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Two Historic cricket matches to be played in Bangladesh -
Blind Cricket WhiteArrow News Service Bangladesh, the tenth country to achieve Test status is
all set to host its ever Test Match. This historic match is played between
India and Bangladesh. Coinciding with this is another landmark of sorts as
India and Bangladesh to also take part in the Blind Cricket Event. This event
is held to showcase and promote blind cricket. CricInfo.com, the worlds
largest cricketing website will sponsor the Indian contingent. The exhibition match will take place on day three of the
Dhaka test match, i.e on 12th November 2000. The modified event
would feature an eight-member team on each side, who will play a
demonstration game. This demo cricket will be played for nearly thirty
minutes during the lunch break of the test match. In a statement to the media, Mr.George Abraham, Chairman
of the Association of Cricket for the Blind in India (ACBI) and The World
Blind Cricket Council (WBCC), said that it would be the first such event in
the Asian context. The objective of the event is to launch cricket for the
blind in Bangladesh, as part of WBCCs efforts to increasing the number of
teams playing the game. He said that the ACBI was happy that there has been some
positive support from sponsors like CricInfo.com, who for example have come
forward and made this event in Bangladesh a reality. He wishes that there
were more such sponsors who would genuinely understand the needs of promoting
this sport. In a statement to the press the CEO of CricInfo Mr.Murari
Venkatraman said, Its always been CricInfos endeavour to promote and support
and cover cricket in any form. The association with Blind cricket is one
other such effort through which CricInfo reaches the cricket fan by providing
them with not just the obvious live International matches but also brings to
them whatever form of cricket they follow at any level. Mr.Venkatraman further adds CricInfo covers matches right
from Test matches and ODIs played by all the test playing nations to the
matches played by countries who have recently taken to the game, to under 22,
under 19, under 14 matches to Women’s cricket and veteran cricket. Hosting
the official sites of eight out of the ten Test playing nations along with
the ICC and having a close association with them has helped us in this
endeavour. The Blind Cricket event would be covered live on the
CricInfo site along with the live coverage of the First Test Match played by
Bangladesh. The India Bangladesh Test Match could be followed along with
other interesting features like audio interview with players, top performers
of the matches, in-depth analysis of the game and a hoard of other
information and interactive features like player profiles, games, competitions,
etc on www.cricinfo.com. The test match being most significant to Bangladesh
is also important to India, as the team would look at performing well and
making good the opportunity they missed in the ICC Knockout and Sharjah Cup. Origin and Growth of Blind
Cricket: The game has its beginnings in 1922 in Melbourne, Victoria
where it was first played at a hostel in Prahran. At the time of a Test
Match, town residents thought blind people could play cricket as well, and
put rocks in a tin can and began to play a crude version of what we play
today. In India the game started as way back as 1970, however it
progress began with the Australian teams visit to India in 1980. It is also important to note that International cricket, The
World Cup and the formation of the World Blind Cricket Council were all
initiatives taken from India. The World Cup of Blind Cricket is held every
four years and the First World Cup was held in India during November 1998,
which was again covered on CricInfo. For those who want to know the major differences between
Blind Cricket and the Cricket that we are familiar with, some basics are
detailed as below. Basic Rule Changes
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The team is made up of a mixture
of vision impaired and totally blind players ·
The game is played with an audio
ball made of hard plastic and filled with tiny ball bearings ·
Bowling is under arm and the ball
has to pitch once before the mid pitch ·
The bowler gives an audio clue
before bowling and the batsmen gives and audio clue when he is ready ·
The wickets are screwed together
to ensure they are aligned ·
The boundary is 45 yards from the
pitch ·
A team comprises of 11 players Apart from these minor alterations to the rules, the game
of Blind Cricket is very similar to the game we all know. |
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