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Referees' seminar ends

BANGALORE: The two-day seminar for match referees concluded at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) here on Wednesday.

The day's highlight was the interactive session that the former captain and umpire S. Venkatraghavan had with the 35 participants. Venkatraghavan spoke about the expectations the umpires have with regard to the functioning of a match referee. "It is absolutely important in India that we develop top-grade referees," Venkatraghavan said.

"I stressed today that the ICC referee does not work in isolation. He is going to tell the umpires that he is there to help them. He is going to help the umpires perform better because as it is, the job of an umpire is an onerous task. So the umpires do expect the referees to make their job a bit easy," Venkatraghavan said.

In the two-day seminar, the referees were briefed about the need for them to double up as talent spotters. The referees will now also don the roles adopted by the erstwhile Talent Resource Development Officers (TRDO).

Hat-trick by Chinnappa

M.D. Chinnappa recorded the first hat-trick of the `A' division hockey league this season when he powered HAL to a 4-2 victory over Centre of Excellence at the KSHA Stadium here on Wednesday.

After Ilavarasan opened the account in the third minute for HAL, Chinnappa struck in the 26th, 37th and 53rd minutes. Mahesh (14th) and Syed Wazir (23rd) scored for CoE.

Meanwhile, Rail Wheel Factory rolled over MIL `B' 3-2 in another tie. Sapthagiri (17th), Sampath (46th) and Riaz (52nd) were the scorers for RWF, while Amol Patti (ninth and 56th) reduced the margin.

Karan shines

Leg-spinner Karan Tandon, who claimed five for 25, helped M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology defeat PESIT by nine wickets in the M.S. Ramaiah memorial inter-collegiate cricket tournament here on Wednesday.

The scores:

PESIT 145 in 34.5 overs (Kushal 42, Karan Tandon five for 25) lost to MSRIT 147 for one in 21.2 overs (Vijay Karthik 67).

Sir MV Institute of Technology 204 for nine in 30 overs (Basant 74, Mahendra Pallu 52) bt RVCE 175 in 29.2 overs (Pramod four for 25).

MVJCE 148 in 28 overs lost to RNSIT 149 for nine in 25.3 overs

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