Wright emerges strong contender to coach Kolkata Knight Riders

October 2nd, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has said that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had not sought his availability before offering him a short coaching assignment to train budding players. The issue of dispute is over a fast bowler's camp that the PCB had recently decided to arrange for budding players with the help of Akram, Waqar Younis and Sarfraz Nawaz.

September 30th, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram is likely to be appointed as the bowling consultant of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), The Daily Times reported. The KKR management, however, is yet to confirm the report regarding Akram's new assignment, but according to media reports the former Pakistani speedster would be seen working with KKR's fast bowlers in the Indian Premier League's (IPL) third edition next year.

September 29th, 2009 KOLKATA - Former Pakistan speedster Wasim Akram will join the Kolkata Knight Riders' camp, which begins in Gurgaon Oct 1. He will join the KKR camp at Gurgaon to oversee the proceedings, former KKR skipper Sourav Ganguly said at the Eden Gardens here Tuesday.

September 8th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistans Cricket Board (PCB) Tuesday allowed all-rounder Abdul Razzaq to sign a contract with Kolkata Knight Riders for next years Indian Premier League (IPL). PCB officials had a meeting with Razzaq at the board headquarters in Lahore, and after that chairman Ijaz Butt allowed the cricketer to join the Knight Riders.

September 7th, 2009 Kolkata, Sep 7 (IBNS) According to the Forbes, Indian cricket skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the richest international cricketer with annual earning of around Dollars 10 million. The Forbes said Dhoni earns Dollars 8 million in endorsements, from several endorsements.

August 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders' hunt for a new coach continues as former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram met team co-owner Shahrukh Khan at his residence in Mumbai on Sunday. Akram is one of the leading contenders for the job, while earlier in the day, former India coach Sandip Patil had met Shahrukh.

August 26th, 2009 MUMBAI - It is not just Salman Khan, but several other Bollywood stars are interested in having a stake in Indian Premier League (IPL) teams, including Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan. IPL Chairman Lalit Modi told the TIMES NOW television channel that other stars are also interested in buying IPL teams.

August 12th, 2009 BRISBANE - Former Kolkata Knight Riders' coach John Buchanan Wednesday said team owner Shah Rukh Khan's decision to sack him came as a "shock and a disappointment". The Australian was sacked by the Knight Riders after the team finished at the bottom in this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) competition, losing 10 of 14 matches in South Africa.

July 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi Saturday suggested that Eden Gardens floodlights should not be kept switched on during days when there were no matches, leaving Cricket Association of Bengal president Jagmohan Dalmiya and other CAB bigwigs a trifle embarassed. Speaking as the chief guest at the CAB annual awards ceremony here, Gandhi also suggested the CAB use a portion of its wealth to restore Kolkata's parks and water bodies.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Australian cricket coach, John Buchanan has strongly denied taking a swipe at Indian cricketers in his just released book 'The Future of Cricket: The Rise of Twenty20'. Buchanan said he bore no malice towards anybody and his comments in the book were taken out of context.

June 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - For someone who has been closely associated with India, Steve Waugh surely knows how cricket is run here. And the Australian legend Friday felt his former coach John Buchanan could have had a mix of India and Australian support staff for a better working arrangement in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

June 18th, 2009 KOLKATA - Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team director John Buchanan has become the first casualty of the side's dismal performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Knight Riders and Buchanan, who recently joined as consultant with England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), parted ways amicably Thursday.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - The architect of Australia's thumping 5-0 victory in the last Ashes series Down Under in 2006/07, former coach John Buchanan, was in England last week for meetings with England officials and members of the team coaching staff about their Ashes strategy and planning. n a revelation bound to shock Australian cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board invited Buchanan after recently losing his advisory contract with Cricket Australia and having worked briefly with the England Lions squad in New Zealand last winter, The Telegraph reported.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - John Buchanan, architect of Australia's 5-0 win in the 2006 Ashes, can switch loyalties this year. Buchanan, who recently lost his advisory contract with Cricket Australia (CA) was in England last week for meetings with England officials and members of the team coaching staff about their Ashes strategy and planning.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The loss of fast bowler Zaheer Khan could diminish India's chances of retaining the Twenty20 World Cup. Such was the view of his team mate and fellow pace bowler Ishant Sharma and he said this while interacting with media persons at a school which he visited here on Wednesday.