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KCA’s new academy at SH College

KOCHI: The Kerala Cricket Association will start a full-fledged cricket academy at the Sacred Heart College in Thevara shortly.

“We will have a chief coach — a former player from outside the State — and specialists for batting, bowling and physical fitness,” said the Kerala Cricket Association secretary, T.C. Mathew, after the association’s Central Council meeting here on Friday evening.

“Since Sacred Heart has a nice gym and good facilities for players’ accommodation nearby, we have selected it. And for matches, we will be using the St. Paul’s College ground,” he said.

Apart from senior players, the KCA plans to pick and train a pool of players between 19 and 25 years at the Kochi centre. Plans are also on to start smaller academies in the State’s three zones and to develop a ground at Kottayam after signing an MoU with the Mahatma Gandhi University.

The association has also decided to extend the contract of V. Hariharan as the Kerala Ranji coach.

“We have decided to give him a three-year contract. However, some minor things have to be worked out,” said Mr Mathew.

The association has also appointed former Ranji coach and player P. Balachandran as the chief TRDO (Talent Resources Development Officer) of the State. “He will also act as a facilitator for the State schools tournament which we plan to revive this year. We could not conduct it last year,” said the KCA secretary.

The KCA annual general body meeting will be held at Kumarakom on July 12 and the association plans to release its calendar of events during the event.

Easy for Lovers CC

At Thiruvanathapuram, Lovers CC scored a 91-run win over Pankajakasturi CC in the Canara Bank-TDCA ‘B’ division cricket league at the Medical College ground on Friday.

The scores: Lovers CC 244 for eight in 45 overs (Najab 65 n.o., Anil Devaraj 62) bt Pankajakasturi CC 153 in 31 overs (Sachin 60).

TT coaching centre

The Centre of Police Sports (COPS) in association with the Thiruvananthapuram district table tennis association will open a table tennis coaching centre at the Chandrashekaran Nair stadium. The DGP Raman Srivastava will inaugurate the centre at the table tennis hall on June 27.

To begin with, the centre will have two tables and R. Rajesh and Jobin J.Chirstie will be the coaches.

The centre has come as a boon to the table tennis players in the district who have to depend on the sole training hall at the YMCA which is open only from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. At present, about 35 players including 20 State-level players train at the YMCA hall.

Interested players may contact S. Rajesh (9447799772) and Subash George sports coordinator COPS (9447003483) for registration.

Roller basketball

The State Roller basketball tournament will be held at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram from June 29. Kozhikode, Kasaragod, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta and Thiruvananthapuram are the teams taking part.

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