da pinnacle： The three-day conclave of the Asian Cricket Foundation (ACF),beginning in Kolkata on Tuesday, will deliberate on various issuespertaining to the development of the game in the Asian region
da esport bet： 13-Aug-2001The three-day conclave of the Asian Cricket Foundation (ACF),beginning in Kolkata on Tuesday, will deliberate on various issuespertaining to the development of the game in the Asian region.The ACF’s Development, Screening and Technical Committees will meetand discuss various subjects listed in the agenda and was expected tofinalise programmes to be taken up during the year.The high-profile conclave of the ACF, which implements the programmesof the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), may also discuss theorganisational problems related to the forthcoming Asian TestChampionship, particularly in the light of the Indian Government’sreservations over granting permission to the Indian team to play inPakistan.The meeting was earlier scheduled to be held in Kolkata on July 31 andAugust 1 but was postponed to get adequate time to go through theagenda and programme documents of the International Cricket Council’sDevelopment Committee which is scheduled to meet in Amsterdam onSeptember 10 and 11.The ACF’s Development Committee will meet on the first day to discussthe implementation of the development plans for the Asian region.The committee, chaired by former Sri Lankan captain Duleep Mendis,comprises Mazhar Khan of the United Arab Emirates, Anil Kalavar ofSingapore, J Jaykumar Shah of Nepal and T Krishnaswamy of Malaysia.ACF chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya will be a special invitee.The screening committee will meet on August 15 to begin the process offinalising the development officers from each of the four Test playingnations in the Asian region.The committee will go through the credentials of all the nomineesbefore finalising the panel of development officers. The screeningcommittee, chaired by Dalmiya, comprises Lt Gen Tauqir Zia, ZakirSyed, Duleep Mendis and Ashraf-ul-Haq.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has nominated fourformer Test players for the post of development officers. Nationalselectors Ashok Malhotra and Madanlal, and former Test players RogerBinny and WV Raman are the four BCCI nominees.Pakistan and Sri Lanka had also sent their nominations for the post ofDevelopment Officers.While Pakistan has sent a list comprising former skippers MushtaqMohammed and Zaheer Abbas and medium pacer Iqbal Sikander, Sri Lankahad recommended former Test cricketers Roy Dias, Rumesh Ratnayake andBrendon Kuruppu.The technical committee will meet on August 16 to discuss thetechnical aspects of the programmes. The committee comprises SunilGavaskar (India), Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan), Asantha De Mel (Sri Lanka)and Gazi Ashraf Hossain (Bangladesh).BCCI secretary JY Lele has also been invited to discuss certainmatters regarding the Asian Test Championship.
