da betano casino： The four Test playing nations of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) whichdecided to enter into a pact with the provision to compensate for thelosses suffered by the ACC in the event of non-participation, willfinalise the agreement within two months,
da bet7： 30-May-2001The four Test playing nations of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) whichdecided to enter into a pact with the provision to compensate for thelosses suffered by the ACC in the event of non-participation, willfinalise the agreement within two months, Jagmohan Dalmiya, chairmanof the Asian Cricket Foundation (ACF), which implements the ACC’sprogrammes, told a press conference in Kolkata on Wednesday.Dalmiya said that the decision to sign an agreement was mainly aimedat avoiding any embarassment or losses to the ACC in the event of acountry pulling out of a tournament.Dalmiya said that participation in any tournament was an internalmatter between the country’s Board and its government but pulling outof the tournament entailed heavy financial losses for the tournamentorganisers.The former ICC president said that the representatives of the fourAsian test playing nations will work out the agreement in detailbefore it is put in force ahead of the Asian Test Championship.Dalmiya said that the 1996 World Cup in the sub-continent which sawAustralia and the West Indies refusing to play their matches in SriLanka citing security reasons had taught the ACC "some lessons"."That was a bad experience for us. It puts the organisers and thesponsors in an embarassing position. We just want to avoid such asituation", he explained.Dalmiya said that the ACC’s Lahore meeting also decided to invitetenders for marketing and sponsorship rights to the events. The Lahoreconclave also approved the Asian Development Plan that was prepared bythe Asian Cricket Foundation in consultation with the ACC DevelopmentCommittee.In order to improve the standards of the game in non-Test playingcountries like Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Nepal, the ACC willsoon appoint three Development Officers with considerable cricketingbackground. An elaborate scheme of coaching would be taken up in thesecountries with simultaneous emphasis on physical training and sportsmedicines, he said.Stating that ACC had earmarked 2.5 million dollars for developmentwork in the current year, Dalmiya said that ACC had teamed up with NewZealand Sports Turf Institute to implement a curatorship programme inthese countries.The ACC will organise a curatorship seminar of June 3 and 4 in HongKong for its member countries while it also had plans of setting up acricket academy in the near future.
