Asian Test Championship: Playing conditions in final stages (5 February 1999)

5 February 1999

Asian Test Championship: Playing conditions in final stages

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NEW DELHI, Feb 4: The playing conditions of the Asian Test Championship were in final stages and are expected to be released to the media on Friday, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Executive Majid Khan said on Thursday.

Majid, here for the technical committee meeting, said the playing conditions have almost been finalized.

"A couple of issues have to be discussed and I think all will be completed on Friday," he said.

Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar and Sri Lankan Asantha De Mel are also members of the committee. Interestingly, International Cricket Council (ICC) president Jaghmohan Dalmiya is also attending the committee meetings.

"Not only he is the ICC president, he also heads the Calcutta Division Cricket Association. Not many issues (in India) are finalized before seeking his approval," sources remarked.

About the expected playing conditions, sources said there would be five points for first innings and 12 points for an outright win. In addition to this, there will be batting points as well. There will be one point for 150 runs and an additional point would be awarded for every 50 runs scored after the initial 150.

Similarly, there will be bowling points and it was expected that there will be a point for three wickets, two for seven wickets and three for all 10 wickets.

"The evaluation system to be followed in the Asian Test Championship will be applied in the World Test Championship. So we have to be very careful," ICC president Jaghmohan Dalmiya had told Dawn last week at Chennai.

Source :: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)