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CricInfo backs Indian blind cricket 9 November 2000
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Jaisri Chetty CricInfo.com, the world's largest cricketing web site, is to sponsor India's blind cricket team. The first match is to be staged in Dhaka, to coincide with Bangladesh's inaugural Test Match against India. This event is held to showcase and promote blind cricket. The exhibition match will take place on day three of the Dhaka test match, on 12th November 2000. The demonstration event will feature two eight-member teams from India and Bangladesh. This demo cricket match will be played for around thirty minutes during the lunch break of the Test Match. The blind cricket event will be covered live on the CricInfo site along with live coverage of the first Bangladesh Test Match Bangladesh. Coverage will include live ball-by-ball text commentary and scorecards, audio interviews with players, in-depth analysis of the game and a host of other information and interactive features like player profiles, games, competitions, etc on www.cricinfo.com. George Abraham, Chairman of the Association of Cricket for the Blind in India (ACBI) and The World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC) said that it would be the first such event in the Asian context. "The objective of the event is to launch cricket for the blind in Bangladesh, as part of WBCC's efforts to increasing the number of teams playing the game. The ACBI is very happy that there has been some positive support from sponsors like CricInfo.com who have come forward and made this event in Bangladesh a reality." Murari Venkatraman, Chief Executive of CricInfo India said: "It's always been a core aim of CricInfo to promote, support and cover cricket in all of its forms. The association with blind cricket is another example of how CricInfo provides the cricket fan with more than the high profile International matches. Venkatraman continues: "CricInfo covers cricket from Test Matches and One-Day Internationals to under 22, under 19, under 14 matches, women's cricket and veteran matches. Hosting the official sites of eight out of the ten Test playing nations along with the ICC and having a close association with them has helped us in this endeavour. Origin and Growth of Blind Cricket: The game has its beginnings in 1922 in Melbourne, Victoria where it was first played at a hostel in Prahran. At the time of a Test Match town residents thought blind people could play cricket as well, and put rocks in a tin can and began to play a crude version of what we play today. In India the game started in 1970. However, international cricket, the World Cup and the formation of the World Blind Cricket Council were all initiatives taken by India. The World Cup of Blind Cricket is held every four years and the First World Cup was held in India during November 1998, which was also covered on CricInfo. The major differences between the laws of conventional cricket and blind cricket are: Basic Rule Changes
ABOUT CRICINFO LIMITED CricInfo Limited is the world's leading digital cricket information company. CricInfo's web site, www.cricinfo.com, is the most popular cricket site in the world and is among the Internet's most popular sports sites, estimated to reach more than fifteen million fans in 180 countries. The site generated 591 million page views during 1999 and records more than 60 million page impressions per month, and served 100,393,581 page impressions during October 2000 alone. CricInfo has its Head Office in the UK, with regional offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the UK. In India the CricInfo office is headquartered in Chennai. One of CricInfo's major investors is Satyam Infoway Limited (Nasdaq National Market: SIFY), India's leading internet services and e-commerce company. CricInfo works with cricket boards and cricket organisations, blue chip companies and the media to deliver cricket content for a wide range of different platforms. It currently produces official sites for eight of the ten Test-playing countries, for the ICC and for a number of domestic teams worldwide. For further information, please contact:
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