The Indian Cricket League (ICL) is a proposed private cricket league that will run parallel to the existing cricket league managed by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The format of ICL will be Twenty20.
Zee Telefilms (part of Subhash Chandra promoted Essel Group) bid for the telecast rights of the biggest international cricket event - 2003 World Cup. Although the highest bid, it was unsuccessful. Subhash Chandra again bid for telecast rights again in 2004 and ended up in an inconclusive court battle. Last March, he bid again for the 2006-10 rights and once again lost. His response: the ICL. "They denied us the cricket content," says Himanshu Mody, business head of ICL and Zee’s sports channels. "So, we had to create our own content". Zee Telefilms announced that it would be partner with infrastructure major IL&FS to create a new ambitious cricket league, Indian Cricket League (ICL).This league will have a prize money of $ 1 million for the winner. ICL was set up with a Rs. 100 crore (Rs. 1 billion) corpus, and would initially comprise six teams to be expanded to 16 in three years. This will make ICL the richest professional league in the country with an annual prize of $1 million (Rs. 4.4 crore).
League structure
Each team will be coached by a former India player and will comprise four international, two Indian and eight budding domestic players. Essel Group is also planning to set up cricket academies all over the country. BCCI has been assured that it is free to draw from ICL's talent pool. The league will be functional by July-August 2007 and will start with Twenty20 format matches in November 2007.
Only professional, paid and accountable people have been hired to run the ICL. There will be no "honorary-positions" such as unpaid selectors. Former international cricketers including Kapil Dev, Tony Greig, Dean Jones and Kiran More have been hired as board members of the Indian Cricket League.The board positions will be paid positions.
2007 season
The inaugural season for the Indian Cricket League was scheduled to begin in October 2007 but later shifted to 2nd week of November with six club teams.
Six teams of private clubs
Each team will have a paid mentor, media manager, psychologist, physiotherapist
US$ 1 million for the winning club team
Twenty20 format
Cricketers as officials and players for ICL
ICL has planned to involve many former cricket players to run the league. Since one of the criticisms against the traditional cricketing system, run by BCCI under ICC, is that some crucial official postions are not occupied by cricketers, ICL seems to address this.
Former cricket players as officials
Executive Board
Dean Jones (Aus)
Kapil Dev (Ind)
Kiran More (Ind)
Tony Greig (Eng)
Coaches
Madan Lal (Ind)
Sandeep Patil (Ind)
Talent Scouts
Balwinder Sandhu (Ind)
Bharath Reddy (Ind)
Pranab Roy (Ind)
Rajesh Chauhan (Ind)
Shishir Hattangadi (Ind)
Mentors
Erapalli Prasanna (Ind)
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Stick cricket
Stick Cricket was developed by a talented Aussie (yes there are talented Aussies - they don't all work in bars in London!) and cricket fanatic as a way of learning flash programming. The game was an instant success, knocking spots off any other cricket game available online and spreading like wildfire amongst those in the know.After some time it was realised that a beast had been created that could not be controlled by just one man. A crack team of online specialists was brought together to harness the ethereal power that the game was developing and to turn its popularity into cold hard cash. Version 3.1 is the team's latest attempt to bring Stick Cricket to an even wider market and create more addicts than ever before. With new features and sections our aim is to create a superpower of online gaming sending office productivity levels to all time lows. With over 1 million visits a month from ½ a million individuals Stick Cricket is already on a par with porn for justifying the wages that the office nazi's who monitor internet usage demand. Stick Cricket Facts
Over 1 million visits every month
Most visits in a month by an individual : 4,500 by "Unemployed" (Australia)
Worst player: "Fixxer" (Australia)
MonkeyMagic's record against the developer: Wins=5 Draws=0 Loses=5
16% of registered players have won a 'Tournament' at least once
Country sending most traffic: Australia
Most popular time to play: 9am (GMT) - 7pm (Eastern Australia)
Most Popular day of the week: Friday
Average number of visits per day: 35,000
Average visit duration: 17.3 minute
Over 1 million visits every month
Most visits in a month by an individual : 4,500 by "Unemployed" (Australia)
Worst player: "Fixxer" (Australia)
MonkeyMagic's record against the developer: Wins=5 Draws=0 Loses=5
16% of registered players have won a 'Tournament' at least once
Country sending most traffic: Australia
Most popular time to play: 9am (GMT) - 7pm (Eastern Australia)
Most Popular day of the week: Friday
Average number of visits per day: 35,000
Average visit duration: 17.3 minute
Ice Cricket
It’s cricket but not as you know it!
Ice Cricket is played on the frozen lake Harku, the Baltic Sea or even in an old Soviet missile factory depending on the weather. Teams consist of 6 or 8 players with rolling substitutes so the normal squad number is around 10 and make sure you bring your spikes so you can grip the ice and snow. The wicket is painstakingly carved out of the ice and the boundary marked off as normal to keep the bewildered locals off the outfield. The ball is the same as an indoor cricket ball, a composite plastic red ball which makes it relatively easy to find if it gets hit into a snowdrift on the boundary.
Whether you want to enter one of our brilliant tournaments or you just want a tour with a couple of matches against local teams from Estonia, the choice is yours. One thing is certain, you won’t be disappointed. The ice cricket tours and tournaments organised by Tours4 Sport are supported by the Estonian National Cricket Association which ensures that you play by the official Ice Cricket rules. Ice Cricket in Tallinn is social cricket at its best, from the warm welcome you get at the airport to the traditional ice bath after your game you’ll have stories to tell in the clubhouse back home for years to come. Estonia is the original and best Ice Cricket destination in the world with the beautiful city of Tallinn playing host to all touring teams.
The Inventor of Real Ice Cricket speaks.The way that I came up with the idea was that other countries play on matting on the ice, but noone plays ice cricket on an real ice wicket. This creates a whole new dimension, as well as a lot of laughs! this is our third season and we have hosted teams of all abilities, from all over the world..... and still they keep coming back for more.Real Ice Cricket is as bizarre as sports come; a mixture of hot wine, freezing vodka, excellent hot food and a square kilometre of frozen lake simply for us to play our beloved game, albeit in temperatures normally reserved for polar bears and ice fisherman. There is only one word for it: Brilliant!
The best element about Real Ice Cricket is that all standards arrive in the hope of winning the tournament, with grand plans and strategies, only to be beaten by a team of no-hopers..... and ironically no one seems to care.... because the true winner is the experience, the fun and meeting so many new friends.
Jason Barry, Estonian Cricket Association Head Coach and inventor of Real Ice Cricket.
Ice Cricket is played on the frozen lake Harku, the Baltic Sea or even in an old Soviet missile factory depending on the weather. Teams consist of 6 or 8 players with rolling substitutes so the normal squad number is around 10 and make sure you bring your spikes so you can grip the ice and snow. The wicket is painstakingly carved out of the ice and the boundary marked off as normal to keep the bewildered locals off the outfield. The ball is the same as an indoor cricket ball, a composite plastic red ball which makes it relatively easy to find if it gets hit into a snowdrift on the boundary.
Whether you want to enter one of our brilliant tournaments or you just want a tour with a couple of matches against local teams from Estonia, the choice is yours. One thing is certain, you won’t be disappointed. The ice cricket tours and tournaments organised by Tours4 Sport are supported by the Estonian National Cricket Association which ensures that you play by the official Ice Cricket rules. Ice Cricket in Tallinn is social cricket at its best, from the warm welcome you get at the airport to the traditional ice bath after your game you’ll have stories to tell in the clubhouse back home for years to come. Estonia is the original and best Ice Cricket destination in the world with the beautiful city of Tallinn playing host to all touring teams.
The Inventor of Real Ice Cricket speaks.The way that I came up with the idea was that other countries play on matting on the ice, but noone plays ice cricket on an real ice wicket. This creates a whole new dimension, as well as a lot of laughs! this is our third season and we have hosted teams of all abilities, from all over the world..... and still they keep coming back for more.Real Ice Cricket is as bizarre as sports come; a mixture of hot wine, freezing vodka, excellent hot food and a square kilometre of frozen lake simply for us to play our beloved game, albeit in temperatures normally reserved for polar bears and ice fisherman. There is only one word for it: Brilliant!
The best element about Real Ice Cricket is that all standards arrive in the hope of winning the tournament, with grand plans and strategies, only to be beaten by a team of no-hopers..... and ironically no one seems to care.... because the true winner is the experience, the fun and meeting so many new friends.
Jason Barry, Estonian Cricket Association Head Coach and inventor of Real Ice Cricket.
Cricket revolution:The Stanford 20/20 Tournament
The Stanford 20/20 Tournament is a single elimination knockout cricket competition featuring teams from several Caribbean territories vying for the top spot. Twenty-one (21) teams will compete in the 2008 Tournament. Created by Antiguan financier Sir Allen Stanford, the inaugural Tournament took place in July/August 2006 with Guyana emerging as the Stanford 20/20 Champions.
The uniqueness of the Stanford 20/20 lies in the prize money that is awarded throughout the Tournament. Sir Allen is adamant in his belief that excellence should be rewarded and the prize structure for the competition reflects this. The Stanford 20/20 has the largest purse of any domestic cricket Tournament in the world.
Tournament Winners: US$1 Million to Team and US$200,000 for their Cricket Board for development;
Tournament Runners-up: US$500,000 to Team and US$100,000 for their Cricket Board for development;
Man of the Match in Final Match: US$100,000;
Play of the Match in Final Match: US$25,000;
Man of the Match for all qualifying matches: US$25,000;
Play of the Match for all qualifying matches: US$10,000;
Total Prize Money to be awarded: US$1, 960,000
Stanford has enlisted the support of 14 cricket legends who act as ambassadors for the tournament, advancing the philosophy behind the event, assisting with the promotion of the competition throughout the region and supporting the participating countries. Along with Sir Allen and noted Montserrat judge Ken Allen, these men make up the Stanford 20/20 Board of Directors. They are Sir Everton Weekes, Sir Garfield Sobers, Rev. Wes Hall, Lance Gibbs, Andy Roberts, Sir Vivian Richards, Michael Holding, Desmond Haynes, Courtney Walsh, Gordon Greenidge, Joel Garner, Richie Richardson, Ian Bishop and Curtly Ambrose.
Support for Regional Cricket DevelopmentTo create an atmosphere for each of the nations to excel in the Tournament and to ensure their long-term development, Sir Allen invested more than US$6 million in support funding to the 19 countries which participated in the first Tournament in 2006.
Each country's governing cricket body initially receives US$280,000. US$100,000 of these funds is for capital investment and to be used for facilities and infrastructure improvement, practice fields and other cricket equipment. US$120,000 is provided for coaches and players support and development (US$10,000 monthly) and US$60,000 for maintenance of facilities and equipment (US$5,000 monthly).
Sir Allen has committed to continuing the monthly funding of US$15,000 to the countries over the next three years. He has also promised a further investment of US$100 million over the same period, US$20 Million of which will go directly into grass roots cricket throughout the Caribbean region
The uniqueness of the Stanford 20/20 lies in the prize money that is awarded throughout the Tournament. Sir Allen is adamant in his belief that excellence should be rewarded and the prize structure for the competition reflects this. The Stanford 20/20 has the largest purse of any domestic cricket Tournament in the world.
Tournament Winners: US$1 Million to Team and US$200,000 for their Cricket Board for development;
Tournament Runners-up: US$500,000 to Team and US$100,000 for their Cricket Board for development;
Man of the Match in Final Match: US$100,000;
Play of the Match in Final Match: US$25,000;
Man of the Match for all qualifying matches: US$25,000;
Play of the Match for all qualifying matches: US$10,000;
Total Prize Money to be awarded: US$1, 960,000
Stanford has enlisted the support of 14 cricket legends who act as ambassadors for the tournament, advancing the philosophy behind the event, assisting with the promotion of the competition throughout the region and supporting the participating countries. Along with Sir Allen and noted Montserrat judge Ken Allen, these men make up the Stanford 20/20 Board of Directors. They are Sir Everton Weekes, Sir Garfield Sobers, Rev. Wes Hall, Lance Gibbs, Andy Roberts, Sir Vivian Richards, Michael Holding, Desmond Haynes, Courtney Walsh, Gordon Greenidge, Joel Garner, Richie Richardson, Ian Bishop and Curtly Ambrose.
Support for Regional Cricket DevelopmentTo create an atmosphere for each of the nations to excel in the Tournament and to ensure their long-term development, Sir Allen invested more than US$6 million in support funding to the 19 countries which participated in the first Tournament in 2006.
Each country's governing cricket body initially receives US$280,000. US$100,000 of these funds is for capital investment and to be used for facilities and infrastructure improvement, practice fields and other cricket equipment. US$120,000 is provided for coaches and players support and development (US$10,000 monthly) and US$60,000 for maintenance of facilities and equipment (US$5,000 monthly).
Sir Allen has committed to continuing the monthly funding of US$15,000 to the countries over the next three years. He has also promised a further investment of US$100 million over the same period, US$20 Million of which will go directly into grass roots cricket throughout the Caribbean region
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