Bangladesh Tri-series starts today (19 March 1999)
The three-nation "Meril International Cricket Tournament" involving host nation Bangladesh along with Zimbabwe and fellow World Cup qualifiers Kenya begins in Dhaka tody at the Bangabandhu National Stadium
19-Mar-1999
19 March 1999
Bangladesh Tri-series starts today
Zahid Newaz in Dhaka
The three-nation "Meril International Cricket Tournament" involving
host nation Bangladesh along with Zimbabwe and fellow World Cup
qualifiers Kenya begins in Dhaka tody at the Bangabandhu National
Stadium. Zimbabwe will take on ICC runners-up Kenya in the opening
match at 2 pm (BST). ICC champions and host Bangladesh will meet Kenya
tomorrow Saturday.
State-owned Bangladesh Television (BTV) will telecast live all the
doubleleg basis one-day international matches while Bangladesh Betar
will broadcast the running commentary.
The two top finishers of the league will play the final on March 27.
Former Indian captain and match referee of the triangular meet
Gundappa Viswanath, three match umpires - Javed Akhter (Pakistan),
Peter Manuel (Sri Lanka) and VK Ramaswamy (India) - are already in the
capital to conduct the matches.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), organisers of the nine-day
ODI tournament, has announced the prize money for the
tournament. Champions will receive 10,000 US dollars, runners-up 5,000
dollars, man of the match for each league tie 500 dollars and man of
the final match 1,000 dollars.
Source :: The Bangladesh Daily Star (https://www.dailystarnews.com)