August 04, 2007	Saturday	Rajab 19, 1428

BANGALORE, Aug 3: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will probably take another month to appoint a coach for the national team. “We contacted our counterparts in cricket boards in England and Australia telling them our requirement. If they have someone who matches what we need, they will recommend some names to us,” Sharad Pawar, president of the Indian board, said on Friday. “There is a committee appointed to look into this and it will probably take a month’s time before we can make an appointment.”

On the issue of the Indian Cricket League (ICL), which has seen some heated words being exchanged in the media, Pawar said the BCCI was not against former cricketers running coaching programmes or playing matches but insisted it was the board’s prerogative to organise all official cricket in India.

Asked if the appointment of high-profile cricketers to committees and academies was causing more trouble than good, he said: “We appointed Kapil here at the NCA in good faith. He was a great cricketer and won the World Cup for India. But he’s busy with other things. Even Sunil Gavaskar has been head of committees and they have a lot of experience and expertise. So I won’t say it is trouble.”—Agencies