Sunday, October 31, 2010

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Goa to miss intl cricket for two years

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:50 AM PDT

The Goa Cricket Association (GCA) on Sunday said that it will not host any international cricket match in the state until its own stadium is completed.

“We had asked for one match with BCCI which was granted to us. But we failed to conduct it because of the improper stadium. It’s a government-owned stadium. Now we won’t host any matches until we have stadium of our own,” GCA President Dayanand Narvekar told PTI on Sunday.

One Day International (ODI) between India and Australia scheduled on October 24 had to be called off due to soggy field.

Narvekar said that in absence of proper drainage for the stadium, soggy field was created at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium.

“It’s uncomfortable to hold match there,” he added.

GCA President said that being a government-owned stadium, several issues crop up during organisation of the match.

“Change in government makes policies differ. Each sports minister comes up with his own thinking,” Narvekar, former state Finance Minister, said.

He said that GCA has already acquired land for Rs. 150 crore worth stadium project at Thivim village, 15 km away from here.

“Once we get environment clearance, the work on the project will start by December this year and entire project will be completed in next two years,” Narvekar added.

Goa government has been paid Rs. 1.6 crore by GCA to acquire land for the project.

“BCCI will provide subsidy to the tune of Rs. 50 crore for this facility,” Narvekar said adding that it will be a stadium with 45,000 sitting capacity.

The state cricket association has said that it does not want money from the state government to complete the project.

“We don’t want money but we want full co-operation of the government to complete the project,” he said.

Courtesy:CN

GCA admits loopholes in India-Aus ODI

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 09:45 AM PDT

Goa Cricket Association (GCA) on Saturday admitted ‘loopholes’ in organisation of the recent One-day International between India and Australia , which was called off without a ball being bowled due to rain.

“Some of the executive committee members, who were found negligent, would be shifted out of the committee,” GCA president Dayanand Narvekar said.

The state cricket association has been in news after some duplicate tickets surfaced after the rain-washed India-Australia ODI on October 24 at the Jawaharlal Nehru  Stadium in Fatorda.

Narvekar said that, during the marathon meeting held on Friday, some officials admitted they neglected the printing mistakes on the tickets.

“None of the GCA officials were involved in the mistake. It was a printing error but some of the officials who came to know about it should have informed the committee,” Narvekar said.

He said that he was stationed in Margao (town next to the stadium) during the day of the match.

If printing mistake was pointed out in time, corrective measures could have been taken, he said.

“We could have asked the security to inform the people about the printing error and made them sit at proper seats,” he added.

The GCA president said that there were two to three more organisational lapses, but refused to highlight them.

The association has also decided not to pay 25 per cent of printing money to the Pune-based printer.

The printer had, on Friday, admitted that it was his fault that created the confusion.

Courtesy:Rediff
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