da bet7k： Former England speedster Frank ‘Typhoon’ Tyson has been invited tohave a look at Mumbai’s stable of fast bowlers at the Wankhede Stadiumfrom May 5
Staff and Agencies19-Apr-2001* Tyson invited to give fillip to Mumbai cricketFormer England speedster Frank ‘Typhoon’ Tyson has been invited tohave a look at Mumbai’s stable of fast bowlers at the Wankhede Stadiumfrom May 5. Mumbai Cricket Association joint secretary Ratnakar Shettytold PTI on Thursday that Tyson’s advice to the boys would be thefirst step towards boosting Mumbai cricket.Tyson had played a role in the resurgence of Mumbai as a fightingforce on the domestic scene in the early 1990s through the BCA-Mafatlal bowling scheme. “When he was here in 1991, he did a fine jobwith the boys and bowlers like Abey Kuruvilla, Paras Mhambrey and legspinner Sairaj Bahutule benefited a lot and we are hoping for the samekind of change to take place this time around as well” said Shetty.Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy title triumph under Ravi Shastri’s captaincy in1993/94, after an eight year drought, owed much to Tyson’s guidance.In the current season, Mumbai succumbed to Punjab in the quarterfinals and proceeded to lose all three one-dayers in the Champions Cupin Perth.”The MCA plans to have Tyson’s services over a longer period as we arevery keen about him. We will discuss about his availability after hearrives and might have a sponsored scheme similar to the earlier one”,Shetty added.* Five Indian players vanish in AustraliaFive Indian players who arrived in Adelaide on March 25 en route tothe Australian Cricket Academy have disappeared, said the academy onThursday according to AFP. The unnnamed players – three medium pacebowlers, a batsman and a wicketkeeper – were reportedly from theKaravali 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 theairport. Nothing has been heard of them since and Phillips was stumpedabout their whereabouts. “That’s not up to me to comment on … wehave passed it over to the Department of Immigration and theDepartment of Foreign Affairs. We’re obviously concerned about theirsafety, so it was appropriate to go to those departments.” The formerAustralian Test wicket keeper, who has just returned from India on anexchange program to the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai, said he hadreached the clinic but they had not heard from the players either.AFP quoted an Australian immigration official as saying the traineescould be deported when they surface. “If they’ve just gone undergroundand gone to do something else it could well have contravened theconditions of their visa and that could well lead to cancellation,” aspokesman for Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said.* Bradman Foundation sends gifts for Indian teamThe Indian cricketers are still enjoying the success of their Testseries win over Australia. Everywhere they are being praised. However,the best gift for them is probably Sir Don Bradman’s Art of Cricketcoaching 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 inIndia and will be distributed to the players once they meet for theconditioning camp for the Zimbabwe tour. A similar CD has also beensent for the coach John Wright.The Bradman Foundation has also presented three red coloured countycaps with the autograph of Sir Don to Sachin Tendulkar, V.V.S. Laxmanand Harbhajan Singh for their outstanding performance in the Test andOne-Day series against Australia. The three are thrilled to have beenhonoured in such a manner.The CD-ROM has important coaching tips in batting, bowling, fieldingand captaincy. Sir Don Bradman has also addressed a number of problemsfaced by cricketers in his own voice. Apart from that it also hassignificant footage of some of Sir Don’s innings.