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Former England speedster Frank 'Typhoon' Tyson has been invited to have a look at Mumbai's stable of fast bowlers at the Wankhede Stadium from May 5
Staff and Agencies
19-Apr-2001
* Tyson invited to give fillip to Mumbai cricket
Former England speedster Frank 'Typhoon' Tyson has been invited to
have a look at Mumbai's stable of fast bowlers at the Wankhede Stadium
from May 5. Mumbai Cricket Association joint secretary Ratnakar Shetty
told PTI on Thursday that Tyson's advice to the boys would be the
first step towards boosting Mumbai cricket.
Tyson had played a role in the resurgence of Mumbai as a fighting
force on the domestic scene in the early 1990s through the BCA-
Mafatlal bowling scheme. "When he was here in 1991, he did a fine job
with the boys and bowlers like Abey Kuruvilla, Paras Mhambrey and leg
spinner Sairaj Bahutule benefited a lot and we are hoping for the same
kind of change to take place this time around as well" said Shetty.
Mumbai's Ranji Trophy title triumph under Ravi Shastri's captaincy in
1993/94, after an eight year drought, owed much to Tyson's guidance.
In the current season, Mumbai succumbed to Punjab in the quarter
finals and proceeded to lose all three one-dayers in the Champions Cup
in Perth.
"The MCA plans to have Tyson's services over a longer period as we are
very keen about him. We will discuss about his availability after he
arrives and might have a sponsored scheme similar to the earlier one",
Shetty added.
* Five Indian players vanish in Australia
Five Indian players who arrived in Adelaide on March 25 en route to
the Australian Cricket Academy have disappeared, said the academy on
Thursday according to AFP. The unnnamed players - three medium pace
bowlers, a batsman and a wicketkeeper - were reportedly from the
Karavali cricket clinic, based in Karnataka.
The chief coach of the Australian Cricket Academy, Wayne Phillips,
said he could not find the players when he went to receive them at the
airport. Nothing has been heard of them since and Phillips was stumped
about their whereabouts. "That's not up to me to comment on ... we
have passed it over to the Department of Immigration and the
Department of Foreign Affairs. We're obviously concerned about their
safety, so it was appropriate to go to those departments." The former
Australian Test wicket keeper, who has just returned from India on an
exchange program to the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai, said he had
reached the clinic but they had not heard from the players either.
AFP quoted an Australian immigration official as saying the trainees
could be deported when they surface. "If they've just gone underground
and gone to do something else it could well have contravened the
conditions of their visa and that could well lead to cancellation," a
spokesman for Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said.
* Bradman Foundation sends gifts for Indian team
The Indian cricketers are still enjoying the success of their Test
series win over Australia. Everywhere they are being praised. However,
the best gift for them is probably Sir Don Bradman's Art of Cricket
coaching manual. The Bradman Foundation, has recently gifted 15 CD-
ROMs of the manual to members of the Indian team.
The gift has been received by the Board of Control for Cricket in
India and will be distributed to the players once they meet for the
conditioning camp for the Zimbabwe tour. A similar CD has also been
sent for the coach John Wright.
The Bradman Foundation has also presented three red coloured county
caps with the autograph of Sir Don to Sachin Tendulkar, V.V.S. Laxman
and Harbhajan Singh for their outstanding performance in the Test and
One-Day series against Australia. The three are thrilled to have been
honoured in such a manner.
The CD-ROM has important coaching tips in batting, bowling, fielding
and captaincy. Sir Don Bradman has also addressed a number of problems
faced by cricketers in his own voice. Apart from that it also has
significant footage of some of Sir Don's innings.