da realsbet： The technical committee of the Asian Cricket Foundation which met inKolkata on Thursday, decided that the matches of the Asian TestChampionship will be supervised by neutral umpires
da winzada777： Staff Reporter16-Aug-2001The technical committee of the Asian Cricket Foundation which met inKolkata on Thursday, decided that the matches of the Asian TestChampionship will be supervised by neutral umpires.The last time the tournament was played two years ago, the umpireswere from the ICC. This time, the committee decided to use one umpirefrom the ICC and the other from the countries playing in thechampionship."This is being done to give more exposure to the umpires in this part of the world," said Jagmohan Dalmiya, chairman of the ACF which implements the ACC programmes.However, he informed that both the umpires would be neutral. "An India-Sri Lanka match will be conducted by an ICC umpire and one from either Pakistan or Bangladesh." The match referee will however be from the ICC.Dalmiya also said that for all the ATC matches, members of thetechnical committee will be present as observers. "In the first matchbetween India and Pakistan, Asanta de Mel will be present. In thesecond game between Pakistan and Bangladesh, Zaheer Abbas will don themantle. The India-Pakistan match will be attended by Sunil Gavaskarand Gazi Ashraf Hussain of Bangladesh.The ACF also selected three development officers to promote the game invarious parts of the continent. The three are Roger Binny (India),Iqbal Sikander (Pakistan) and Rumesh Ratanayake (Sri Lanka). However,Dalmiya added that all those who had applied for the post would beused for coaching. It should be mentioned here that from India, AshokMalhotra, WV Raman and Madanlal had applied for the post.Amongst the other decisions taken was the tie up between the ACC andthe New Zealand Sports Turf Institute to prepare grounds and wicketsin various parts of the Asia. A workshop for coaches and physicaltrainers will also be conducted. "The coaches workshop will beconducted by people from Australia," said Dalmiya. He also added thatDr. Vece Paes has been appointed by the ICC to look after the physicaltraining and the sports medicine aspect. He will also train thephysical trainers, he added.
