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Host nation acts its age

Cricketers off to NZ

Sports Reporter
Bangladesh cricket team finally left the city for Auckland yesterday in the afternoon to feature in a month long Neu-Zealand fixture, but not before the host nation regretted the unfriendly behaviour of its High Commission in India and assured that all members of the team would be granted visas for the tour.
The dramatic development took place in the early morning yesterday Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Saber Hossain Chowdhury called off the tour Wednesday midnight after three members of the national team were denied of visa by the NZ High Commission in New Delhi. But the proposed tour finally saw the light because of a hectic initiatives taken by the New Zealand cricket chairman Sir John Anderson and a timely intervention by the Prime Ministers' office of the hosts.
Bangladesh's maiden tour to New Zealand came to a grinding halt when tour manager ana chief selector Luthfar Rahman Makhan along with two players — Monjurul Islam Monlu and Azam Iqbal, were barrea to get visa by the New Zealand High Commission on Wednesday. Cricket buffs and all concerned went off in high dungeon after having been treated ignomin iously by the hosts Immigra lion personnel in the Indian capital. In the midst of resent meat. Saber Hossain Immedi alely sent a fax to his New Zealand counterpart Sir John Anderson, announcing the board’s decision to cancel the tour as a mark of protest against the obnoxious attitude of their New Delhi HC.
Saber's letter gave a sensational twist to the stalemate as the NZC responded quickly to clear the air. In a return message. NZC Informed Saber that following the intervention of their Prime Minister's Secretariat. the Immigration Department of New Zealand are now eagerly awaiting the arrival of the entire Bangladesh team and they will be received at the Auckland Airport without any further visa hassle.
The cordial approach of the hosts also seemingly compelled left steadfast Cathy McGragor. the deputy high commissioner of New Zealand in New Delhi, to make a prompt telephone call to Saber yesterday morning in an attempt to bury the hatchet.
Meanwhile. Christopher Doig, the chief executive of NZC. also talked to BCB vice-president Syed Ashraful Haque over telephone And requested lo forget .the hitch.
They have iiiadv all ihe neces-sarv arrangements lor the tour and If Bangladesh fail h. turn up in due time they would have to reschedule the whole fixture of season which will also cause a huge financial loss to the NZC, said Doig
Besides, they have already received 50.000 pound starlings from the sponsors to arrange the tour of Bangladesh, added Doig.
Fourteen cricketers and manager Gazi Ashraf Lipu left the . city yesterday, and are expected to reach Auckland early tomorrow morning. The other three members — tour manager Lutfar Rahman Makhan and two cricketers Manjurul Islam and Saifullah Gem will leave in next available flight
Bangladesh will take on Northern Conference team in their tour opener in Auckland on November 16.
Cricketers those who left the city yesterday are: Akram Khan (captain). Aminul Islam (vicecaptain). Athar All Khan. Javed Omar Belim. Mehrab Hossain. Habibul Bashar. Sanvar Hos-
sain Hasanuzzaman, Khaled Masud. Jewel Hossain. Hasibul Hossain. Mofizur Rahman. Safiuddin Ahmed and Al-Shahriar.
FIXTURES
Sheet Shield tournament:
Nov 16: Bangladesh vs Northern Conference at Westpac Trust Park, Hamilton.
Nov 23: Bangladesh vs Central Conference at Basin Re serve. Wellington
Nov 30: Bangladesh vs Southern Conference at Caris-brook, Dunedin.
Dec 7: Final match.
Sheel Conference tournament:
Nov 17-20: Bangladesh vs Northern Conference at Westpac Trust Park. Hamilton.
Nov 24-27: Bangladesh vs Central Conference at Basin Reserve, Wellington.
Dec 1-4: Bangladesh vs Southern Conference at Carlsbrook. Dunedin.
Dec 9-12: Bangladesh vs Bil Academy at Lincoln.
Dec 14-17: Final match.