http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/ http://www.eblah.com en http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1202673361/ http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1202673361/#num1 TEN Has TWENTY20 Vision

Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath return to international cricket. Current Aussie stars Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Brett Lee and more!

The Aussies will play with, as well as against, star Indians, Pakistanis, New Zealanders, South Africans and West Indians.

And it's all exclusive to Network Ten.

TEN has signed an exclusive five-year deal to broadcast the Indian Premier League (IPL), the world's newest and most exciting cricket competition involving the world's best players.

The IPL, which has grabbed the attention of media across the globe, consists of eight teams competing in action-packed Twenty20 matches.

Australian legends Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath and current stars Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke and Brett Lee have all signed up.

The tournament will also feature the world's best International players, including India's Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa's Jacques Kallis, Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralidaran, Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar, West Indian Chris Gayle, New Zealander Stephen Fleming, and many other stars.

TEN will exclusively broadcast all 59 matches over 44 days from 18 April – 1 June 08. Start times will vary with numerous matches starting at 9.30pm, adding to TEN's primetime schedule.

The deal also includes exclusive replay rights and selected matches will be repeated on TEN-HD.

“We are delighted with the agreement we have reached with TEN to broadcast the IPL.” said Seamus O’Brien, President and CEO of World Sport Group, the Singapore-based sports marketing company that owns the global media rights to the IPL.

“A long-term commitment from a commercial free-to-air broadcaster in Australia highlights the value and excitement surrounding the launch of this new sporting property.”

TEN's general manager - sport, David White, said: "Securing the exclusive five-year Australian broadcast rights to the IPL is another major coup for TEN. It builds on our impressive and expanding sport portfolio, which includes AFL, Formula 1, MotoGP, NASCAR, golf, NFL and the recently announced 2010 Commonwealth Games.

"The IPL will deliver over 180-hours of premium sporting content, much of which will be broadcast in and around primetime.

"As always, TEN has carefully assessed this acquisition and we're very confident it will deliver significant value to the network from audience, revenue and margin perspectives.

"This is the way cricket should be – great players, high intensity, big hitting, simply put – the best of the best."

On 28 February, the IPL will hold its player auction in which each of the eight team owners will bid for the players they wish to represent their team. This will ensure a mix of the world's best players across each team, a format that has never been seen before. TEN will also broadcast the player auction.

At least one match will be played on each day of the tournament, with two matches scheduled back-to-back on certain weekdays and every Saturday and Sunday.

TEN's full IPL broadcast schedule will released soon.

Source: http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/ten/TEN-Has-TWENTY20-Vision-110208.html
]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:56:01 GlenTheAdmin http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1201335272/ http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1201335272/#num1 What a shock and a loss.  

Gilchrist announces retirement: report

Australian wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist has announced his retirement from international cricket following a cloud of criticism over his form, according to media reports.

The Western Australian keeper-batsman has been criticised after missing a series of chances in the series against India, despite claiming the world record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper with his 414th dismissal on the second day of the fourth Test at the Adelaide Oval.

Gilchrist has played 95 Test matches, scoring 5,556 with a batting average of 47.90 in an illustrious career.

But his form with the bat has slumped in the last few years, and he has averaged just 30.70 over the past three years, a disappointing figure by his lofty standards.

His wicket-keeping form has been under pressure lately, particularly after dropping a regulation catch to give VVS Laxman a life from the bowling of Brett Lee on Friday.

More to follow.

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There's a poll at the following URL.

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See here: http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,20746051-23212,00.html

Oh yeah Beefy, well look at your current Ashes team. Your team has weak spinners in Panesar and Giles. Poor wicket-keeping with Jones and Read in the test squad. The Aussies will target all of England's cricketers. No matter how weak your players are.

GO AUSTRALIA !!  

[EDIT] I have removed a racial slur in this post and replaced it with a more appropriate word or two.  Please desist with the slurs B_M; I take offence and it is not in the spirit of this forum to use them. - Paula [/EDIT]]]> Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:18:57 babes_mate http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1162194041/ http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1162194041/#num1 They are now in the last 4 after beating India on their home turf last night.

Monday, October 30, 2006. 7:00am AEDT


Complete win ... Brett Lee and Sachin Tendulkar (AFP)
  
Ponting hails 'complete' win over India

Australia skipper Ricky Ponting praised his team's complete display after a six-wicket Champions Trophy victory over hosts India overnight which he said had been "reasonably easy".

"It was a pretty complete game for us," Ponting told reporters. "To lose the toss on that wicket and to get to the total was great.

"I thought our bowlers did a great job to restrict them. When we batted tonight we made it reasonably easy," he added.

World champions Australia restricted India to 8 for 249 on a good batting pitch and then eased to victory, reaching 4 for 252 with 4.2 overs to spare.

Damien Martyn top-scored for the second successive game with 73 not out, while Ponting (5 and all rounder Shane Watson (50) capped a splendid top-order show.

Australia's fast bowlers, led by Glenn McGrath, kept a leash on the Indian innings after skipper Rahul Dravid elected to bat.

The win meant Australia reached the semi-finals of the biennial event, the only major tournament they have not won, for the third successive time.

Australia will play New Zealand in Mohali on Wednesday night (Australian time). South Africa meet holders West Indies in the other last four clash in Jaipur on Thursday night.

"We just managed to take wickets at regular intervals which didn't allow India to get away," Ponting said.

"I thought our bowling in the last six or seven overs was really great today. We didn't give any freebies away so that was really pleasing for us."

He praised Watson, who has eased into the role as Adam Gilchrist's opening partner in the tournament and has been impressive bowling seam in the middle overs.

"He's got a great future, he adds flexibility to the team," Ponting said.

Indian skipper Rahul Dravid hoped his young side would learn from the defeat.

"I won't be too critical on this inexperienced side," he said. "They came up against a very good attack and it was a good experience for them.

"We got them off to a flier," Dravid said in reference to Australia's opening partnership from Watson and Adam Gilchrist of 61 in 8.5 overs.

"Once you got there, it was a fight with our backs to wall. The way they batted, even 270 would not have been enough," he said.

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They will no longer take part in the Champions Trophy. Gee, that dinted their chances to win the tournament !! ]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:05:07 babes_mate http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1160355041/ http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1160355041/#num1 Al Qaeda planned Ashes attack: report

The former chairman of Cricket Australia, Bob Merriman, says he knew nothing of a plot to attack the Australian and English teams during last year's Ashes tour.

It has been alleged the men who bombed the public transport system in London last year had originally planned to target cricketers from the two countries.

An unnamed friend of one of the four bombers has told The Sunday Times in Britain that the bombers were plotting to kill the players using sarin gas inside their change rooms.

The paper says the order was allegedly made by Al Qaeda at a terrorist training camp in Kashmir.

The plot is understood to have been stopped because one of the bombers was a cricket fan.

Mr Merriman says the team was happy with security arrangements on the tour.

"Clearly after all the arrangements were put in place after the July bombings, that Ricky Ponting and the team were comfortable enough to stay there and did in fact stay in London," he said.

"We were very confident that we were in a safe situation."

The Australian Cricketers Association says it is concerned by the reports and chief executive Paul Marsh says the claims will be investigated.

"We're still trying to find out how substantial the claims are but I guess what it does show is that there is an ever-present threat there and to everybody and Australian cricketers," he said.

Australian cricketer Jason Gillespie says he is disappointed to hear about the reported terrorist plot.

Gillespie was heavily criticised when he threatened to abandon the tour because of warnings linked to Al Qaeda.

"It's just very disappointing that people think that these sorts of plots and things are the answer to the world's problems and to hear what was going to go on," he said.

"Obviously it's never nice to hear these sorts of things and it was again just extremely disappointing and I suppose you could say a little bit nerve-wracking."

Claims questioned

But terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna has questioned some of the claims made by the source of the report.

He says Islamic terrorist groups have not been able to produce sarin gas in the past.

"Al Qaeda is certainly interested, was interested in developing sarin gas but we haven't seen capability on the part of Al Qaeda to manufacture sarin gas," he said


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Former New Zealand Test opener, captain and administrator Walter Hadlee died today, aged 91, his family said.

Hadlee, who recently suffered a stroke, died in his home city of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island.

"We deeply appreciate the public support that we have received in recent weeks and ask that we now be given time to come together as a family," his son and former New Zealand fast bowler Richard Hadlee said in a statement.

Walter Hadlee opened the batting for New Zealand between 1937 and 1951, playing 19 innings in 11 Tests, scoring 543 runs at an average of 30.16. He captained the national side in eight Tests from 1946 to 1951.

Hadlee retired from first-class cricket in 1952 after a 29-year career, notching up 7,523 runs in 117 matches at an average of 40.44, including 18 centuries. He continued to play club cricket for 15 years.

He became deeply involved in the administration of the sport in New Zealand from 1950 to 1983, variously as a national selector, team manager, chairman and president of the national board.

Three of his five sons - Dayle, Barry and Richard - represented New Zealand, with Richard at one stage the world's leading wicket taker with 431 Test scalps.

-Reuters

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