Pantaloon Cricket awards to be presented todayOver 170 first class cricketers, past and present, from all over the country, will elect the Pantaloon Indian Cricketer of the year 1997-98. Their decision would be known tomorrow. the nominees for the award areMohammed Azharuddin, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar.The "Best Among The Equals" award will fetch the winner a Tag Heuer Jewellery watch worth Rs 5 lakh. The performance of the these five cricketers, who had the best records for '97, will be the yardstick. Four former greats Lala Amarnath, Vijay Hazare, Mushtaq Ali and CS Nayudu - will also be felicitated and presented with a cheques of Rs 25,000 each. Mumbai-Orissa Ranji tie at WankhedeThe February 14-17 group `A' Ranji Trophy Super League fixture between holders Mumbai and Orissa has been shifted to the Wankhede Stadium here at the request of the latter.Orissa Cricket Association (OCA) secretary BB Das had requested his counterpart in the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), Prof Ratnakar Shetty, to conduct the match as the OCA was not in a position to do so because of the March 12-16 India-Australia second cricket Test at Cuttack's Barabati Stadium.With Mumbai opening their Super League campaign against the Railways at home (February 5-8) and also hosting the tie against Orissa and Karnataka (March 13-16), they would have to play away from home only once in the Super League stage - against Punjab at Mohali from February 23-26.Sanghi Inter-Club Squash from Feb 20The silver jubilee edition of the Motilal Sanghi Inter-Club Squash Championship is to be held here from February 20 to 23.To celebrate the occasion, the organisers have introduced the individual championship to follow the four-day team event from this year and Rs 1.25 lakh is on offer as prize money in eight categories including four in juniors. Each club would be allowed to enter two players in each category. Last date for entries is February 10. For further informationplease contact Arjun Lahiri. Tel. no. 4954006, 4931964.Vivek Mullaji's successful attemptVivek Mullaji, a 13-year-old student of Bombay Scottish, has swum the 35-kms distance between Dharamtar to Gateway of India on January 15. He performed the feat in eight hours 30 minutes and 44 seconds. Vivek has on a previous occasion swam the distance between Gateway of India to Uran in three hours and four minutes.Inter-collegiate cricket postponedThe Inter-Collegiate cricket (tournament proper), scheduled to be held on January 22 and 23, has been postponed to January 28 and 29. Participating colleges are requested to collect the revised programme from the sports section of the University.Cricket tournament for teachersThe Hindi Vidya Prachar Samiti will be conducting an Inter-Collegiate cricket tournament for the teachers in February. Jhunjhunwala collage will be organising the tournamentfor th e Kadali Trophy. Entries should be sent to Jhunjhunwala College, Ghatkopar before January 31. More details can be had from Ajit Limaye 4144747 and Yatin Rane 5787730.
