BCCI names CBFS beneficiaries for Sharjah Cup
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday
announced the names of the three beneficiaries for the Cricketers
Benevolent Fund Series (CBFS).
United News of India (UNI) reported that former all rounder Rusi
Surti, and former batsmen Dilip Sardesai and Navjot Singh Sidhu would
be the three who would receive 35,000 dollars each during the Sharjah
Cup Tri Nation tournament scheduled to be held in October.
Surti represented India in the sixties and in 26 Tests he scored 1263
runs at an average of 28.70 with nine half centuries with a highest
score of 99. He also took 42 wickets with a best of 5 for 74. Sardesai
who was Surti's contemporary, played in 30 Tests and scored 2001 runs
at an average of 39.23 with five centuries, including two double
hundreds.
Dates for All India umpires' seminar announced
At a time when the game and the rules are changing fast, it is
important that umpires' seminars are held frequently. Having a forum
where match officials can meet and exchange views on the subject is
very important. Under the circumstances, it is encouraging to note
that the 17th all India umpires' seminar will be held in Jamshedpur on
September 9 and 10.
The seminar will feature the views of International and national
umpires. International Cricket Council (ICC) panel umpires S
Venkataraghavan, VK Ramaswamy, AK Bansal and AV Jayaprakash and other
reputed umpires like Maninder Singh and Yashpal Sharma along with
Amrit Mathur, Jasbir Singh and Shekar Gupta will be present on the
occasion. Venkataraghavan, Jayaprakash and Ramaswamy will conduct the
technical sessions during the seminar.
BCCI joint secretary Jyoti Bajpai, secretary JY Lele and former
treasurer SK Nair will also attend the seminar.
Tamil Nadu probables for Gopalan Trophy
Indian all rounder Robin Singh and southpaw Sridharan Sriram were
named the captain and vice captain of the Tamil Nadu team which is to
tour Sri Lanka from September 21 to October 1.
The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) named 20 probables for the
ten day tour during which the team will play the revived Gopalan
Trophy match. The four day game against the Colombo District Cricket
Association will be played from September 27 to 30. This will be
preceded by three one day matches on September 22, 23 and 25.
The probables:
Robin Singh (captain), S Sriram (vice captain), S Ramesh, S Sharath,
Hemang Badani, Reuben Paul, Ashish Kapoor, S Mahesh, DJ
Gokulakrishnan, T Kumaran, Rajat Bhatia, WD Balaji Rao, MR Shrinivas,
S Badrinath, C Hemant Kumar, R Satish, S Vasanth Saravanan, JR
Madanagopal, Vikram Kumar and Vidyuth Sivaramakrishnan.
Kumble fails to deliver but Leicestershire romp home
The surprise move to send in Anil Kumble to open the Leicestershire
innings backfired as the Indian leg spinner failed to trouble the
scorers against Somerset in the National League Division One match at
the County Ground at Taunton on Wednesday.
Electing to bat, Leicestershire captain Vince Wells promoted Kumble up
the order but he failed to live up to his captain's expectations and
off the third ball he faced, gave a simple chance to Jamie Cox from
the bowling of Jones.
Then during Somerset's run chase, Kumble went wicketless in his seven
overs while giving away 30 runs. But Leicestershire were indebted to
Darren Maddy for their 62-run win as the England all rounder ran
through the Somerset tail to take 4 for 16 in his 4 overs.