Eight franchises for premier league, T20

Eight franchises for premier league, T20

Bangalore, Aug 5 (PTI) Karnataka State Cricket Association tonight announced eight franchises for Karnataka Premier League, a Twenty20 tournament on the lines of India Premier League.

The following were the eight highest bidders : Brigade Enterprises Limited (Bangalore Urban team), Mel Mont Constructions Pvt Ltd (Bangalore Rural), S Shivashankarappa (Hubli-Dharwad), Subhas Enterprises (Belgaum), Siresh Auto Pvt Ltd (Mysore), Fizza Developers & Inter Trade Pvt Ltd (Mangalore), Vivid Kreation (Gulbarga) and Jayaprakash Hegde K (Shimoga).

The sealed bids were opened this evening, KSCA Officials said. The minimum bid price for prospective franchises was set at Rs 20 lakh.

The tournament is slated to be staged at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here from September 12 to 27. Meanwhile, the player auction is scheduled to be held on August 14.

Trott, Sidebottom in squad for Headingley Test

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London, Aug 5 (PTI) With uncertainty looming large on Andrew Flintoff's participation, England has included Warwickshire batsman Jonathan Trott as his cover in the 14-member squad for the fourth Ashes Test against Australia starting at Headingley on Friday.

The squad also features fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom but there is still no place for left-arm spinner Monty Panesar.

Struggling with a knee injury, Flintoff has taken six injections in the last 18 days and still remains uncertain for the fourth Test.

The 28-year-old Trott has 831 first-class runs this season at an average of 83 and national selector Geoff Miller feels he deserved the call.

"Jonathan Trott has also performed really well for Warwickshire this season and his place in the squad is fully deserved," Miller was quoted as saying in the BBC.