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Archive for June, 2014

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“Every human has four endowments — self-awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change.”

— Stephen R. Covey

ICC give T20I status to Nepal and the Netherlands

Melbourne: In a major boost to cricket in Nepal and the Netherlands, the International Cricket Council has given the associate nations twenty-twenty international status. A decision to grant the status to both the nations was taken in the ICC Annual Conference week which concluded in Melbourne today.

“The ICC Board agreed to give T20I status to the Netherlands and Nepal, both of which qualified for the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014. This means there are now eight Associate sides with T20I status,” the ICC said in a release.

Other key ICC recommendations:

-International venues must be set up to their maximum possible boundary dimensions, as per the playing conditions, to help maintain an appropriate balance between bat and the ball.

-A bowler who has spent time off the field in a Test will be allowed to resume bowling after he has either spent the same period of time on the field as he spent off the field, or he has been back on the field for 30 overs, whichever occurs first.

– A T20I innings will be scheduled to span 85 minutes, instead of 80 minutes.
– The trial regulation allowing an 80-over top-up of unsuccessful DRS player reviews will be extended for another 12 months.

Earlier on Thursday, the ICC Board had confirmed that the USA Cricket Association (USACA) was the ICC’s recognised member in the USA and approved the Development Committee’s recommendation that Oman Cricket (OC) should become the 38th Associate Member of the ICC. It also confirmed the suspension of the Affiliate Membership of Brunei and removal of Tonga as an Affiliate Member.

The ICC Board, which consists of the nominated representatives of each of the ten full Members plus three elected Associate Member representatives, also confirmed that the USA Cricket Association (USACA) was the ICC’s recognised member in the USA and approved the Development Committee’s recommendation that Oman Cricket (OC) should become the 38th Associate Member of the ICC.

It also confirmed the suspension of the Affiliate Membership of Brunei and removal of Tonga as an Affiliate Member.

A message from a fat teenager to his mother

If walking is good for health, then all the postmen would live more
than 100 years of age.

A whale swims all day, only eats fish only drinks water and is fat.

A rabbit only eats vegetables, run and hops all day long and only
lives 5 years.

A tortoise doesn’t run and does nothing energetic, yet it lives for
450 years

And you tell me to exercise ! I don’t think so

“With my sunglasses on, I’m Jack Nicholson. Without them, I’m fat and 60.”

— Jack Nicholson

“I don’t want to live in the kind of world where we don’t look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand. I can’t change the way anybody else thinks, or what they choose to do, but I can do my bit.”

—Charles de Lint (born 1951);
Writer

Come on FICA bring up a new ICC..!

When two of the big3 of the ICC are against opening Cricket for the Olympics what is the use of the ICC???

Srinivasan as ICC Chairman is embarrassing: FICA boss

27 Jun 2014, 1324 hrs IST, AP

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Paul Marsh has termed Srinivasan’s appointment as ICC Chairman “embarrassing”.
Melbourne: Paul Marsh, the executive chairman of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Association, has described Narayanswami Srinivasan’s appointment as the Chairman of the International Cricket Council as “embarrassing”. Marsh, who is shortly to step down as executive chairman of FICA, said the election Thursday of Srinivasan to the most powerful role in world cricket was “very concerning.”

Srinivasan is currently barred by the Indian Supreme Court from performing his duties as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and has been listed as one of 13 persons of interest in an investigation of corruption in the Indian Premier League.

In a FICA statement on Friday, Marsh said “our strong preference was for the controversy involving Mr. Srinivasan in India to be resolved before the ICC made a decision on the chairmanship.”

Srinivas an’s appointment followed changes to the structure of the ICC which awards virtual control of world cricket to India, England and Australia. India lobbied strongly for Srinivasan’s appointment and his nomination was carried with strong support from both Australia and England.

India provides almost 70 percent of cricket’s international revenues and the election of Srinivasan and the revamped ICC structure, affording power to the sport’s ‘big three’, are seen as measures to prevent India quitting the world body.

Marsh bemoaned the concentration of political power into fewer hands.

“It’s difficult to see how cricket has got to this point,” he said in an interview with Australia’s SEN Radio. “It’s one of the saddest things I’ve seen in cricket. It’s embarrassing for the game that we’re in this position. The process that they’ve gone through to get to this point is very concerning. Effectively what’s happened here is the ‘big three’ boards of Engla nd, Australia and India have taken over the world game.”

Marsh said it was likely the big three would share a larger share of revenue at the expense of smaller nations.

“I don’t know how that helps build the world game,” he said. “I don’t see that cricket has a huge future if the game becomes about three or four countries. What we’ve seen over the last few years is that the game has been run very much along selfish lines.”

Marsh will be succeeded as FICA chairman by Tony Irish of South Africa.

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When It Doesn’t Help to Be Too Nice

No one wants to be the bad guy. But for a leader, being too nice can be inefficient and irresponsible when you have to make a tough call. Don’t fall into these “too nice” traps:

Avoiding confrontation.

Sometimes a new hire just can’t cut it. Letting the employee continue to flounder is arguably more cruel than firing him. Be kind, but be clear. Help the person transition to somewhere he can succeed.

Becoming the doormat.

When you’re too nice — to people who miss deadlines or don’t do their work — people will take advantage of you. You don’t need to be severe to be respected, but you should hold your organization up to certain standards and make sure people meet them.

Shunning introspection.

Think of this as “being too nice to yourself.” Face the hard truths about yourself, and give employees the space to share their feedback too. You’ll get valuable perspective and you’ll mature as a leader.

Adapted by HBR from “ The Problem with Being Too Nice” by Michael Fertik.

MNS vs NM

1. @nayyarahmad: Mian Nawaz Sharif what are YOU doing for your subjects? An eye opening TOI news published today, about the Ind… http://t.co/Gmku3V7EZh

2. Few suggestions to all the provincial and local district governments in Pakistan. In our country the a. http://t.co/jlTsZT7Gof

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

A Sage Advice to India and Pakistan

“We cannot use the present to live in the past and thus lose the future” quote from Former Governor Sind, Mr. Kamal Azfar, in his memoirs “The waters of Lahore”.

Mr. Azfar wrote:

“If Asia is to lead the world in the twenty first century, it’s leaders, like those of post-war France and Germany, the two pillars of the EU, ought to rise to the occasion and constitute an Asian Common Market, consisting of SAARC, China and Asia, which would include followers of the four major faiths, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism, all of which arose in Asia”.

He postulates that the bloody wars fought between the nations of Asia will not be forgotten, as the wars of Europe have not been forgotten. He ends his chapter on the “Asian Century” with his famous line quoted earlier:

“We cannot use the present to live in the past and thus lose the future”.