in Thailand know anything about cricket back then?
No they didn’t. They’re starting to get an idea of the game now but back then it didn’t really matter whether I was in the 1st XI in my first year.
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JOHN HOTTINGER: HALF ENGLISH, HALF-THAI - FULL-ON CRICKET, FULL-ON COACH
Buddhists have a saying, ‘when the pupil is ready the teacher will appear.’ A county-squad member alongside Monty Panesar and Michael Hussey, John Hottinger’s arrival in Thailand to play cricket came after he was within a whisker of playing county cricket in England. His arrival coincided with an upturn in Thai cricket and Thai cricket activity. He is 21.
“I don’t think cricket has absolutely anything to do with being physically strong.”
What do you do for the Cricket Association of Thailand?
I am the head Development Officer for Khon Kaen, which is a region in north-eastern Thailand. I also coach the Under-13, Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 national squads but I work most with the Under-15s. I am also the senior teams’ vice-captain at the moment.
Do you consider yourself Thai or English?
My father is English and my mother is Thai but I do have dual-nationality.
Where were you born?
I was born in Bangkok but at the age of three I went to England and did my education there. My dad was always a big fan of cricket and so he always wanted to get me involved in the game at an early age. When I was nine I was playing age-group county cricket and I got a cricket scholarship to a private school in England called Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire.
When did you start playing?
I can’t actually remember exactly. But my dad’s got pictures of it. I had one of those plastic bats and when my dad threw to ball to me, I played a perfect cover drive. And then from there on my dad insisted I play cricket. I had natural abilities and he wanted to develop that a little more and from there he applied for me to go to a cricketing school.
Holding the national 8-a-side U-11 Lord’s Taverners Trophy in 1997. John’s father stands behind the boys.
How important was cricket on TV in learning about cricket?
I mainly watched my dad as a little boy because he was still playing club cricket. From then on I watched cricket on the television as well as my dad while I was playing.
Was it hard to break into the side at school?
Well at first I improved my game but by the time I was eleven I got into the Colts team, which isn’t the first eleven, but I was playing two years above myself. I wasn’t getting much opportunities to play but when I did get it I performed and by the end of the season I was a Colts ‘A’ regular and the season after I got my colours; leading run-scorer, leading wicket-taker. At twelve, I was captain and was in the school team then.
Batting at Trent Bridge for Malvern College
Were you the only Thai in your school?
There were other Thai boys but none were too interested in sport. They were mainly involved in their studies. They were boarding school kids whilst I was just day schooled because my parents had a house in Cheltenham so I usually went back after classes.
Did your friends in Thailand know anything about cricket back then?
No they didn’t. They’re starting to get an idea of the game now but back then it didn’t really matter whether I was in the 1st XI in my first year.
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Rahul DravidDespite mind-altering numbers, IPL is essentially Indian cricket trying to outgrow its chronic shambolism.
Prospective bidders received lastminute changes to their terms at 8 p.m. the night before the 10 a.m. franchise bid deadline the next morning.
Many point to the gap between the numbers announced by Modi’s prolific marketing machine and the fact of deals that have fallen through or been reduced in value.
Even so, two unsuccessful bidders, the Anil Ambani group and Sahara, are trying to convince BCCI to add two more franchises, Ahmedabad and Lucknow
Prospective bidders received lastminute changes to their terms at 8 p.m. the night before the 10 a.m. franchise bid deadline the next morning.
Many point to the gap between the numbers announced by Modi’s prolific marketing machine and the fact of deals that have fallen through or been reduced in value.
Even so, two unsuccessful bidders, the Anil Ambani group and Sahara, are trying to convince BCCI to add two more franchises, Ahmedabad and Lucknow
Sourav GangulyApart from the initial fee of Rs 36 crore (US$9m) per franchise per year, the annual operating costs to run an IPL campaign are expected to be in the range of Rs 40-50 crore (US$10-12.5m). The franchises will also receive a share of media rights sales, title sponsorship and ground signage earnings (See graphic: The owners).
Their additional income will come from team shirt sponsors, 12 signs out of 72 in their home ground, ticket sales (at best Rs 50 lakh/$125,000 per game, adding up to Rs 3.5 crore/US$875,000 per IPL season) and team merchandising, but profits are not expected in the first few years.
IPL though is not about profits or even about cricket, says Samir Kale, managing director, media consultancy CMCG. “This is a valuation game.
The value of a franchise is based not on cricket but what you can realise from it a few years later,” he adds. In this scenario, many who believe that the franchises have made a wise investment. Anirban Das Blah, CEO of Globosport, maintains, “In about five years’ time, for the Mumbai franchise to attract twice its price today will not be a problem.”
The presence of BCCI vice-president N. Srinivasan in India Cements’ winning bid in Chennai and IPL Chairman Lalit Modi’s personal friendship with key backers in three (Mohali, Kolkata and Jaipur) of the eight bids are raising eyebrows and whispers
Their additional income will come from team shirt sponsors, 12 signs out of 72 in their home ground, ticket sales (at best Rs 50 lakh/$125,000 per game, adding up to Rs 3.5 crore/US$875,000 per IPL season) and team merchandising, but profits are not expected in the first few years.
IPL though is not about profits or even about cricket, says Samir Kale, managing director, media consultancy CMCG. “This is a valuation game.
The value of a franchise is based not on cricket but what you can realise from it a few years later,” he adds. In this scenario, many who believe that the franchises have made a wise investment. Anirban Das Blah, CEO of Globosport, maintains, “In about five years’ time, for the Mumbai franchise to attract twice its price today will not be a problem.”
The presence of BCCI vice-president N. Srinivasan in India Cements’ winning bid in Chennai and IPL Chairman Lalit Modi’s personal friendship with key backers in three (Mohali, Kolkata and Jaipur) of the eight bids are raising eyebrows and whispers
Indian cricket which is usually half-mirage, half-lottery. “What happens in Indian cricket is not normal economics, it’s not even economics. It’s pure speculation,” says a consultant on one of the IPL bids.
What IPL intends to do is transform the very nature of the Indian cricket watcher using the narcotic of T20 cricket and the razzle-dazzle of Bollywood to turn him from a national supporter to a local fan.
Harish Thawani, chairman, Nimbus Communications Limited, which owns telecast right to all India’s home cricket, says, “Cricket has always had a support base on the lines of nations, it will be intriguing to see how fast IPL can get a supporter base behind cities.”
IPL will ask enough searching questions of all its stakeholders. About the individual franchises’ brand-building capacity, television’s propensity to turn a profit from anything in cricket and BCCI’s ability to deliver on its most ambitious project yet.
What’s in it for the owners?
To start with, acres of attention and piling costs. The franchises are a heady, telegenic cocktail of business and glamour. The presence of the movie stars will serve to give the teams some traction with locals while it is their business backers (like the Wadia, Burman and Paul clan behind Zinta or the presence of Jai Mehta along with Shah Rukh Khan) who will have to do the running.
What IPL intends to do is transform the very nature of the Indian cricket watcher using the narcotic of T20 cricket and the razzle-dazzle of Bollywood to turn him from a national supporter to a local fan.
Harish Thawani, chairman, Nimbus Communications Limited, which owns telecast right to all India’s home cricket, says, “Cricket has always had a support base on the lines of nations, it will be intriguing to see how fast IPL can get a supporter base behind cities.”
IPL will ask enough searching questions of all its stakeholders. About the individual franchises’ brand-building capacity, television’s propensity to turn a profit from anything in cricket and BCCI’s ability to deliver on its most ambitious project yet.
What’s in it for the owners?
To start with, acres of attention and piling costs. The franchises are a heady, telegenic cocktail of business and glamour. The presence of the movie stars will serve to give the teams some traction with locals while it is their business backers (like the Wadia, Burman and Paul clan behind Zinta or the presence of Jai Mehta along with Shah Rukh Khan) who will have to do the running.
On April 18, with the ka-ching of cash registers drowning out all other sound or sense, Indian cricket will greet its own reincarnation. A first-ever privatised, professional club league to turn domestic cricket into a marketable, profitable, tradeable commodity.
BCCI’s Indian Premier League (IPL) has followed big promises with big statements, mostly financial. As a startled cricket world absorbed a 10-year $1billion (Rs 4,000 crore) media rights deal with World Sports Group (WSG) and Sony, came the team franchise bids totalling Rs 2,894 crore (US$723.59).
The successful franchise owners included blue chip names from business and Bollywood. In a sign that IPL may be onto something, the Murdoch empire came shopping too—Lachlan Murdoch’s company Illyria bought into Jaipur franchise with UK-based Emerging Media.
Cricket has seen nothing like this. The habitually India-phobic ex-England captain Mike Atherton wrote, “The consequences (of IPL), in terms of the finances and structure of the world game, are likely to be far-reaching.”
Former India Test opener Arun Lal, one of a team that had proposed a similar league to BCCI in 1997, says, “This is the future of Indian cricket. You can’t stop it… The market demands and the market decides. It’s all economics.”
BCCI’s Indian Premier League (IPL) has followed big promises with big statements, mostly financial. As a startled cricket world absorbed a 10-year $1billion (Rs 4,000 crore) media rights deal with World Sports Group (WSG) and Sony, came the team franchise bids totalling Rs 2,894 crore (US$723.59).
The successful franchise owners included blue chip names from business and Bollywood. In a sign that IPL may be onto something, the Murdoch empire came shopping too—Lachlan Murdoch’s company Illyria bought into Jaipur franchise with UK-based Emerging Media.
Cricket has seen nothing like this. The habitually India-phobic ex-England captain Mike Atherton wrote, “The consequences (of IPL), in terms of the finances and structure of the world game, are likely to be far-reaching.”
Former India Test opener Arun Lal, one of a team that had proposed a similar league to BCCI in 1997, says, “This is the future of Indian cricket. You can’t stop it… The market demands and the market decides. It’s all economics.”
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A few minutes later, interjecting a fine discussion on the merits of Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble, she asked Greig and others: "Can we talk about Tendulkar? He batted so beautifully."
Little wonder, another day, Tony Greig, pointing to Mandira sitting alongside said: "This is getting nowhere... this one on my left."
Similarly, in another discussion to savour the joy of an Indian victory, Mandira Bedi decided to offer her `expert' and `exclusive' comments: "The Zimbabwe spinners came to bowl after our hard-hitters had already batted." This was her way to rationalise the fine showing of Zimbabwe slow bowlers. Again, it never dawned on her that Grant Flower clean-bowled Tendulkar and Murphy bowled well to the middle order, including Ganguly, Dravid, Yuvraj and Kaif.
In Mandira's terms, probably Indian batting starts and ends with Sehwag and Mongia, the first two wickets to fall in the said match.
With so many bloomers to go with her very Bollywood-like dress sense, the best Mandira could say was, "Please don't go away, we will be right back after a break." And smile, her upper lip well and truly dominating and caressing the lower one, a glint in her eye — she is probably as relieved as the viewers.
The best one can say about Mandira Bedi is that she has been a shade better than Ruby Bhatia who covered the mini world cup in Sri Lanka last September and made a major spectacle of herself.
However, irrational, immature comments she might have made, the fault is not Mandira's alone.
She might be the glorified extra in `Extraaa Innings' but actually the Set Max guys have reduced the World Cup to a gimmick. They have brought in astrologers, Tarot card readers and what have you to the studios.
Yes, we all want to know what the likes of Barry Richards or Sanjay Manjrekar have to say about the chances of the teams competing that day. But who wants to know what a sundry Tarot card reader feels about the prospects of South Africa or the West Indies.
In the fitness of things, barely a few hours after Maa Prem Rithambara had told the viewers that "there is no stopping South Africa today... they have the spirit, the drive and... .", the Calypso cricketers proved her wrong with a fine, if unexpected victory!
Just this Sunday, it was the turn of Nasser Hussain to prove her wrong. Minutes before the crucial match with Australia which England contrived to lose, Rithambara said: "There are chances of an upset today. The captain is likely to lead from the front. England will win not because Ponting and his boys will play badly but because England will play better." Well, England lost and we all know Hussain's dismissal off the third ball he faced and his blunder in bringing on rookie Anderson to bowl the penultimate over when experienced Caddick had another over to go. Captain leading from the front?
Even their battery of experts has many people who know almost everything there is to know about cricket but nothing about communication.
Many of them are not at ease with English, others quite conscious of speaking to millions of people. We have had Vinod Kambli saying, "My spinners is my two hands" and Sohail adding "Sachin have to play as an opener".
Not to forget Prasad who fumbles as often with his speech as he used to with the ball in the outfield.
Enough of this lightening up? What next? Isha Koppikar giving us exclusive bytes on the Union Budget? Or Lisa Ray moderating on the Iraq crisis?
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Little wonder, another day, Tony Greig, pointing to Mandira sitting alongside said: "This is getting nowhere... this one on my left."
Similarly, in another discussion to savour the joy of an Indian victory, Mandira Bedi decided to offer her `expert' and `exclusive' comments: "The Zimbabwe spinners came to bowl after our hard-hitters had already batted." This was her way to rationalise the fine showing of Zimbabwe slow bowlers. Again, it never dawned on her that Grant Flower clean-bowled Tendulkar and Murphy bowled well to the middle order, including Ganguly, Dravid, Yuvraj and Kaif.
In Mandira's terms, probably Indian batting starts and ends with Sehwag and Mongia, the first two wickets to fall in the said match.
With so many bloomers to go with her very Bollywood-like dress sense, the best Mandira could say was, "Please don't go away, we will be right back after a break." And smile, her upper lip well and truly dominating and caressing the lower one, a glint in her eye — she is probably as relieved as the viewers.
The best one can say about Mandira Bedi is that she has been a shade better than Ruby Bhatia who covered the mini world cup in Sri Lanka last September and made a major spectacle of herself.
However, irrational, immature comments she might have made, the fault is not Mandira's alone.
She might be the glorified extra in `Extraaa Innings' but actually the Set Max guys have reduced the World Cup to a gimmick. They have brought in astrologers, Tarot card readers and what have you to the studios.
Yes, we all want to know what the likes of Barry Richards or Sanjay Manjrekar have to say about the chances of the teams competing that day. But who wants to know what a sundry Tarot card reader feels about the prospects of South Africa or the West Indies.
In the fitness of things, barely a few hours after Maa Prem Rithambara had told the viewers that "there is no stopping South Africa today... they have the spirit, the drive and... .", the Calypso cricketers proved her wrong with a fine, if unexpected victory!
Just this Sunday, it was the turn of Nasser Hussain to prove her wrong. Minutes before the crucial match with Australia which England contrived to lose, Rithambara said: "There are chances of an upset today. The captain is likely to lead from the front. England will win not because Ponting and his boys will play badly but because England will play better." Well, England lost and we all know Hussain's dismissal off the third ball he faced and his blunder in bringing on rookie Anderson to bowl the penultimate over when experienced Caddick had another over to go. Captain leading from the front?
Even their battery of experts has many people who know almost everything there is to know about cricket but nothing about communication.
Many of them are not at ease with English, others quite conscious of speaking to millions of people. We have had Vinod Kambli saying, "My spinners is my two hands" and Sohail adding "Sachin have to play as an opener".
Not to forget Prasad who fumbles as often with his speech as he used to with the ball in the outfield.
Enough of this lightening up? What next? Isha Koppikar giving us exclusive bytes on the Union Budget? Or Lisa Ray moderating on the Iraq crisis?
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TO SAY that it amounts to trivialisation of television would be to imbue the medium with a dignity that it often does not deserve. Actually, it is a real pain to sit in front of the idiot box, now more fatuous than ever before. One look at Mandira Bedi on Set Max and you know that this lady, with due respect to her obvious charms, is where she is — ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa — because she belongs to a particular gender. And hails from the entertainment industry.
No offence intended but she only brings an unwanted, undesired, unneeded glamour to cricket coverage. She adds misplaced sex appeal to some serious talk on cricket at the biggest-ever cricketing extravaganza. It is not a part of a larger, grander vision of bringing in women to the game, getting their inputs. If that had been the case, then the likes of Diana Eduljee, the highest wicket-taker in women's cricket, or Mithali Raaj, the highest scorer, would have been called upon to say their bit. Or maybe, we would have got some sound bytes from Anjum Chopra, the women's cricket team captain.
These women of accomplishment obviously lack in `style'. Hence, they are where they are — languishing on the sidelines — while Mandira hogs the limelight. Matters little that Mandira herself claims: "My mandate is to bring in the women audiences."
On the first day of the tournament, she came dressed in an off-shoulder costume that would have been just ideal for the Miss India pageant. The camera focussed on her top, almost but ignored her `attire'. The little girl sitting on my lap and watching her first World Cup cried out in all innocence: "Shame, shame!" She obviously thought that the lady on TV had forgotten her clothes before she came on the screen.
Next day, Mandira Bedi was more traditional. And wore a sari. Only thing is the viewers were left wondering if her blouse was skin coloured. Or was there one at all? And in the Indo-Pak match, the lady wore a choker-like black something with a huge, deep cut. Just like she did in the Lanka-Windies match earlier where the right arm did not know what the left arm wore! Was it a Ritu Kumar creation? Whatever, it clearly was not cricket. And Mandira reminded many of us of those period costumes worn with such dignity by Raveena Tandon and company in "Agni Varsha" last year.
Probably, chastened with an angry viewer response, she played safe the next day during the Aussie-England encounter. Out came a blouse kissing her elbows and panting viewers wondered if she could breathe! No pun intended, no fun desired but this is the image the once-failed actress had cultivated in her first few days as cricket moderator.
Interestingly, while all the commentators, cricketers and other `experts' wore a Set Max-ICC Cricket World Cup logo on their heart, Mandira was the sole exception. Probably there was no apparel to tag the logo onto! Again, you cannot accuse the lady of wearing her preferences on her sleeve. It does not exist!
By the time she decided to end the suspense and get into an attire which would have met with approval for the family pages of a glamour rag, people were talking more about her cricketing knowledge (or the lack of it?) than her dresses.
Matters little that this time, her mega sleeve kissed her shoulders, teased her arms. The lady had done enough when she opened her mouth to detract all attention from her physical endowments. Speaking in an animated way that comes but naturally to the beginners or the gullible, she asked Barry Richards in all earnestness: "Holland scored 140-odd against England. They got 136 against India. Does it mean that our bowling attack is the same as that of England?" Obviously stumped with the sheer `innocence' of the query, all that Richards could say was: "No, not really. You cannot put the two together."
On another discussion, after India had beaten Zimbabwe to stay in the race for the Super Six, she beamed: "This is such a major victory". Clearly, the lady had not been told that Zimbabweans are all but minnows of the world cricket.
There was more. "We saw Zaheer Khan taking a splendid catch today. Can we say now we have three brilliant fielders in the Indian team... Zaheer with Yuvraj and Kaif?" This time before any of the seasoned panellists including the likes of Tony Greig, Venkatesh Prasad, Anshuman Gaekwad or Aamir Sohail, could say some-thing, Bedi's co-host Charu Sharma came to her rescue and saved us some blushes. "It is not done this way. Zaheer has taken a fine catch today but... ." Charu obviously knows a bit more about cricket than the lady he shares the screen space with.
No offence intended but she only brings an unwanted, undesired, unneeded glamour to cricket coverage. She adds misplaced sex appeal to some serious talk on cricket at the biggest-ever cricketing extravaganza. It is not a part of a larger, grander vision of bringing in women to the game, getting their inputs. If that had been the case, then the likes of Diana Eduljee, the highest wicket-taker in women's cricket, or Mithali Raaj, the highest scorer, would have been called upon to say their bit. Or maybe, we would have got some sound bytes from Anjum Chopra, the women's cricket team captain.
These women of accomplishment obviously lack in `style'. Hence, they are where they are — languishing on the sidelines — while Mandira hogs the limelight. Matters little that Mandira herself claims: "My mandate is to bring in the women audiences."
On the first day of the tournament, she came dressed in an off-shoulder costume that would have been just ideal for the Miss India pageant. The camera focussed on her top, almost but ignored her `attire'. The little girl sitting on my lap and watching her first World Cup cried out in all innocence: "Shame, shame!" She obviously thought that the lady on TV had forgotten her clothes before she came on the screen.
Next day, Mandira Bedi was more traditional. And wore a sari. Only thing is the viewers were left wondering if her blouse was skin coloured. Or was there one at all? And in the Indo-Pak match, the lady wore a choker-like black something with a huge, deep cut. Just like she did in the Lanka-Windies match earlier where the right arm did not know what the left arm wore! Was it a Ritu Kumar creation? Whatever, it clearly was not cricket. And Mandira reminded many of us of those period costumes worn with such dignity by Raveena Tandon and company in "Agni Varsha" last year.
Probably, chastened with an angry viewer response, she played safe the next day during the Aussie-England encounter. Out came a blouse kissing her elbows and panting viewers wondered if she could breathe! No pun intended, no fun desired but this is the image the once-failed actress had cultivated in her first few days as cricket moderator.
Interestingly, while all the commentators, cricketers and other `experts' wore a Set Max-ICC Cricket World Cup logo on their heart, Mandira was the sole exception. Probably there was no apparel to tag the logo onto! Again, you cannot accuse the lady of wearing her preferences on her sleeve. It does not exist!
By the time she decided to end the suspense and get into an attire which would have met with approval for the family pages of a glamour rag, people were talking more about her cricketing knowledge (or the lack of it?) than her dresses.
Matters little that this time, her mega sleeve kissed her shoulders, teased her arms. The lady had done enough when she opened her mouth to detract all attention from her physical endowments. Speaking in an animated way that comes but naturally to the beginners or the gullible, she asked Barry Richards in all earnestness: "Holland scored 140-odd against England. They got 136 against India. Does it mean that our bowling attack is the same as that of England?" Obviously stumped with the sheer `innocence' of the query, all that Richards could say was: "No, not really. You cannot put the two together."
On another discussion, after India had beaten Zimbabwe to stay in the race for the Super Six, she beamed: "This is such a major victory". Clearly, the lady had not been told that Zimbabweans are all but minnows of the world cricket.
There was more. "We saw Zaheer Khan taking a splendid catch today. Can we say now we have three brilliant fielders in the Indian team... Zaheer with Yuvraj and Kaif?" This time before any of the seasoned panellists including the likes of Tony Greig, Venkatesh Prasad, Anshuman Gaekwad or Aamir Sohail, could say some-thing, Bedi's co-host Charu Sharma came to her rescue and saved us some blushes. "It is not done this way. Zaheer has taken a fine catch today but... ." Charu obviously knows a bit more about cricket than the lady he shares the screen space with.
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media rights;
acquiring and servicing commercial partners;
continue to develop the consumer products (licensing) program;
formulating advertising strategies;
market research;
event management for international matches; and
promotions.
Cricket Operations
Overall role: Manage Australian teams at international level, administer the country's premier domestic competitions, the Pura Cup and the ING Cup and oversee all umpiring.
Responsibilities:
all elite-level men's and women's cricket operations, including management of the Australian Test and one-day international teams;
programming for international and domestic cricket, including Australia A;
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pre-tour inspections;
Australian Cricketers' Association relationship management; and
umpiring.
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fostering club cricket;
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national youth championships; and
ICC East Asia Development program.
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