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Indian News Roundup - 10 Feb 95.

====> Team preparation for NZ centenary cup. "Accent of fielding in the Training Camp"

The training camp was "worthwhile" according to the cricket manager A.L.Wadekar and "Quite good" as per Azharuddin. Regarding the fielding, Wadekar said, "there is always scope for improvement. It is not upto the standards of Australians and South Africans. This is due to the poor state of grounds in India which prevents cricketers from diving and sliding". Azhar said, "Most of our cricketers have been playing domestic cricket and this camp was basically meant for fielding improvement. I have been saying this for long and still maintain that it is only fielding that bothers me. Bowling and batting are pretty consistent, but we have to save runs in fielding". He also hoped that India could be triumphant. "We had trouble last time to adapt to the surroundings. Hopefully we have learnt from that experience this time". He wished that some players had got more exposure by playing in the India A team against the visiting Eng A team.

====> Umpiring examination

In the Umpires test that was conducted by the board, 4 former cricketers failed to get thro the exam required for umpire certification. The cricketers who have failed are: Bishen Singh Bedi, Syed Kirmani, K Jayanthilal and T E Srinivasan. Yashpal Sharma has topped the exam with more than 90 marks and Maninder Singh, Pronob Roy, Sadanand Vishwanath, Lalchand Rajput and Parthasarathy Sharma have passed the exam with more than 80 marks. The success of Venkataraghavan as an umpire has induced former cricketers in taking up this profession.

Source :: The Hindu