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March 30, 2000
Bangladesh, which drew a big attraction to world cricket in cooperation with the United Nations to create public awareness about the game around the globe, at least during last couple of years through it's stunning performance in the World Cup and it's good organizing capabilities, will once again be the focal point during the maiden ICC Cricket week.
The ICC will observe it's Cricket Week from April 2 to 9 in cooperation with the United Nations to create public awareness about the game around the globe. At least 36 cricket playing nations all over the world are observing the Cricket Week. The main event of the week i.e. an exhibition day and night cricket match between Asia Eleven and Rest of the world Eleven will be held at Bangabandhu National Stadium. The ICC has already announced the two teams to play in Dhaka with Wasim Akram will lead Asian XI and Brian Lara will lead World XI. TWI has earned the telecast right of the match. A number of cricket legends from all over the world will converge in Dhaka during the match.
The ICC is expected to announce it's global Cricket Week programme through two separate press conferences in London and Calcutta today.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has chalked out week long programme to celebrate the week. GrameenPhone will sponsor the programme at a cost of Taka five lakh.
the BCB announced it's programme at a press conference on Wednesday at BNS conference room. BCB Joint Secretary Mahmudul Haq Manu, BCB member and programme coordinator ASM Roquibul Hasan, Intekhab Mahmud, Marketing Manager of GrameenPhon and Ali Reza, Officer-in-Charge of UN Information Center in Dhaka spoke on the occasion.
The week long programme will begin with a rally on April 2 at 8 a.m. Cricketers of ages and organizers will participate in the rally to be held from National Tennis Complex to BNS. A day long cricket tournament of Under-10-year age group will be organized on April 3 at Kalabagan ground. It will be followed by Inter-School Cricket Quiz competition on April 4 t the NSC conference room. A seminar title "Patriotism and Globalization" will take place on April 5 at the NSC Conference room. A cricket clinic for Under-13-year boys will be organized at BCB's Regional Cricket Centers on April 6. The BCB is also planning to hold a discussion on Cricket Market Promotion on the same day. A children painting competition will take place at the NSC Gymnasium on April 7.
The UN Information Center in Dhaka will give prizes to quiz and painting competitions.
Meanwhile, a number of sports journalists and cricket lovers expressed their dissent over the selection of writer of the key note paper to be presented during the seminar on april 5. It was alleged that the co-ordinator of the programme himself selected the writer overlooking a number of celebrated cricket personalities of the country. The co-ordinator defended his action to media people and said that the writer has a vast experience of covering international matches. But in reality there were more experienced journalists who covered more international matches than the said writer. Even a leading official of BCB expressed his surprise over the selection process and said that it could have done after a discussion with the all concerned people.
Source: The Independent.
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