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ACA to launch women inter-school cricket tourney

Staff Reporter

Decision taken to earmark Rs. 10 crore for construction of cricket stadium at Amaravathi Township

Separate panel to oversee installation of floodlights
Appointment of M. N. Ravi Kumar as selection committee chief ratified

VIJAYAWADA: Keen to promote women’s cricket, the executive committee of Andhra Cricket Association on Sunday has decided to launch inter-school competitions in all the affiliated associations under the supervision of the coordinators of the women’s cricket.

The necessary expenditure for the competitions would be funded by the ACA.

A decision was also taken to earmark Rs. 10 crore for the construction of the cricket stadium at Amaravathi Township in Mangalagiri.

“ACA vice-president Gokaraju Ganga Raju will supervise the construction activities,” said ACA secretary V. Chamundeswaranath.

In place of the present ACA- VDCA stadium committee at Vizag, a new governing body was constituted with former ACA president D.V. Subba Rao as chairman and ACA patron Mr. L. V. Subrahmanyam as vice-chairman.

The other members are S.L. Narayana Rao (president), V. Chamundeswaranath ( secretary), P. Appalaraju ( treasurer), A. Prasanna Kumar (president, Vizag Cricket Club), D.S. Varma (vice-president, Vizag District Cricket Association), S. Satish Babu (East Godavari Cricket Association), P.R. Narayanaswamy (ACA vice-president), president and secretary of Vizag District Cricket Association.

A separate committee was also constituted under the chairmanship of L. V. Subrahmanyam to oversee the installation of the floodlights and scoreboards at ACA-VDCA stadium at Vizag as per the specifications of International Cricket Council (ICC). Incidentally, ACA-VDCA stadium was accorded the Test status by ICC recently.

The meeting also ratified the appointment of M. N. Ravi Kumar as the selection committee chairman of under-17. replacing M.S. Kumar, who has been appointed as the administrative manager of Andhra Ranji team for the year 2007-2008.

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