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Monsoons over in time for Wills Cup
Rick Eyre in CricInfo365
5 October 1998
Fair weather has been forecast for the Wills International Cup in
Dhaka from October 24 to November 2. Taking meterological and
climate data into account, the Experts Committee at Central Met
Office in Bangladesh have said that the monsoon will end by October
15.
``It indicates no match will be washed away by rains... the mini-world
cup tournament will not be hampered by rainfall,'' said a member of
the committee while releasing the monthly forecast report. He said
capital Dhaka may experience slight rainfall in the first half of the
current month. Entire Dhaka division has been forecast 150 to 200 mm
rainfall for 8 to 10 days while the normal is 167 mm.
``The tournament was scheduled considering the monsoon tenure. And now
it's clear that the monsoon will not hamper the tounament. It's a
great relief,'' said an official at Bangladesh Cricket Board.
In other Wills International Cup news:
- The newly installed floodlight system and an international
standard electronics scoreboard at Bangabandhu Stadium, the venue for
Wills International Cup, will be formally inaugurated on October 12.
The country's first ever electronics scoreboard of the country is
expected to be set up by South African company, Display Solution,
this week.
- Thirty-eight journalists from abroad have applied for
accreditation card to cover the tournament which expects the largest
foreign media contingent covering any event in Bangladesh. No one
from Sri Lanka, India and Zimbabwe has applied for the media cards to
date, said Jalal Younus, secretary of the print media committee of
the tournament.
- ICC President Jagmohan Dalmiya said on Friday that the fine
details of the tie-breaker system have yet to be worked out. In the
event of any matches before the final not being able to reach a
result on the field, five bowlers from each side will bowl at an
unprotected wicket in a similar playoff to the penalty kick shoot-out
in soccer. Dalmiya said that it has not been decided whether bowlers
would be bowling at one stump or three.
- Gary Kirsten is in doubt for South Africa's team for the Wills
International Cup after breaking his finger while playing for Western
Province on Friday night.
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