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Inter-club transfers begin today

Lipu to return to Abahani

Sports Reporter
Gaal Ashraf Hossain Lipu whose deontologl.al de dicat ion for Aba hant Krtra Chakra and furtive feel Ings for Moham medahs often served aa a savoury and a bit bemusing topic for maidant gossip. Is returning home after two years In the wilderness
Now well past his prime, this versatile cricketer, a former national skipper known aa one of the few gentlemen tn focal cricket, is being deemed as rather fortunate to make it to tils old club because of the current depression in the cricket economy In the wake of the players transfers begin ning today, following the controversial pool system.
At the onset of this coming cricket season the BCCB announced the introduction of a pool comprising players who have been representing the country over the last two years.
The more immediate tmpll cations of the new system, however, lay in the binding which said that one team would be able to sign only three players from the pool, making quite a few good players rather dispensable In the traditionally hectic pre-season transfer activities.
Raflqul Alam, a seasoned player and former national colour, was wise enough to be relieved of the unprofitable honour of representing the country and he is probably staying with his last year's club champions Mo-
Minhazui Abedin Nannu. reportedly the highest paid cricketer of the country. Bangladesh and Mohammedan Sporting skipper, is In a tight corner, accoiding to sources close the club.
With Mohammedan finances tn a bad mess and the pool robbing cricketers of the different tunes they would have liked to make the club officials dance in other times Nannu, the best one day bats man In the country will. In all probability, prefer to spend another year tn the Mohammedan tent.
Aminul Islam Bulbul, by far the best allround cricketer, is another chip whose services Mohammedan should retain for the second successive sea
The third spot for the pool player will cause Mohammedan officials quite a bit of headache because, wicket-keeper cum opening batsman Jahangir Alam Is parting with them In favour of archrivals Abahani Krtra Chakra.
Tanveer Haider, former national cricketer and one of the top drawer officials of the league champions, told The Dally Star about the serious financial crisis the club is un-
dergoing now
Stressing on possible and somewhat routine, belated dramatic development the or ganlaer however kept the op tlons open for old players, "Hadshah can be very handy foe
any team even now!" quipped the successful businessman, once known for his penchant to big the ball at the batsmen.
Mohammedans are report edly trying to ensure the scr vices of GMCC paceman Zakir in the event of a poor team' because of monetary constraint Mohammedans, according to Tanveer Haider, would opt for a really good foreign players, somebody like Sri Lankan At hula Samarasckara to keep the team in the- premier league fray
Runners up Abahani Krtra Chakra will retain the services of star batsman Akram Khan although skipper Farouque Ahmed is yet to make up his mind. Farouque. who went through a lean patch last year, is reportedly considering a lucrative offer from Brothers Union, whom he represented in 1990 91
Golam Faruq Suru is likely to leave Mohammedans for Brothers Union
Brothers Union have dealt Abahani a body blow by luring away Zahid Razzak Masum, the hard-hitting opening batsman. With Nurul Abedin Nobel there the Brothers opening batting might rob many bowlers of their quiet night's steep. Masum. too, played for the Gopibagh side in 1990-91
Athar All. however, is one of the strange cases of apathy
provoked by the pool system Brothers, who have ensured the services of Cafcuttan Arup Bhuttachorya and Shri Lankan TL Fernando as two of their four foreign players quota, arc no longer interested tn the tall all rounder and their captain In the paat seasons
Same indifferent attitude to also being shown to Golam Nows her Prince. the number one paceman of the country With Abahani no longer considering him Indispensable, the poor left armer to negotlat Ing with Victoria Sporting, the promoters to the Premier League
National wicketkeeper Nasir Ahmed Nasu Is another player from the poo) whose condition can be likened to an orphan rather than a stumper as his old club GMCC have vir tually received him of the obh gatlon of allegiance
Ban gladesh Bl man. who cut a sorry figure last year have made the most of the distress of the other big teams They had few problems in confirm Ing the two poolers - Enamul Huq Monl and Shanawaz Shared Shanu. last year's skip per In addition to this they have reportedly roped In Mah bubur Rahman Selim from Abahant with the middlings giving the airlines team a solid look