* Madhavan's report awaited, says Muthiah

The Indian cricket administration is awaiting the report of its Vigilance Commissioner, K Madhavan in connection with the controversial Ahmedabad Test match in 1999, when India did not enforce the follow on against New Zealand, despite being in a position to do so.

AC Muthiah, President, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) told pressmen in Chennai on Sunday night that Madhavan had completed his inquiry with batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar in this connection. Muthiah said Tendulkar was the third person to be questioned by Madhavan, who has been asked by the BCCI to probe into the controversial Test match. "But the officer has not completed hiq investigation yet," Muthiah said.

According to Muthiah, Madhavan is to question two more persons before submitting his report to the Board. He said that Madhavan's report would be placed before the next Working Committee for a decision.

* KCA to start new coaching centre in Kollam

The Kerala Cricket Association will start a new coaching centre in Kollam shortly. The new project was announced by the KCA secretary S Haridas at Thiruvanthapuram on Sunday. The KCA already has two zonal academies at Tellicherry (Kerala North) and Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala South). PB Shaji will be the director of the Kollam centre. In view of the heavy schedule of matches, the KCA has appointed separate selection committees for the Under-16 and Under-19 age groups this season.

The following members were selected for various KCA committees for the 2001-02 season

Selection Committee: Senior, Under 22 & Under 25: T Shivadas (Chairman), M Renjith Thomas, TC Sudheesh and K Jayaram. S Haridas (Convenor)

Under-19: A Ajay Varma (Chairman), TP Ajith Kumar, K Santhosh, Ramesh Babu. S Haridas (Convenor)

Under-16: K Surendranath (Chairman), PK Anoop, Sudhir Kumar and C Balachandran. S Haridas (Convenor)

Cricket Development Committee: A Salim (Chairman), OT Jayachandran, M Phlip Varghese, JK Mahendra, Mohammed Ibrahim, TK Madhav, T Shivadas, CM Ashok Sekhar, R Krishnan, Paul Paliath and D Chandrasekharan Nair.

* BCCI observers to visit Patna tomorrow

A three-member BCCI team will arrive in Patna on Wednesday to inspect the basic facilities available at the Moinul Haque Stadium for holding top level matches, a Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) official said on Tuesday.

BCCI executive secretary Sharad Diwadkar, joint secretary of the Mumbai Cricket Association Ratnakar Shetty and former Indian cricketer Shivlal Yadav are the members of the team, BCA secretary Ajay Narayan Sharma said in a statement. The team would also meet BCA president Laloo Prasad Yadav, he added.

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