BCCI forms ad-hoc committees for Bihar and Uttarakhand
new delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday formed an ad-hoc committee for cricket administration in the states of Bihar and Uttarakhand. The committee formed to look after cricket affairs in Bihar will be spearheaded by its Chairman Niranjan Shah and will also include Vinod Phadke (Secretary, Goa Cricket Association), Sourav Dasgupta (Secretary, Tripura Cricket Association), Bharat Zaveri (Executive Member, Gujarat Cricket Association) and Ratnakar Shetty (General Manager - Game Development, BCCI). The panel for Uttarakhand will be chaired by MP Pandove and will also have Vishal Marwaha (Secretary, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association), Subir Ganguly (Joint Secretary, Cricket Association of Bengal), Vinod Shah (Vice President, Maharashtra Cricket Association), KVP Rao (Manager - Game Development, BCCI). Speaking on the development, BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur said, "Due to infighting among different associations present in these states, aspiring cricketers of these states have to suffer for no fault of theirs. To ensure cricket grows in these states, the BCCI has decided to form an ad-hoc Committee for these states, which will function, till the affiliation issues of these states are resolved.
Williamson leads to series triumph
Harare: Captain Kane Williamson's steady knock and an assured performance from the New Zealand bowlers saw the tourists secure a 38-run victory in Friday's third one-day international against Zimbabwe and wrap up a 2-1 series win. Williamson recorded his sixth straight score of 50 or more as his 90 guided New Zealand to 273 for six, and although Zimbabwe's opening stand gave the World Cup finalists a scare, the bowlers held their nerve to restrict the hosts to 235 all out. New Zealand therefore completed a come-from-behind series victory, having lost the first ODI by seven wickets. "It certainly wasn't easy today, so the way that the boys stuck in it and put up a competitive total was a really good effort," said Williamson, who was named man of the match and man of the series. "We thought it was a very good total until Zimbabwe came out and played the way they did and put us under a lot of pressure, but full credit to our boys for learning from that first game and pulling it back nicely." On a dry wicket, New Zealand's batsmen were tested by Zimbabwe's spin duo of Graeme Cremer and John Nyumbu, who took five wickets between them.