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Bangladesh Test hopes hang on domestic game (11 January 1999)

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Jan 11 (AFP) - Bandgladesh's hopes of becoming cricket's 10th Test-playing country depend on them setting up a domestic first-class competition, International Cricket Council chief executive David Richards said Monday

11-Jan-1999
11 January 1999
Bangladesh Test hopes hang on domestic game
AFP
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Jan 11 (AFP) - Bandgladesh's hopes of becoming cricket's 10th Test-playing country depend on them setting up a domestic first-class competition, International Cricket Council chief executive David Richards said Monday.
"That's the main criteria," he said after announcing a three-man fact-finding commission to visit Bangladesh in March.
Former Zimbabwe player Andy Pycroft, Australia's Bob Simpson and ICC Development Officer for Asia, Nasim Ulghani, will inspect grounds and facilities and report back on what work needs to be done, Richards said.
The ICC will review Bangladesh's application for Test-playing status at its annual conference in June.
Source :: AFP