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The World Masters Cup will be held in Brabourne stadium, Bombay from March 3-12. This is a tournament for former cricketers over 35. The tournament includes team from India (Capt: Gavaskar), Windies (Joel Garner), RSA (Clive Rice), Australia (Geoff Lawson), England (Mike Gatting) and Sri Lanka (Duleep Mendis). This is worth over #70,000 (Rs 4.2Cr) in prize money and the winner will get #50,000. Bhopal Sugar Industries are the title sponsors and the title sponsorship fee is $1.3mil (Rs 4.1cr). Secondary sponsors are Taj, President and Oberoi hotels, Videocon and NEPC. DD and Star TV have signed a coverage deal. Production will be with DD and Star TV will market it. DD will also telecast the match live except on Mar 11 (on account of election results). Star TV will broadcast the match on Mar 11. I will post the Teams and Schedule (if time permits) later.

Source :: The Hindu

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Cricket legends Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Vivian Richards and Graeme Pollock lead a star parade of former Test stars taking part in the inaugural Masters World Cup in Bombay next month.

The 10-day limited-overs tournament, to be played under floodlights at the Brabourne stadium from March 3-12, has attracted cricketers from West Indies, Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka and hosts India.

Former West Indian captain Clive Lloyd, who helped Gavaskar and English star Mike Gatting organise the over 35sevent, said Friday he hoped the tournament would be held regularly.

"It`s a great idea," said Lloyd, the tournament director. "But its future will depend on how the event is received and what kind of crowd it pulls.

"We would like it to have a longer run, but we`re just waiting to see how the first tournament goes," he said.

Gatting, 37, who retired from Test cricket this week, will lead the England team which includes fast bowler John Snow, batsman Derek Randall and spinner Derek Underwood. Former English captain Graham Gooch, who quit international cricket along with Gatting, declined to take part.

South Africans Barry Richards, Ken McEwan and Pollock, whose best years were spent in isolation because of their country`s apartheid policies, are expected to be the star attractions on their return to the centre stage.

Former fast bowler Joel Garner will captain a strong West Indies team which has Richards, Alvin Kallicharran, Gordon Greenidge, Jeff Dujon and Gus Logie in its ranks.

Australia, led by Geoff Lawson, have included former captains Kim Hughes and Graeme Yallop and fast bowler Jeff Thomson. Duleep Mendis will captain Sri Lanka.

World bowling record holder Kapil Dev, who turned 36 last month, has been persuaded to play for the hosts, led by Gavaskar and including Krish Srikkanth and Dilip Vengsarkar.

India, South Africa and Sri Lanka have been placed in one group. The other group consists of Australia, England and the West Indies, with the top two contesting the semi-finals. The eventual winners will receive 50, 000 pounds.