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September 20, 2006

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China receives $400,000 investment

Martin Williamson

The Asian Cricket Council has announced that it allocated $200,000 to the Chinese cricket authorities to promote the game inside the country, and that sum will be matched by the ICC, making the total investment $400,000.

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Posted by Taimur Huk on (October 10, 2006, 3:49 GMT)

I think this is good for the game of cricket. China is a huge country and promoting cricket there will be a huge step in making cricket popular worldwide. The students in universities and schools are already playing cricket. Probably in ten to fifteen years, China will have its own professional cricket team and it will be fun watching them play cricket.

Posted by Mundane on (September 25, 2006, 6:53 GMT)

The ICC are pandering to where the cash is found ...what a surprise

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