Guwahati to host South Africa versus Australia one-dayer (Sep 2 1996)
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to allot the Australia-South Africa one day match scheduled for November 3 to Guwahati, provided the Assam Cricket Association improves infrastructural facilities at the venue
02-Sep-1996
02 Sep96 - 10:55
Guwahati to host South Africa versus Australia one-dayer
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to allot
the Australia-South Africa one day match scheduled for November 3
to Guwahati, provided the Assam Cricket Association improves infrastructural facilities at the venue.
BCCI secretary Jagmohan Dalmiya indicated, at the end of the
working committee meeting in Vishakapattinam on Friday, that the
ACA had assured the BCCI that the venue would be brought up to
scratch well before the fixture. A technical committee from the
BCCI will inspect the facilities on or before the last day of
September, and report to the board about the centre`s readiness
to host the match.
Dalmiya said that Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has
taken a personal interest in the event, and assured the board
that his government would extend full cooperation.
The ACA cricket association had, earlier, filed a case against
the BCCI for denying it the right to host one of the games during
the Wills World Cup. At that time, the board had refused to grant
Guwahati a game because it was felt the facilities were below par
for the hosting of an international fixture.
That case, Dalmiya indicated, has now been withdrawn.
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