Cricket

Cricket must not obscure breadth of India-Australia ties (New Kerala)

9 Jul 2008

By Neena Bhandari, Sydney, July 9: The overwhelming success of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Australia last month have helped inch India-Australia bilateral ties closer, beating the tyranny of distance and going beyond cricket and the Commonwealth to embrace commerce and culture.

Brewer offers thousands of cricket tickets (Publican)

9 Jul 2008

Brewer Thwaites is giving away 8,000 cricket tickets to see Lancashire in action. The move is designed to celebrate the Lancashire-based company’s continued sponsorship of the Red Roses.

Contract dispute hits Lankan cricket (ThatsCricket.com)

9 Jul 2008

Colombo: A protracted contract dispute between the Sri Lankan cricket board (SLC) and its players has reached boiling point just weeks before India team is due to tour there.