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NEW DELHI: The most powerful cricket body in the world has yet again been forced to eat humble pie after falling at the wrong end of the stick on the legal front. Needless to say, it is a seriously expensive pie. 

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is reportedly ready to cough up compensation of over Rs8 billion to IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala for terminating its contract in 2011, a massive mark-up on the Rs3 billion the team's promoters were initially willing to settle for.

Jul 27, 2009 07:07
POLITICAL intrigue, government interference and internal conflicts were all present at the ICC meeting last week in London. Nothing new there you might think, but the difference was that the ICC History Conference in Oxford was actually a remarkably positive affirmation of what was good in the game despite two days of swopping stories about some of cricket's most controversial turning points. 
Jul 09, 2009 05:07