Cricket World Cup 2011

Chennai IPL team’s success worries Tamil showbiz, says distribtutor (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Chennai, April 29 (IANS) The four consecutive victories of the Chennai Indian Premier League cricket team Super Kings has filmmakers in Tamil Nadu fuming because it has resulted in their box office collections dropping, says distributor Kalaipuli G. Shekharan.

Twenty20 extravaganza now comes to Canada (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Toronto, April 30 (IANS) The Twenty20 cricket extravaganza comes to Canada this month with a bang.

Sibal, Jaitley discuss cricket in Parliament precincts (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Science and Technology minister Kapil Sibal and his old friend and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Arun Jaitley were seen discussing the Indian Premier League in parliament Monday.

Cricket Australia regrets Speed’s exit (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Melbourne, April 29 (IANS) Cricket Australia Tuesday regretted the unceremonious exit of International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed and said the job of administering cricket is becoming more challenging with the growth of the sport around the globe.

De Villiers boosts Daredevils’ batting (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Having led the Titans to the Pro20 title back home, South African A.B. De Villiers is ready to repeat the same with Delhi Daredevils in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Mumbai Indians move out of last spot in IPL (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) After registering a much-needed win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Tuesday night against Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians moved out of the last spot in the Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Engineer hopes BCCI will go easy on Harbhajan (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Indian Premier League (IPL) match referee Farokh Engineer, who banned Harbhajan Singh for the entire tournament for slapping S. Sreenath, hopes that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) would soften its stance while giving the temperamental off-spinner a separate penalty.

‘Why have cheergirls when we can have Bhangra’ (IE via Yahoo! India News)
Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray has suggested the cricket authorities that if they want to cheer the cricketers then it is better to have a ‘Bhangra’ rather than the cheerleadergirls.

Promoters have turned cricket field into dance bar: Sena (IE via Yahoo! India News)
Hitting out at authorities for using cheerleaders in the cricket field to ’seduce’ crowd, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Monday said the sanctity of cricket has been lost as the promoters have turned the field into a dance bar.

Engineer hopes BCCI will go easy on Harbhajan (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Indian Premier League (IPL) match referee Farokh Engineer, who banned Harbhajan Singh for the entire tournament for slapping S. Sreenath, hopes that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) would soften its stance while giving the temperamental off-spinner a separate penalty.