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Kevin Pietersen interview: Best cricketers do not spend all day playing golf
Exclusive: As mentor to Delhi Capitals, former powerhouse batsman is loving working with players and doubles down on criticism of India tour
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The fortnight cricket became a game show – the definitive story of the great Hundred sell-off
Extraordinary auction raised £975 million after a process, as insiders reveal, that featured snubs, anger and, ultimately, jigs of delight
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Hundred franchises valued close to £1bn with English cricket to bank nearly £500m
Hampshire’s IPL owners GMR buy Southern Brave for almost £50m as ECB concludes club share sales
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Yorkshire first to sell entire Hundred stake as £100m deal continues IPL takeover
Northern Superchargers become the sixth of the eight franchises to be sold as part of the ECB’s auction process
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Raised in South Africa, developed in Durham: Brydon Carse is England’s new Ashes weapon
After qualifying to represent England in 2019 the all-rounder is on the verge of becoming one of their most important players in all formats
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England ban players from appearing in Pakistan Super League
ECB believes new strategy will protect quality of County Championship – but an exemption still made for IPL
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Vaibhav Suryavanshi is IPL’s newest star aged 13 – but James Anderson snubbed at auction
Suryavanshi the youngest player ever to be picked up at the Indian Premier League auction, with the Rajasthan Royals paying around £104,000
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Jofra Archer sold for £1.2m in IPL auction after tug-of-war with England
Fast bowler entered auction late after learning he would be banned for next two years of franchise league if he skipped 2025 edition
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The tug of war with India which threatens England’s Jofra Archer Ashes plan
Careful management of fast bowler’s return from string of serious injuries has been complicated by threat of IPL ban
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Jofra Archer and Mark Wood left out of IPL auction
With a big year in 2025 that ends with the Ashes Down Under, England’s priority is keeping two of their fastest bowlers fit
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Man Utd and Chelsea owners in fight over London Spirit Hundred franchise
Exclusive: Investors including Avram Glazer and Todd Boehly are in a bidding war with F1 owners Liberty and three IPL teams
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James Anderson reveals why he has joined IPL auction aged 42 – ‘the Test door is shut’
Former England seamer hoping to gain experience that can help him ‘further down the line’
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Ben Stokes likely to sit out the IPL to prioritise England’s Test team
Players are facing tough decisions over whether to enter 2025 auction due to new regulations put in place by Board of Control for Cricket
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Kevin Pietersen: International cricket is dying because of franchises – here’s how to save it
Former England international says players should join what he calls ‘super clubs’
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Special report: How cricket ate itself
Game has long abandoned even the pretence of being coherently run and for fans and players alike, the product has become unfathomable
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English cricket to clamp down on players’ franchise league involvement
Exclusive: ECB aims to protect domestic game as players use county facilities all year then take overseas gigs – but IPL will remain exempt
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England players risk IPL bans in new rule crackdown over withdrawals
Updated regulations include two-year bans for players who withdraw from competition and compulsory entrance into triennial mega-auction
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Hampshire land ‘groundbreaking’ £120m takeover from IPL group
Chairman Rod Bransgrove thinks deal will be a catalyst for further off-shore entities to equire other counties
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ECB hits back over Lalit Modi’s ‘Ponzi scheme’ blast at Hundred
CEO Richard Gould reminds man behind IPL that he previously valued British competition at US$1 billion
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English cricket ‘disconnected from reality’ in valuation of the Hundred
Plus: Why Indian cricketers are key if the Hundred is to get anywhere near its lofty ambitions for an overseas audience
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Yorkshire in £50m takeover bid from IPL side Sunrisers Hyderabad as Rajasthan Royals talks stall
Exclusive: Fellow IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants also interested in Yorkshire, who need to raise funds to avoid insolvency
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Delhi Capitals owners agree £120m deal to buy majority share in Hampshire
Exclusive: Hampshire will become first county owned by an overseas franchise should the purchase be ratified by the ECB
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Ben Stokes to sign SA T20 deal worth around £800,000
Exclusive: By joining MI Cape Town, the all-rounder misses England’s T20 series in India, although he is not currently a part of that set-up
