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Cricket for a purpose

SPORTS REPORTER
A week-long Cricket Carnival kicks off today at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) in Savar with a view to instilling leadership among young cricketers and fostering communication and cultural exchange between countries.
The event jointly organised by the British Council and Bangladesh Cricket Board, also aims to give the youngsters first-hand experience of team management and learning to take responsibilities.
BKSP Director General Mohammad Ali Mondol will declare the programme open at 9 am, speakers said at a press conference yesterday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium conference room.
British Council Director Dr June Rollinson, cultural science programme officer Syed Masud Hossain, BCB Development Committee vice-chairman Khondokar Jamuluddin, BCB Game Development manager Shaun Williams and director development and planning Carlton Bernadas were spoke on the occasion.
"The event will build better relations between two organisations who have been working together for three years," said Jamiluddin referring to British Council's collabora-
tion with the Board since 2002.
"The British Council is involved in similar development progra-mmes in other countries through different sports, especially in Africa," informed June Rollinson.
The British Council has been helping the BCB development committee to establish better communication and education for the cricketers at age-group and national level. Also, it helped the Board send ten promising cricketers to England to play in the Surrey League.
The attraction of the Carnival will be the participation of six young English cricketers who will join the six divisional teams -- Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal and Sylhet -- competing in the Super 8s meet.
The English cricketers -- Andrew Colquhoun, Steven Coleman, Simon Roberts, Paul Radley, Jonkheer van Bange and Shaun O'Brien -- have already arrived in Dhaka. They were picked from the Young MCC Cricketer's programme.
The visitors will experience life as a developing cricketer in Bangladesh. Each English cricketer will also help the team captain taking decisions on and off the field. Each team will also have to make a presentation on the respective histories of
the divisional teams to the guest players.
The teams, all including seven local players from the U-17 and U-19 development squads, have been picked by divisional coaches but the cricketers will be on their own during the competition.
On rest days the cricketers from the two countries will attend various community activities such as visiting Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed apart from being involved in junior coaching clinics for girls' cricket.
"There will be no coaches to guide them and the players will be responsible for all their acts and decisions. Even they will have to pick a substitute player in case a player is injured," said BCB's Sri Lankan official Bernadas.
The match format will be the exciting Super 8s, with eight players representing each side in 16-overs a-side matches. All players will have to bowl two overs including the wicketkeeper.
A batsman who scores six runs with a boundary and eight for an overboundary, will have to retire after reaching 30. But can return to bat later as all eight batsmen have to be bowled out to complete an innings.
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With three rest days, six matches will be played on the first two days (February 14 and 16) and the two semifinals on February 18.
The three finals -- for the wooden spoon (5th/6th place), bronze medal (3rd/4th) and the gold medal (championship) will be played on February 20.