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The Asian Cricket Council meeting scheduled to be held in Sharjah on April 15 has been put off at India's request
Staff and Agencies
08-Apr-2001
* Asian Cricket Council meeting held back at Indian request
The Asian Cricket Council meeting scheduled to be held in Sharjah on
April 15 has been put off at India's request. This was disclosed to
Gulf News by Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Tauqir Zia, who
also chairs the Council, according to a Press Trust of India report.
"The new dates have not been finalised yet, but the meeting is most
likely to be held in Sharjah itself," added Zia.
Speaking to PTI from Baroda, the secretary of the Board of Control for
Cricket in India Jaywant Lele confirmed that India had made a request
in this regard. "We had asked for the postponement to May as we had to
first discuss within the Board the matters likely to come up at the
ACC meeting. BCCI's working committee meeting is scheduled to be held
in the first week of May" he said.
The meeting of the 17 member nations of the ACC had been initially
slotted for April 19 but was advanced to April 15 at the Bangladesh
Cricket Board's behest.
* Gaekwad justifies Martin's decision
Chairman of the Baroda Cricket Association's selection committee
Anshuman Gaekwad justified Baroda's decision not to enforce the
follow-on against Orissa in their Ranji Trophy semifinal on Saturday.
Baroda skipper Jacob Martin preferred to bat a second time despite
collecting a handy 288 run first innings lead on the third day at the
Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground.
Gaekwad observed that securing an outright victory was not a priority
for Baroda since the first innings lead would suffice for them to
ensure a smooth passage into the final. The former Indian Test batsman
and coach added that Baroda's batsmen would get some additional
batting practice by taking another knock. The final of the Ranji
Trophy is scheduled from April 19-23.
Coach of the Baroda team Vinit Wadkar went so far as to indicate that
the hosts would prefer to bat until stumps on the fifth day if that
was possible. Wadkar also claimed that the bowlers, who took 66.5
overs to dismiss Orissa for 280, needed some rest.