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The battle for cricket supremacy amongst Christchurch and Canterbury Country Primary Schools gets underway tomorrow with the start of the 2003 MILO Trophy Cricket Competition. A record 65 teams will represent their primary schools over the next eight weeks to find the overall competition winner.Schools from within the Canterbury Country area will this year come together for a one-day tournament. This is a new initiative and is aimed at reducing the pressure on schools to travel long distances. Tournament winners will progress through to the knockout phase.Sides to watch this year will be last year’s winners, Amberley, finalist from the last two years Elmwood while Paparoa Street, Fendalton, Thorrington, Springston and Windsor have strong representation and are likely to be there at the business end of the competition.CCA development manager Mike Harvey commented that “the number of team entries in this season’s competition is fantastic and the schools are all approaching the competition with enthusiasm. We will continue to support the competition with umpires/scorers at each game and look forward with interest to watching the competition progress.”The competition with culminate with the final on December 12th.

The Rest Elevens of all the four provinces were announced atthe conclusion of the two-daytrials held Sunday and Mondayin different cities.The selected teams will take part in the Quaid-i-Azam TrophyGrade-I National Cricket Championship, starting Jan 2.The PCB is setting up training camps for all thefour teamsfrom Dec 27 to 31 according to the following schedule:For Sindh Rest XI at PCB Academy Ground, Karachi.For Balochistan XI at National Stadium, Karachi.For NWFP Rest XI at the Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar.For Punjab Rest XI at PCB Academy Ground near GaddafiStadium, Lahore.The squads announced by the PCB CricketManagementCommittee are:Restof Punjab XI: Saeed Anwar Jr (Multan), KashifNaveed (Sahiwal), Asad Ali (Vehari), Hasnain Abbas(Khanewal), Sufian Munir (Gujranwala), Aamir Bashir(Multan), Mohammad Ali Niazi (Multan), Mubashir Ishaq(Khanewal), Ishtiaq Qadir (Khanewal),Zeeshan Khan (Multan),Kamran Ali (Multan), Shabbir Ahmed (Khanewal),Farhan AhmedAbbasi (Multan), Abdur Rauf (Okara), Samiullah Khan(Mianwali), Mir Usman (Azad Jammu and Kashmir), Azhar Abbas(Khanewal), Owais Anwar (Khanewal), Mohammad Ali (Gujrat),Mohammad Fazil (Multan), Zulfiqar Babar (Okara), Wasim Majid(Vehari).Test leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed and Rizwan Ahmed are includedas guest players.Rest of Sindh XI: Shahid Qambrani (Dadu), AkhtarBangash (Dadu), Naveen Kumar (Jacobabad), Adnan Ameer(Thatta), Feroze (Thatta), Hanif-ur-Rehman (Nawabshah),Nasrullah Memon (Shikarpur), Kamaluddin (Sukkur), Ali Nawaz(Larkana), Niaz Ahmed (Badin), Javed Liaquat (Dadu), ShahidHussain (Nawabshah), Mohammad Siddiq (Larkana), Abdur Rahim(Larkana), AbidAli (Nawabshah), Nasim (Mirpurkhas), KashifPervez (Mirpurkhas), Kashif Ali (Dadu), Razaullah (Sukkur),Khalid Hussain (Shikarpur), Rizwan Qureshi (Thatta).Restof NWFP XI: Adnan Raees, Imran Husain,AhmadSaid,Sajid Shah, Noor-ul-Amin, Yasir Shah (all from Mardan),Asghar Ali (Dera Ismail Khan), Mohammad Bilal (Bannu), MajidAli (Haripur), Umair Khan (Haripur), Akbar Badshah, NaveedKhan, Mohammad Asif, Imran Durrani, Gohar Ali (all fromNowshera), M. Ibrahim, Mohammad Shafiq, Shakeel-ur-Rehman,Riaz Afridi, Imran Khan, Haji Badshah, MohammadAslam (allfrom FATA), Mohammad Saeed (Abbotabad), Rashid Mansoor(Kohat).Balochistan XI: Aqil Baloch (Quetta), Ali Ahmed(Quetta), Sabir Hussain (Quetta), Jehanzeb (Kalat),Azizullah (Pishin), Naseem Khan (Quetta)), Mohtashim Ali(Quetta), Sadiq Shah (Quetta), Manzoor Ahmed (Quetta),AbdulHameed (Kalat), Patris Masih (Sibi), Abdul Wajid(Sibi), Mohtashim Rasheed (Sibi),Mohammad Asif (Sibi),Faisal Irfan (Quetta), Mohammad Khan (Quetta), Arun Lal(Quetta), Anwar Ali (Quetta), Ibrahim Aslam (Loralai),Sanaullah (Quetta), Hameedullah (Pishin), Naseebullah(Pishin), Naseer Khan (Quetta), Mian Nafees (Sibi).

Zimbabwe’s national selectors have recalled legspinner Graeme Cremer and wicketkeeper-batsman Regis Chakabva for the upcoming limited-overs matches against Bangladesh. A ZC release confirmed that Elton Chigumbura will lead the 16-member squad for both the three ODIs and the two T20Is, starting November 7.Brian Chari, Kevin Kasuza, Tinotenda Mutombodzi and Christopher Mpofu, who were all part of Zimbabwe’s limited-overs squad which lost at home to Afghanistan, were omitted from the national team, but will join the Zimbabwe A squad for a home series against Bangladesh A.Chakabva was included in the team on the back of a strong performance for the A team against Ireland in Harare, where he scored a century in both innings. Cremer made the squad after recovering from an ankle injury. He last played for Zimbabwe earlier this month, during the home series against Pakistan, taking four wickets from four matches.Mashonaland Eagles’ captain Tinotenda Mutombodzi will lead Zimbabwe A for the three one-dayers, with Matebeleland Tuskers’ captain Godwill Mamhiyo deputising, while the two players will swap roles for the four-day matches.”We have picked a senior national squad that we believe will quickly recover from the disappointing series against Afghanistan and go to Bangladesh to show that we are a competitive nation,” Kenyon Ziehl, the convener of the national selection panel, said.”It’s also exciting to have the A side playing concurrently with the senior team as this will give us a clear picture of our depth. We hope the players included will make the most of this opportunity to play against a Bangladesh A which will be a quality side.”Zimbabwe squad: Elton Chigumbura (captain), Sikandar Raza, Regis Chakabva, Chamu Chibhabha, Tendai Chisoro, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Luke Jongwe, Neville Madziva, Wellington Masakadza, Richmond Mutumbami, Taurai Muzarabani, John Nyumbu, Tinashe Panyangara, Malcolm Waller, Sean WilliamsZimbabwe A one-day squad: Tinotenda Mutombodzi (captain), Ryan Burl, Brian Chari, Trevor Garwe, Kevin Kasuza, Godwill Mamhiyo, Prince Masvaure, Peter Moor, Tapiwa Mufudza, Natsai M’shangwe, Christopher Mpofu, Victor Nyauchi, Kudzai Sauramba, Donald Tiripano, Brian VitoriZimbabwe A four-day squad: Godwill Mamhiyo (captain), Brian Chari, Trevor Garwe, Joylord Gumbie, Roy Kaia, Hamilton Masakadza, Prince Masavaure, Peter Moor, Tapiwa Mufudza, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Natsai M’shangwe, Victor Nyauchi, Vusi Sibanda, Donald Tiripano, Brian Vitori

After seven long months of writing about potential takeovers, Ken Bates, disappointing performances, a lack of players, Ken Bates, the negativity around the club, the divided fan base, the dwindling attendances, Ken Bates etc, it’s nice to finally be able to throw off the shackles and be positive.

And positive we are.

Last week will be remembered ‘til the end of time by all of us long suffering fans, ‘TOMA’ can at long last be confined to the history books. What fans of other clubs wont realise is just how important a change of ownership is for us.

Originally, a takeover was just a straight forward way of getting ‘Bates out’, and seemingly the only way of getting him out too.

As time and transfer windows passed we started to suspect that there was more than just Bates’ personal greed behind our lack of activity. In the summer our finances were studied and alarm bells started to ring, we weren’t quite in the rose garden Ken had been claiming. People started to question how sustainable we were, some even believed we would struggle to make the end of the season.

We needed something to happen, fast. Early takeover talk led to new hope, but that quickly turned sour as we watched our season derail game after game.

‘Keep the faith’ has always been a motto held close to many a Leeds fans’ heart, but our faith was being pushed to its limit. In my last article I wrote about how GFH Capital and Ken Bates had ended our season early. As I wrote that I’d had enough, we were going nowhere and to me, the amount of time negotiations had taken had stifled our chances of progress, the emergency loan window was a day away from closing, I could see no way out. It was over.

That article was published at 9:43am. 47 minutes later, our season got thrown a lifeline.

It couldn’t have been scripted better, from despair to elation in less than an hour. All of a sudden our season flipped on its head, it was far from over.

The following day saw Leeds fans feel what every other fan feels on deadline day. It was a refreshing change, we were linked with good players and good players joined the club.

Confidence shot up, Leeds were back.

The atmosphere on Saturday was electric, even with our new found optimism we still couldn’t expect much against a Palace team that had seriously hit form over the last few months, cue an inspired Leeds performance.

With every chant you could see the confidence grow, we were united again, marching on together at last. The Elland Road roar at full time had been long overdue. The table doesn’t look daunting anymore. The points gap between us and the playoffs feels altogether more achievable, and you can’t help but be quietly confident that we might actually be able to pull it off. I’ll never forget last week.

Of the ups and downs of the last few years, for me, it was the highest high. It may not result in promotion this season, but what it does mean is that for the first time in a long, long time, Leeds fans can look to the future and dream.

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We’re smiling again, and I’m sure there’s a certain number 11 up in the sky smiling back at us today.

Rest in peace Gary. On on on.

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James Sutherland, Cricket Australia’s chief executive, speaks to the News Ltd journalists who were locked out © Getty Images

Australia’s Test cricket season started with a row between Cricket Australia and various media groups which led to several organisations being locked out of the Gabba after they refused to agree to new terms demanded by the board.The world’s top three global news agencies – Agence France-Presse, Reuters and Associated Press – have suspended all coverage of the season unless a deal can be agreed. The stand-off also involves Getty Images, who provide photos to newspapers and websites across the world.Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, said he hoped the matter would be resolved amicably. “It’s a very complicated issue,” Speed admitted. “CA has been firm, based on principles. It’s a sensitive issue. Only time will tell [how it’s resolved].”In a separate incident, CA officials were forced to apologise for an “inappropriate comment” that led to News Limited reporters being ordered not to report on the match. A resolution over the media accreditation dispute between CA and News Limited had been agreed in principle shortly before the match was due to start, but senior management ordered its journalists back to their offices after a radio interview given by a CA official.Peter Young, CA’s general manager of corporate affairs, told the ABC that News Limited’s proposals would transfer money available for community cricket “into the pockets of [News Limited boss] Rupert Murdoch”. James Sutherland, CA’s chief executive, apologised and retracted the comment. “I hope we can resolve current discussions as soon as possible,” he said, “and get back to the business of staging and reporting cricket.”As the players returned to the field after a morning rain break, the reporters left the footpath outside the ground and at the time News Limited, which publishes papers including the Australian, the Daily Telegraph, the Courier-Mail and , had no plans to cover the match. However, a deal was signed late in the day.The main problem centres around rights to photographs and the amount of text and data allowed to be sent from the ground.”It is most regrettable that we are unable to provide our usual comprehensive coverage of cricket due to CA’s refusal to extend reasonable accreditation terms to international agencies,” Pierre Louette, the AFP chairman, said. “The accreditation terms imposed by CA make it impossible for news agencies to achieve the impartial and independent coverage that is our core mission.”Fairfax, which publishes the and the , and , the national news agency, reached agreement with CA in the lead-up to the match. CA has tightened its regulations with the emergence of new media and the organisation believes money made from commercial interests should be shared with the game. “Where cricket generates commercial value, we believe that some of it should be available for investment in the future of cricket,” Young said earlier this week.The global agencies declined a compromise offer from CA under which they would pay a license fee to resell photographs, arguing such a charge would run counter to the fundamental principles of news coverage. “Among the principles that we will not cede on is that we will not pay to cover news,” Louette said.The agencies are part of a coalition of more than 30 media organisations set up to oppose CA’s stance and say they will not “allow CA to have control over the way news is presented”. The agencies still hope, however, that the latest dispute can be resolved.”We are ready to continue negotiations with CA and sincerely hope that we will be able to agree on acceptable conditions that will allow us to resume normal coverage of Cricket Australia events,” Louette said. A similar stand-off occurred in the lead-up to the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, but the International Rugby Board relaxed its regulations after photographers who turned up to a major promotional shoot for a sponsor pointed their cameras at the ground.