A former cricketer of Indian origin, Logan Naidoo, has been electedPresident of the Kwazulu-Natal Cricket Union which is affiliated tothe United Cricket Board of South Africa
Staff and Agencies25-Jun-2001* Indian is elected cricket union president in South AfricaA former cricketer of Indian origin, Logan Naidoo, has been electedPresident of the Kwazulu-Natal Cricket Union which is affiliated tothe United Cricket Board of South Africa. He is the second person ofIndian origin to be elected to a top position in cricket in theprovince. Cassim Docrat is the CEO of provincial cricket and theKingsmead Cricket Stadium in Durban.Naidoo, who at one time captained the old non-racial Natal Board team,has moved into the new position after serving as vice president of theunion, national selector of the Under-19 team and president of theDurban and District Cricket Union. He said in an interview that hisbiggest task was to bring back those who have lost interest in thegame.* Brijesh Patel honouredFormer Indian batsman and currently director of the National CricketAcademy Brijesh Patel was on Sunday honoured with a ‘Lifetime’ awardfor his achievement in the sport. A silver bat was presented to Patelby KH Shrinivas, Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka StateLegislative Council, at a function in Belgaum. The award has beeninstituted jointly by the Rotary International and Belgaum Sports Clubfrom this year.Shrinivas lauded the efforts being taken by Patel to develop necessarysports infrastructure for providing coaching to young talent insmaller towns and rural areas. Replying to the felicitations, Patelwho is the secretary of the Karnataka State Cricket Association, saidhis endeavour was to promote the game by creating infrastructure inrural areas as there was a lot of talent.* Nair, Haridas elected KCA president, secretarySK Nair and S Haridas were elected president and secretary of theKerala Cricket Association in the elections of the Kerala CricketAssociation at Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. Nair, who is the chairmanof the Finance Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India,has been elected president for the first time while Haridas was reelected to the post.The other members elected for a four year period (2001 to 2005) were:Vice Presidents : Dr KN Raghavan, GK Shetty, S Ramachandran Nair, andC Sneharaj. Joint secretary : Niaz Ahmed. Treasurer: TC Mathew