da dobrowin： Bangladesh on Sunday named Naimur Rahman as skipper for the Asian TestChampionship starting in September
Staff and Agencies06-Aug-2001* Bangladesh squad for Asian Test ChampionshipBangladesh on Sunday named Naimur Rahman as skipper for the Asian TestChampionship starting in September. Mainul Haq, chief selector for theBangladesh Cricket Board, announced a 14-man squad, includingpromising young paceman Mohammad Sharif, who has recovered from ashoulder injury. Sharif was hurt during a recent practice session atthe team’s training camp.The second Asian Test Championship will be held from September 2001 toJanuary 2002. Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India are also scheduled to takepart.The squad: Naimur Rahman (capt), Khaled Masud, Javed Omer Belim,Mehrab Hossain, Mohammad Ashraful, Al Shariar, Aminul Islam, HabibulBashar, Akram Khan, Enamul Haque, Hasibul Hossain, Monjorul Islam,Bikas Ranjan Das and Mohammad Sharif.* Vidarbha Cricket Association office-bearersShashank V Manohar was elected president of the Vidarbha CricketAssociation at the annual general meeting at Nagpur on Sunday. Hepolled 662 votes while his rival GK Kelkar got 249 votes.Vijay D Chitley, with 537 votes, was elected secretary. He defeatedhis rival Sanjay Deshpande who got 364 votes.Other office bearers: Vice Presidents: MN Dorairajan and AshokBhagwat. Joint secrataries: Shishir Sudame and Prakash Dixit.Treasurer: Sudhir Dabir. Executive committee: Satish Salpekar, JaideoKale, PT Luley, Suresh Karandikar, Vinay Amrite, KY Pradhan, Shiraza JGimi, Sharad Desphande, Sharad Padhye, Sunil Mujumdar, AS Karlekar andSharad Bhake.* TNCA to start academies at five centresAlong the lines of the National Cricket Academy, the Tamil NaduCricket Association will start state level centres at five venues.According to KC Sampathkumar, assistant secretary, TNCA, four centreswill be in the districts and one in Chennai.Each of the district centres will also have residential coaching campswhich will be held during summer and winter vacations. The duration ofthe camp will be about 45 days during summer and 20 days duringwinter. About 20 boys, below 18 years of age, will be selected foreach centre from the seven districts allotted for that particularcentre. Two or three coaches will be appointed to each centres. FormerTest cricketer Bharath Reddy will be the director and former Stateplayer Peter Fernandez from Coimbatore will be a co-opted member ofthe academy.