Pietersen Is Offered $4m to Play in India ; and to Stop a Split, Ecb Agree That He and Rest of England Team- Mates Can Go but Only After 2009 Ashes

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KEVIN PIETERSEN and other top England stars have won their fight to be allowed to play in the Indian Premier League but not until after next summer's Ashes series.

The IPL Twenty20 tournament, backed by half a billion US dollars worth of television money, starts on Friday in Bangalore, with England the only country still refusing to allow their centrally contracted players to cash in on the huge sums on offer for six weeks' work.

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Pietersen Is Offered $4m to Play in India ; and to Stop a Split, Ecb Agree That He and Rest of England Team- Mates Can Go but Only After 2009 Ashes

Pietersen, who is believed to have received a multi-season offer of $4m ([pounds]2m), is one of a number of England players who made it clear last week that they want the cha...

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