 |
| Kathmandu, Tuesday March 18, 2003 Chaitra 04, 2059. |
|
MCC take on President XI
Post Report
KATHMANDU, March 17 : The Marylebone Cricket
Club (MCC) play their first match of their tour on Tuesday at the Tribhuvan University
Cricket Ground against President-XI team of Nepal.
According to Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN)
speaker Tarak Mani Dixit, the current touring team is ‘B’ team of MCC. "To
maintain relationship with associations of cricket playing nations they usually send three
category of players, said Dixit to The Kathmandu Post. According to Dixit, generally MCC
send their ‘B’ team for fast track countries like Nepal. As per their strategy,
MCC send ‘A’ team for Test-playing nations and ‘C’ team for emerging
nations.
The squad of the visiting club arrived on Sunday
to play four matches in five days between March 18-22. Besides opening match against
President-XI, they will meet Nepal Colt-XI, Everest-XI and Kathmandu-XI respectively on
March 19, 20, and 22.
Meanwhile, the Advance Coaching Workshop under
the cricket development programme of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) organised by CAN started
Monday. ACC development officer " Rumesh Rutnayke and medical officer Vece Paes are
providing the classes for the two-day seminar. A total of 18 coaches across the nations
are participating at the seminar. Grading of the coaches will also be held after the
conclusion of the seminar. |
