Muthiah, Kumbhat re-elected

CHENNAI, JUNE 18. Mr. A.C. Muthiah and Mr. Ashok Kumbhat were re- elected President and Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association respectively for the year 2000-2001 during the Annual General body Meeting at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on Sunday.

While Mr. Muthiah faced no opposition, Mr. Kumbhat defeated Mr. G. Nandakumar by 110 votes to 73 after Mr. A.S. Venkateswaran withdrew.

Mr. S.E. Sankar Rao was elected Joint Secretary with Mr. S. Kesavan retiring from the fray. Mr. K.C. Sampath Kumar was nominated as the Assistant Secretary. For the post of the Treasurer, Mr. C.R. Vijayaraghavan beat Mr. R. Chandrasekaran 114-72.

Messrs S. Ganesan, K.M. Mammen, K. Subramanian and N. Venkataramani remained the vice presidents (city). Mr. S.R. Jagannathan opted out. And Messrs D. Lakshminarayanaswami and N. Srinivasan were nominated as Vice Presidents (districts).

Speaking to the presspersons later, Mr. Muthiah said the meeting had taken place in a cordial atmosphere and added there were quite a few constructive suggestions from the stalwarts.

He expressed satisfaction over the fact that as many as five players from Tamil Nadu had represented the country in either Test or one-day internationals during the season and several more were staking a claim. He attributed the success to strong coaching schemes and the number of tournaments being played in the region.

Coming to international cricket, Mr. Muthiah felt that action should be taken against the South African Cricket Board chief Mr. Ali Bacher for his allegations about match-fixing, in violation of the ICC's Code on Conduct.

Asia which generated about 70 per cent of ICC's revenues was getting back only 20 per cent he said, and added much of it was being spent in Europe and the U.S. where cricket was not a factor. Mr. Muthiah wanted least 50 per cent of the total revenue to come back to the Asian countries, especially the sub- continent.

The following were elected as the Executive Members (City): Mr. D. Sivanandam (TI Cycles SRC) 111 votes; Mr. G. Natarajan (Varsity Occasionals) 110; Mr. K.S. Viswanathan (Grand Slam CC) 109; Mr. Victor Fernandez (SPIC RC) 107; Mr. P.P. Swathy (Purasawalkam CC) 102; Mr. K. Mohan (Venkateswara CC) 92; Mr. V.P. Narasimhan (Alwarpet CC) 91; Mr. K. Murali (T. Srinivasaraghavan Mem. SC) 90; Both Mr. K.R.K Namdev (George Town UC) and Mr. G.C. Dangi (Fox Trotters CC) polled 89 votes, but the former went through on the draw of lots.

The following were nominated to the Executive Committee from the districts: Mr. K.S. Srinivasan (Dharmapuri), Mr. V. Sivathanu Pillai (Kanyakumari), Mr. D. Julius Vijaykumar (Nagapattinam), Mr. V.S. Andrew Amritharaj (Nilgiris), Mr. M. Mahaveerchand (Villupuram).

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