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A new world order is taking guard in cricket

International sport is naturally given to the creation of winners and losers, heroes and villains and, more often than not, a nailbiting helping of human drama. But in 2008, the cricketing world dominated almost as many front pages as it did sports sections. Indeed, it may be remembered as the year when off-field considerations – the [...]

Champions League’s cricket competition launch deferred to 2009

The inaugural Champions League Twenty20 cricket competition was cancelled Friday following last month’s terror attacks in India. The competition involving eight provincial teams from five of the Test-playing nations was scheduled to run from Dec. 3-10 in Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai, but was postponed following the Mumbai terror attacks that killed at least 171 people. Lalit Modi, [...]

Emulate Sachin or Anil, not me: Sehwag

It was short and breezy, like a typical Virender Sehwag cameo. He wasn’t there for too long, but it wouldn’t be wrong to say that Sehwag came, saw and conquered the hearts of the thousands of young followers who had gathered at the Veelamal School for a glimpse of their hero. A chariot ride to the [...]

’21st Century Sport’: A year on

A year ago The Observer ran a ground-breaking four-part series on globalisation in sport. National boundaries could not restrain expansion, we predicted, and developments over the next few years would be more important than anything since spectator sport first took off 150 years ago. Many were horrified by the radical ideas put forward by some [...]

England chief Giles Clarke flies in to resume Indian Premier League talks

While England’s cricketers prepare to decide whether to carry on with their tour to India, their bosses are ready to fly in for more talks over the future of the Indian and England Premier Leagues. England Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke and chief executive David Collier have been conspicuous by their silence since the tour was [...]

Jason Gillespie fears Twenty20 will spell the end of Test cricket

FORMER Australia paceman Jason Gillespie believes Test cricket is on its last legs and has labelled Indian cricket chief Lalit Modi a menace to the game. “Test cricket is in trouble, there’s no doubt about that,” Gillespie said after returning from the rebel Indian Cricket League. “I can see a time where countries will be bypassing Test [...]