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BCCB ushers in change

Sports Reporter
The Bangladesh Cricket Control Board (BCCB) have decided to switch over to long innings from limited over affairs in the domestic cricket from the next season.
The decision, obviously a fruitful one for the development of local cricket, came after the executive committee meeting held at the BCCB office last evening. The meeting was presided over by Raisud din Ahmed, a vice-president of the BCCB, in absence of its president Foreign Minister A S M Mostafizur Rahman.
According to the new formation, the first phase of the Premier Division cricket league involving the top twelve clubs will be an 80-over a side match. But in the super league, the top six finishers of the first phase and relegation league involving the 'other six will be a 50-over-a-side engagement.
However, the First Division league will remain unchanged excepting the second phase which will be a 50-over engagement.
The Damal Summer tournament, season’s curtain rai-vt meet hefr-tc the preMl
gious league, which is expected to begin in the first week of October will also have some changes.
The knock-out first phase will be 50-over-a-side match while the two semifinals will
be a three day affair with both sides playing two innings, and the final a four-day engage ment The team enjoying a first innings lead will be declared the winners if both sides failed to produce any result during the stipulated time
Meanwhile, the national championship will also observe major changes. The zonal finals will be a two day affair with each side playing maximum 80 overs.
The league matches of the final phase is planned to be 50 over a side engagement while the quarterfinals and semifinals will offer 80 overs and a three day match includ ing two innings respectively.
The final will be a four-day affair
The BCCB has also decided to introduce Third Division league from next year. It was learned that top two finishers from eight groups in the Second Division cnialifying round would earn berths in the
^"he inter-club players' transfers is expected to be held in the first week of September. However, the international calendar for the next year is yet to be dis-closedhx the BCCB.