Hants targeting Twenty20 success
Hampshire manager Paul Terry has highlighted the importance of this season's Twenty20 Cup after his side's Friends Provident Trophy group exit more
Pietersen on ECB collision course
The next steps towards the creation of English cricket's answer to the Indian Premier League will be taken today, but leading players are already eyeing the possibility of a brief but lucrative appearance in next year's IPL more
ECB to look at major changes
The England and Wales Cricket Board's top brass will discuss proposals for changes to the domestic season's structure on Thursday - with great emphasis on 20-over cricket more
Counties face ECB revolution
The English domestic cricket season could be radically restructured to feature a three-conference county championship, a 21-team Twenty20 league and a revamped Pro 40 competition of two 20-over innings per side under proposals to be considered by the ECB more
Yorkshire rule out EPL tie up
Yorkshire's chief executive Stewart Regan has ruled out the possibility of the club merging with Lancashire and Durham in a newly-created English Premier League more
ECB rocked by players survey
The Potentially devastating effects of the Indian Twenty20 revolution were laid bare yesterday, when a survey revealed that a third of England-qualified players would consider premature international retirement to make their fortune on the sub-continent more
Bransgrove slams ECB for EPL delay
Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove said on Friday it was ludicrous to wait until 2010 to launch the English version of the Indian Premier League more
Counties asked to merge for EPL
The 18 first-class counties will face growing pressure to merge into six regional sides to contest a world-class Twenty20 league as English cricket searches frantically for its own high-powered answer to the Indian Premier League more
Stanford urges ECB to take on the IPL
Allen Stanford is urging the England and Wales Cricket Board to counter the growing hegemony of Indian cricket by creating a Twenty20 league of their own to surpass the Indian Premier League in organisation, excitement and durability more
Glamorgan sign Gibbs for Twenty20
Star South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs has joined Glamorgan for this summer's Twenty20 competition more
Pietersen welcomes ECB move
Kevin Pietersen has welcomed talks over an Allen Stanfordbacked Twenty20 competition in the Caribbean involving English players more
Pietersen has Twenty20 vision
Kevin Pietersen has welcomed talks over an Allen Stanford-backed Twenty20 competition in the Carribean involving English players more
ECB eyes Stanford partnership
Plans to set up an English version of the IPL moved a step closer when the ECB signalled their willingness to enter negotiations with the Caribbean cricket entrepreneur Sir Allen Stanford more
ECB Chief advocates Premier League
England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke believes a Twenty20 tournament similar to the Indian Premier League in this country would be "robust, spectator-friendly and economically sustainable" more
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