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Madness at the IPL player auction
Watching players' value to cricket's most financially lucrative game be decided by magnates, Bollywood stars and media groups.

Cricket: Bond breaks $1 million IPL cap
Shane Bond is delighted to have been bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders franchise for more than $1m for one season.

Cricket: Bond snapped up by Knight Riders
NZ's Shane Bond will play for the Kolkata Knight Riders in a deal believed to be worth more than $US750,000.

Cricket: New radical bat over the top - way Vincent likes it
Call the new Mongoose bat a stroke of genius and you won't get an argument from Lou Vincent.

Cricket: Ponting drop proves costly
Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke combined to rub salt into Pakistan's fresh wounds in the third cricket test in Hobart yesterday.

Cricket: Batting coach likely choice
National selector Mark Greatbatch is emerging as a strong contender to be New Zealand's batting coach.

Vettori's steady rise from gangly to googly
Daniel Luca Vettori, the everymanchild of NZ Cricket, didn't spring fully formed into the public consciousness - Matt Nippert charts his rise.