Wills International Cup Countdown
The latest news in the buildup to the Wills International Cup, with 17
days remaining till the start:
Bangladesh Cricket Board expects that the three practice grounds
will be prepared by October 15. As confusion developed whether the
tournament will be held in Dhaka or not, specially after the longest
and worst deluge, the preparatory measures have slown down. After
International Cricket Council (ICC) gave green signal that Dhaka
would be host of the mini-world cup, the preparations resumed in full
swing. However, there is still a confusion whether the dressing rooms
of the practice grounds will be in international standard.The BCB has received the design of tickets for spectators of the
tournament from the ICC. Selling will start a week before the first
ever knock-out world cup kicks-off. The amount from the gatemoney is
expected as Tk 6 crore or 12 lakh US dollars.ICC President Jagmohan Dalmiya is daily monitoring the latest
condition of the preparations via telephone from Calcutta.Bangladesh Postal Department will publish special stamps on the
occasion of the tournament. The tickets carrying logo of the tourney
will highlight the spirit of the trophy "one world, one game".Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will publish a colourful souvenir
on the occasion of the mini-world cup. The main attraction of the
nearly 165-page souvenir will be the profile of players of the nine
test playing countries with their respective cricket board logo. It
will also contain attractive descriptions of the capital Dhaka as
well as some important places of the country. Ardent Marketing and
Communications, a local media consultant has been given the charge to
print 3,000 copies of the souvenir. It will also print 50,000
coloured posters, erect pandal over the entire stadium gallery and
fix four gigantic balloons for the first ever knock-out world cup
cricket. The BCB official said they will get about Tk 10 lakh (US
dollars 20,000) in cash from Ardent Marketing for allowing them to
publish the souvenir, placing the balloons and erecting pandal with
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