Shane Warne,highest paid in IPL

Shane Warne will be the highest paid cricketer in the BCCI-sponsored Indian Premier League (IPL) with USD 400,000. His retired fellow mate Glenn McGrath and Mohammad Yousuf will earn USD 350,000 and USD 330,000 respectively.

Former Kiwi skipper Stephen Fleming has been offered USD 350,000 while 10 other cricketers were offered in the USD 225,000.Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar (USD 225,000) and captain Shoaib Malik (USD 300,000) have also confirmed their participation in the league along with retired Sri Lankan star SanathJayasuriya.Muttiah Muralitharan has also been offered 250,000 dollars.

BCCI is in talks with australian captain Ricky Ponting and wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist and the board did not disclose the names of any Indian cricketers who have been offered the contract.

How about day & night Test match?

To meet the global audiences demands and interests, cricket is being modified and Twenty20 is the best example for it.

Now cricket Austalia is all set to revolutionize test cricket making it day and night.Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said,"we can have few trail day and night test cricket and maybe before the end of the decade".

Many of the cricket lovers may be dissapointed with this idea which looses the 130 year old legacy but administrators hope it may tap the needs of the growing audiences.

The matches can be scheduled in between 2pm-9pm or 3pm-10pm which may entertain many audiences to watch it on tv too. This will definitely help many cricket lovers throughout the planet watching on TV.

But there is a catch. The ball which can be seen in the night and which can endure for long time is the biggest problem, says one of the officials.

Source:timesofindia

Indi test squad for Aussie tour

BCCI announces 16-member Test squad for four-match Australia tour.

Pankaj Singh and Virendra Sehwag has been included for the series.

India team will leave for Australia on December 17 and will play their first tour match on December 20.

Squad:

Wasim Jaffer, Virendra Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni(wk), Dinesh Karthik, Anil Kumble (captain), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Pankaj Singh, Ishant Sharma and Irfan Pathan.