Essex are so hard up that players have to pay £2000 each in a preseason warmup tournament in Abu Dhabi....

According to the IPL organising committee, one Kevin Pietersen is worth about 13 Monty Panesars – England's left-arm spinner was given a reserve price of $100,000 (£70,000) for the players' auction in Goa next week. But Panesar can take delight that at least he is still in the mix, with a reserve...

Paul Weaver England will reap the benefits of their decision to return to India following the Mumbai terrorist attacks when they announce a ground-breaking agreement between the two countries this month which will include an Ashes-like five-Test series. The partnership, which will take further shape...

India 3875 v England An unbeaten 138 off just 78 balls from Yuvraj Singh leaves England with a huge run chase at Rajkot....

If ever there was a passionate game of cricket played, it was this one. Shah Rukh Khan, the owner, was jumping up and down the dugout as his team went about defending the midget-like total of 134. Yeah you heard that right. 134. Most of the batsmen had failed for the KKRs and now it was time for the...

Just watched the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals match on telly. A few things prior to the match came to my attention. Since the owner of the Kolkata team has gifted each player a new laptop, the Knight Riders have never won. Some coincidence. I hope Vijay Mallaya (liquor baron, owner of t...

Kings XI Punjab vs. Mumbai Indians ( April 25, 2008) There are a lot of incidents in life which one feels should not have happened. Being slapped by a senior in your cricket team is one of the worst. Having played (and still playing) some sort of cricket myself, I can at least try to understand the ...

Chennai Super Kings won by 9 wickets (with 19 balls remaining).Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bat first.Indian Premiere League 11th match Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Riders is Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, on 26 April 2008 -... read more...

p This is my farewell piece here for the Googly and it's hard to know where to begin or what to write.  With only one piece left, I wondered whether to continue with the off-stage antics of Shane Warne - thinking the tram-crash fest in Melbourne last week - or whether to write about something c...

Just watched the Delhi vs Deccan Match. The Deccan Chargers started out slow, but picked up later and reached 142, thanks to a certain Mr Rohit Sharma, about whom I would have loved to talk about now. But alas. Limelight is a very narrow lane. Only one can steal it. It was Virender Sehwag’s ni...