ACC Trophy: Kathmandu Chronicles (13 October 1998)

13 October 1998

ACC Trophy: Kathmandu Chronicles

From Our Sports Reporter

KATHMANDU, Oct 12: The next ACC Trophy will be held in UAE in the year 2000. This was decided after the special meeting of the ACC at Kathmandu today.

Saliya Ahangama, the ACC general secretary, said that the meeting also confirmed that the 8th Asia Cup will be held in Dhaka in next March- April. But the date was yet to be finalised. Saliya also announced that Singapore will host the Asian Youth cricket in July, 1999. The champions and runners-up will qualify for the World Youth championship 2000, the venue of which will be decided in the next ICC meeting.

Besides, the ACC GS also said that they are planning to organise a U-15 cricket championship involving also teams from the three Test playing Asian nations -- India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

For the umpteenth time Gordon Greenidge kept the press at bay. The West Indian coach of the Bangladesh team once again denied the journalists when they approached him seeking his comments regarding the final between Bangladesh and Malaysia.

The otherwise cheerful West Indian refused to talk even to Charu Sharma who is working with the Star TV. Not only that, Gordon was indifferent to anything other than his involvement in practice. It was also learnt that he seldom talked to his players.

His differences with the team management is quite evident even during a match, where an apparently disinterested Gordon hardly talks to manager Enayet Hossain Siraj. Although Enayet said that Gordon had the right to talk about the game, the former West Indian opener continued to maintain a distance.

"I don't know which 'no' you will understand", said Gordon to the persevering reporters at the St. Xaviers School ground today while refusing to talk to them.

Gordon is perhaps a good learner from lessons of past tours.

Source:: The Bangladesh Daily Star (https://www.dailystarnews.com)