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AFGHANISTAN PREPARES FOR AUSTRALIA

Former Australian international Geoff Lawson, previously Pakistan coach and then one-time ACC Level III course presenter is to be coach of Afghanistan at the ICC U/19 World Cup in Australia in August. Announcing the appointment, Afghanistan Cricket Board High Performance Program Manager Bashir Stanikzai, said “We approached Lawson because he has great knowledge and is a local”.
Rumesh Ratnayake in Bhutan
DEVELOPMENT

More Coaches Through The Level II Straits
30 aspiring coaches have been in Singapore on the latest ACC Level II course. From 15 of the 18 non-Test playing member countries, they have been taken through their paces by Development Officers Aminul Islam, Rumesh Ratnayake and Iqbal Sikander.
U-16 ELITE CUP

Final: Malaysia Develop
Malaysia v Nepal at Kinrara Oval
MALAYSIA WON BY ONE WICKET
Nepal: 117 all out off 33 overs (A.Bista 35; S.Goonasagaran 3-27)
Malaysia: 120 for 9 off 39.1 overs (V. Singh 54*)
Man of the Match: Virandeep Singh (Malaysia)
TOURNAMENTS

U-16 Elite: Already Some Stars
Malaysia’s a good place for cricket. The two grounds used in this year’s ACC U-16 Elite Bayuemas and Kinrara are among the best in any non-Test nation, good enough for ODIs. The region’s best schoolboys will have use of them this month in a tournament that will highlight not just how good they are but how good the systems that made them are.
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Qatar's School Stars
Qatar’s schools tournament, which has run in various modes over the years is becoming an increasingly substantial presence. An U-14 Boys School Cricket Tournament has been running for six weeks, ending in May. 12 schools are taking part.
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Koreans Come And See
Eight delegates from the Korea Cricket Associaton, Incheon Cricket Association, Incheon Sports Council and Incheon Asian Games Organising Committee were in Dhaka as guests of the Asian Cricket Council during the Micromax Asia Cup. “We invited them specifically so that they would be able to increase their understanding of all that happens on the field and behind the scenes of a major cricket event as Incheon prepares for the 2014 Asian Games,” says ACC Chief Executive Syed Ashraful Huq.
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More Thais To Cricket
Thailand has completed their third National Youth Cricket Championship, this time in the eastern province of Chanthaburi. Teams from twelve provinces took part this year, five more than last time. All players in the 21 teams, the coaches and officials were Thai. The Cricket Association of Thailand says that “the tournament will showcase some of the emerging talent from every province enabling them to pick target squads for national age group teams.”
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Chinese Cricketers Go West
Six Chinese national cricketers are heading to London this year for a season of coaching and play. They will be coaching too. They will be in England as guests of Capital Kids Cricket (CKC), a charity dedicated to increasing cricketing opportunities for London’s inner-city and state school children. England’s Ravi Bopara is a former Capital Kids Cricketer as are a number of current county cricketers.
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Thailand's New Inter-University Course
The first of two University tournaments to be held this year was completed in Bangkok in February. Five universities: Assumption, Bangkok, Kasem Bundit, Mahidol and Siam played a 25-overs round-robin tournament at the Terdthai Cricket Ground. The universities all have cricket clubs representing them in the local league and it is hoped that the greater exposure this tournament will bring will encourage the universities to further support cricket activity.
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Brunei And Oman Win Global Awards
Brunei Darrussalam Cricket Association and Oman’s Kanak Khimji have been the Asian region’s winners at the tenth Pepsi ICC Development Programme Annual Awards. Brunei won Photo of the Year and Oman Cricket Chairman Kanak Khimji receives the Lifetime Service Award.
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Incheon Inching Forward
Actually it’s a significant stride. The Asian Cricket Council has invited the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee to attend the Micromax Asia Cup in Dhaka, and the Secretary General of IAGOC Kwon Kyung-Sang has accepted. “It’s a great opportunity for the Koreans to see all that happens when cricket is played at the highest level. There is no bigger stage for cricket in Asia than the Asia Cup with all its symbolism, its history and its passionately followed encounters and with the Asian Games Twenty20 matches just two and a half years away, this is the key time for the Incheon Games Organisers to experience just how Asian, just how special, cricket is,” says ACC Chief Executive Syed Ashraful Huq.