Format change for Dhaka Premier League.

[Murad]

CCDM today has decided to change the format of the Dhaka premier league.

They have taken some good decisions.

Some of the decisions are:

One. They will play a 90 over match in 2 days instead of the 50 over match.

Two: There will be a 4-day cricket tournament among the top 6 clubs.


Bangladesher Khela, The Daily Star

According to Golam Moha-mmed Alamgir's scheme, a two-day format would be re-introduced as the Premier League with each 90 overs being played on each day. He also hoped that the top six teams will participate in a competition called the CCDM Cup.

"We'll implement this (new format) in the Premier Division so that we can groom many longer version players,” Alamgir said after his introductory meeting with club representatives.

[SS]

Will they gona change the pitch too...i am tired of seeing slow medium pacers getting all the wickets in leagues but can not do anything when they picked for national teams and also our batsmen scoring tons of runs can not even score consistently 30s with tougher opponents.

[Nocturnal]

ঘরোয়া ক্রিকেটে আবারো ফিরছে দুই দিনের ম্যাচ

ঢাকা, ১৫ জুলাই (বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম) --- ক্লাবগুলোর কাছে জনপ্রিয়তা না পাওয়া দুইদিনের ম্যাচ আবারো ফিরছে বাংলাদেশের ঘরোয়া ক্রিকেটে। আসন্ন ক্রিকেট মৌসুমে প্রিমিয়ার ক্রিকেটের দলগুলোকে খেলতে হবে দুইদিনের ম্যাচ। এবং প্রিমিয়ারের শীর্ষ ছয়টি দলকে নিয়ে চারদিনের ম্যাচের টুর্নামেন্ট করার সিদ্ধান্তও হয়ে গেছে মঙ্গলবার ক্রিকেট কমিটি অফ ঢাকা মেট্রোপলিশের (সিসিডিএম) সভায়। যেটি মূলত ছিল ঢাকার ক্রিকেটের অভিভাবক সংস্থার নতুন সভাপতি গোলাম মোহাম্মদ আলমগীরের সঙ্গে ক্লাব প্রতিণিধিদের পরিচিতি সভা। শেষপর্যন্ত যেটি একগাঁদা সিদ্ধান্তের মহাগুরুত্বপূর্ণ এক সভাই হয়ে উঠেছিল।

দীর্ঘ পরিসরের ক্রিকেটে বাংলাদেশের সামর্থ্য সবসময়ই প্রশ্নবিদ্ধ হয়ে আসছে। এর মান বাড়ানোর জন্যই দুইদিনের ম্যাচের পাশাপাশি চারদিনের ম্যাচ চালুরও চিন্তা প্রিমিয়ারে। আর নতুন এই টুর্নামেন্টের জন্য ৫০ লাখ টাকার বাজেটও চূড়ান্ত হয়ে গেছে। বুধবার বোর্ড সভায় তা অনুমোদনের জন্য তোলা হবে বলে জানিয়েছেন সিসিডিএমের নতুন সভাপতি। বঙ্গবন্ধু জাতীয় স্টেডিয়ামে বাংলাদেশ ক্রিকেট বোর্ডের (বিসিবি) সম্মেলন কক্ষে ক্লাব প্রতিণিধিদের সঙ্গে সভা থেকে বেরিয়ে তিনি আরো জানিয়েছেন, ওই চারদিনের ম্যাচগুলোকে প্রথম শ্রেনীর ম্যাচের মর্যাদা দেওয়ার জন্য বিসিবির মাধ্যমে আইসিসির কাছে আবেদনও করা হবে।

এখন জাতীয় ক্রিকেট লিগ বাংলাদেশের একমাত্র প্রথম শ্রেনীর ক্রিকেট প্রতিযোগীতা। যেটিতে চারদিনের ম্যাচের পাশাপাশি একদিনের ম্যাচও হয়ে থাকে। এরসঙ্গে আরেকটি চারদিনের ম্যাচের টুর্নামেন্ট মানেই সময়াভাব, মাঠের অভাব ইত্যাকার নানা সমস্যা সামনে চলে আসেই। আলমগীর জানালেন সেসব সমস্যার সমাধান তার হাতেই আছে, "প্রিমিয়ার ক্রিকেট লিগ শেষ হওয়ার পরপরই চারদিনের ম্যাচের টুর্নামেন্ট শুরু করে দেব। তাছাড়া আমি টুর্নামেন্ট কমিটিরও চেয়ারম্যান। সুতরাং এই টুর্নামেন্টের জন্য জাতীয় লিগ যাতে বিঘিœত না হয়, সেই বন্দোবস্তও করা থাকবে। সূচীটা আমরা সেভাবেই করছি। আশা করছি সপ্তাহখানেকের ভেতরই আসন্ন মৌসুমের ক্রিকেট ক্যালেন্ডারটা দিয়ে দিতে পারবো।"

মৌসুম শুরু হবে টোয়েন্টি টোয়েন্টি ক্রিকেট দিয়ে। এদিনের সভায় প্রথম বিভাগ ক্রিকেটের কথাও গুরুত্ব পেয়েছে বেশ। নতুন সিসিডিএম সভাপতি সেরকমই জানালেন, "শুধু প্রিমিয়ারের জন্যই নয়, প্রথম বিভাগের ক্রিকেটারদেরও বেশি বেশি ম্যাচ খেলার ব্যবস্থা করতে যাচ্ছি আমরা।" এরই অংশ হিসেবে প্রথম বিভাগ ক্রিকেট লিগের আগেই হবে আরেকটা টুর্নামেন্ট, যেটিতে ২০টি ক্লাব দল চারটি গ্র"পে ভাগ হয়ে খেলবে। প্রাথমিকভাবে এই টুর্নামেন্টের নাম ঠিক হয়েছিল শহীদ স্মৃতি ক্রিকেট। কিন্তু এখন সেটির নাম দামাল স্মৃতি ক্রিকেট হওয়ারই সম্ভাবনা বেশি। একসময় দামাল স্মৃতি ক্রিকেট দিয়েই শুরু হত ক্রিকেট মৌসুম। বহুদিন বন্ধ থাকার পর এখন আবার সেটিকে ফিরিয়ে আনার চিন্তা প্রশংসার দাবি রাখে।

কিন্তু অনেক ম্যাচ মানেই মাঠ নিয়ে দুঃশ্চিন্তা। সেটি থেকেও মুক্তির উপায় আছে বলে জানালেন সিসিডিএম-এর সদস্য সচিব এমএ কবীর, "গ্রাউন্ডস কমিটির সঙ্গে ১২ জুলাই বসেছিলাম আমরা। ২৭ জুলাই আরেকটি সভা আছে, যেখানে টুর্নামেন্ট কমিটি, মহিলা উইং এবং ডেভলপমেন্ট কমিটিও থাকবে। সেখানেই আমরা সবাই মিলে একটা সমাধান বের করে ফেলবো।"

আসন্ন মৌসুমে প্রিমিয়ারের ক্লাবগুলোর অনুদান সাড়ে সাত লাখ থেকে বাড়িয়ে ১০ লাখ করা হতে পারে বলে জানিয়েছেন সিসিডিএম সভাপতি। ক্লাবগুলোর ক্রিকেটারদের প্রস্তুতি সমস্যার কথাও ভেবেছেন তিনি। একারণে বিসিবিকে তাদের জন্য একটা কমন জিমনেশিয়াম গড়ে দেওয়ার প্রস্তাব দেবেন বলেও জানিয়েছেন।

[akabir77]

Last time it didn't work and almost killed the league i hope this time around they make sure the games stay competitive...

[Murad]

Ekhon proshno holo.. 4 day match gulo ki FC status paabe?? naki egulo kono record ei thakbe na??

[Tigers_eye]

Fix the pitches. Get some training for the coaches, umpires and curators. If necessary hire some folks from abroad. SL, India, even Pakistan can loan some folks for three month basis.

Changing the format was good, with the above changes and having high quality foreign players in each team the standard would automatically increase.

The highest beneficiary would be the players. The experience would be priceless to them.

[Rabz]

Good initiatives.

But, I think we still need a proper 50-over tournament.
Is the "Damal Memorial Tournament" going to be a 50 over or 20 over affair?
The boys are still going to play ODI series in both home and overseas and the lack of enough OD's can have an effect on their performance in the intl level.

So, if i get it right,
there will be

T20 Tournament to begin with
Followed by
CCDM Cup ( 90 overs )
Followed by
NCL
- 4 Days
- One Dayers

am i right? or i just mixed it all up?

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by Rabz
am i right? or i just mixed it all up?

You are wrong. You are all messed up. Wait till they give the schedule. Then figure out our intl schedule. Then start mixing and matching.

[Nocturnal]

Originally Posted by Rabz
Good initiatives.

But, I think we still need a proper 50-over tournament.
Is the "Damal Memorial Tournament" going to be a 50 over or 20 over affair?
The boys are still going to play ODI series in both home and overseas and the lack of enough OD's can have an effect on their performance in the intl level.

So, if i get it right,
there will be

T20 Tournament to begin with
Followed by
CCDM Cup ( 90 overs )
Followed by
NCL
- 4 Days
- One Dayers

am i right? or i just mixed it all up?

what I understood from the news:

- T20 Tournament to begin with (Premier Cricket League team)
- Premier Division Cricket League (90 overs each side - 2 days match)
- Followed by a 4-days tournament play by top 6 Premier Cricket League Team (will try to get the FC status through BCB-ICC)
- New Budget is - 50 Lakhs
- Premier Division Cricket League Team will get donation 10 Lakhs taka (instead of 7.5 lakhs last year)

- National Cricket League (4-days FC match + One dayers)

-Damal Memorial Tournament (only for First Division Clubs will play - One dayers)
- First Division League (One dayers)

[cricman]

Can some one explain to me how Powerplays and the Noball rules are going to be implemented in this 180 over game? Are New Balls going to be given after the 35th over like they are in ODI? Any Quotas for bowler?

The most Important Question how are Team rules going to be effected? is 480 the new Target score?

JO can average 100+ in this form of the game, It'll be hard to distinguish class players from bad players, Selection on performances based on this league, need to go to the A team/Test Team. I hope they realize that 400 needs to be the bare minimum score in this 90 over game, I wouldn't be surprised when teams get shot out for 180 batting 70 overs.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by cricman
Can some one explain to me how Powerplays and the Noball rules are going to be implemented in this 180 over game? Are New Balls going to be given after the 35th over like they are in ODI? Any Quotas for bowler?

I know you know so not answering for you.
No powerplays, just a single run for no ball. No new ball after 35 overs. However, one can get a new ball after 80 overs. No quotas for bowlers.

Originally Posted by cricman
The most Important Question how are Team rules going to be effected? is 480 the new Target score?

Whats our target in test innings? 967 runs? I hope they round it up and make it a cool 1000. That is good. we need to target the good.

Originally Posted by cricman
JO can average 100+ in this form of the game, It'll be hard to distinguish class players from bad players, Selection on performances based on this league, need to go to the A team/Test Team.

If he can average that Spitty would be his #1 supporter.

Originally Posted by cricman
I wouldn't be surprised when teams get shot out for 180 batting 7 overs.

and still manage to win.

[Eshen]

I don't like the idea of two four-day leagues in the same season. More matches in a season will mean players will have less time to recuperate and curators will have less time for pitch maintenance. In result, we will see lesser quality matches. At this point, we need to develop the quality of domestic leagues, not to increase the quantity of leagues. Look at Pura Cup (Aus), they give long intervals between matches.

Also, I don't like to see players switching between teams in a season. For competitive cricket, team integrity is important, and to develop team integrity players need to stick with one team throughout a season.

IMO, BCB should ditch NCL. They have poured lots of money in NCL last year, yet could not make a competitive tournament out of it. Knowing how corrupt and inefficient our regional sports bodies are, it's impractical to expect independent FC teams (which, IMO, is also a requirement for competitive cricket) may evolve out of divisions. Clubs on the other hand are also corrupt, but are still efficient enough to stand on their own. Also, as opposed to divisions, clubs have their own financial sources (although they still partially depend on BCB grants). IMO, clubs are much better fit to develop their own independent professional FC teams in comparison to divisions. BCB have developed NCL following state based completions in Australia, but in our case Sri Lanka's club based leagues are more appropiate.

[SS]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
Fix the pitches. Get some training for the coaches, umpires and curators. If necessary hire some folks from abroad. SL, India, even Pakistan can loan some folks for three month basis.

Changing the format was good, with the above changes and having high quality foreign players in each team the standard would automatically increase.

The highest beneficiary would be the players. The experience would be priceless to them.

finally some one agrees with me...format change is mandatory but other changes required immediate actions if we want to improve. If we want to remain a crap team, then no comments.

[akabir77]

People (Read young) r forgetting something here. If you can play TEST you can do play any kind of cricket. This 90 over game is to improve our TEST players not for ODIs and 20/20. To me we should stop playing 20/20 all together... Those who wants to have cheap thrill like watching hindi movies likes 20/20(IMO). there is nothing good in there. Then why not watch baseball.

Anyway main thing is we need to do every thing we can to improve our TEST players then every thing will fall into places...

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by akabir77
People (Read young) r forgetting something here. If you can play TEST you can do play any kind of cricket. This 90 over game is to improve our TEST players not for ODIs and 20/20. To me we should stop playing 20/20 all together... Those who wants to have cheap thrill like watching hindi movies likes 20/20(IMO). there is nothing good in there. Then why not watch baseball.

Anyway main thing is we need to do every thing we can to improve our TEST players then every thing will fall into places...

spot on.

BCB should forget about 20-20. i don't care if we lose every 20-20 match ever. as long as we improve in the ODI and Test formats.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by akabir77
...
Anyway main thing is we need to do every thing we can to improve our TEST players then every thing will fall into places...

And for this sole reason we can not ditch NCL. Yes more pitches are required. Chairman shaheb has said he would address those issues. Yes, players can get tired. For teens and 20 year olds, rainy season is enough to recuperate. The benefit is beyond the short-term. If the picnic mode is gone, I am happy.

The more tournament the players play, the more time they spend in organized environment. That helps them on staying close to the game. Money is also an issue.

BCB needs to make sure the clubs have good physios.

[Eshen]

Originally Posted by muradnyc
Ekhon proshno holo.. 4 day match gulo ki FC status paabe?? naki egulo kono record ei thakbe na??

We had a similar discussion in this thread (with same thread topic) -

http://www.banglacricket.com/alochon...ad.php?t=27227

Originally Posted by Eshen
I could not find anything in ICC rules book that says BCB can't award FC status to a new domestic tournament if they want to, provided playing conditions for FC matches are met.

http://in.yimg.com/icccricket/pdfs/c...al-cricket.pdf

[SS]

preparation for 20/20 is waste to time for our dum darakka players. Our batsmen will score 150+ anways on the other hand can score 90 all out too. Unlike other teams they are no way near to score 200 runs in 20 overs.
Top priority is to fix -
our standard in ODI
our standard in test
our standard in batting based on what level of games
our standard in bowling which was once decent
our fielding which went down also
....
overall everything :|

[Eshen]

Twenty20 has revolutionized how cricket is played nowadays. IMO, our players' learning process will be incomplete if they don't get to practice in this format.

[AsifTheManRahman]

T20 is the future. One-day cricket has to go.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by Eshen
Twenty20 has revolutionized how cricket is played nowadays. IMO, our players' learning process will be incomplete if they don't get to practice in this format.

I said it before, am saying it again: Our players need to be banned from playing T20. On T20 match day say in WCs (which we can't avoid), just ask them to play their natural game.

[SS]

Originally Posted by Eshen
Twenty20 has revolutionized how cricket is played nowadays. IMO, our players' learning process will be incomplete if they don't get to practice in this format.

No doubt all teams in ODI are now playing like 20/20 and then stabilize the innings ending up scoring 300s. But if our players are that much a good learner they would have learned by now how to play ODI even in old ODI format. Ulo bone mukto chorano...

[akabir77]

Off topic i read it some where that While BCB training was going on for Canada picnic and Australia tour Mash was playing football with his para polapain and ended with khichuri as it was raining.

This is called professional Player. Who would pay if he got injured while playing soccer in rain? And no wonder he is getting that tummy...

[Eshen]

Originally Posted by akabir77
Off topic i read it some where that While BCB training was going on for Canada picnic and Australia tour Mash was playing football with his para polapain and ended with khichuri as it was raining.

This is called professional Player. Who would pay if he got injured while playing soccer in rain? And no wonder he is getting that tummy...

How do you expect him to stay fit if he is not physically active ? Let him enjoy his life once in a while.

[cricman]

The good news

Alamgir, who is also the chairman of the tournament committee, informed that the Premier League matches would now be on two-day basis with 90 overs played on each day.

Later, the top six teams (super six) will play four-day matches for the CCDM Cup. "We'll implement this in the Premier Division so that we can groom many longer version players," Alamgir said.

He said they would appeal to ICC to accord recognition to the next season's CCDM Cup as First Class tournament.

BCB Elections may F this up!

Although the BCB election is knocking at the door, the CCDM chairman sounded positive about fulfilling all the initiatives he plans to take. "You have to keep things rotating… also have to take everything with a positive attitude."