da casino： The United Cricket Board is inviting a group of 35 “cricket brains” in SouthAfrica to a brainstorming session to be held in Johannesburg on 23 April2002
Media Release09-Apr-2002The United Cricket Board is inviting a group of 35 “cricket brains” in SouthAfrica to a brainstorming session to be held in Johannesburg on 23 April2002. The purpose of the day-long meeting is to look back at the 2001/2season in a constructive manner with a view to devising a cricketingstrategy looking ahead to the 2003 Cricket World Cup and beyond.Invitees include some current players, team management, former players,administrators (including 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup Executive Director DrAli Bacher), some current Executive Committee members, the TransformationMonitoring Committee chairman Andre Odendaal and some current selectors.Invitees who are not available to attend the session have been asked to makea written submission to ensure their ideas can be taken into account. SouthAfrican captain Shaun Pollock, who leaves for England on April 19 to take upa contract with Warwickshire, has said he will make a written submission toUCB CEO Gerald Majola before his departure.”We feel that there are many issues that need to be looked at in aconstructive fashion and we want to ensure that we make use of all thecricketing expertise we possibly can. The meeting will be a proactive meansfor the UCB to look frankly at the international season just past and devisea strategy that we can go forward with,” said Mr Majola today. “The groupwill look at all cricketing issues around the national team in particular.The immediate goal is a cricketing strategy for the 2003 World Cup, but thiswill also be the foundation of our strategy for the game, especially aroundthe national team, in the longer term.””We realize there is a need to act quickly and to get this process movingforward to ensure that our most precious asset – our national team – iscompetitive, fit and strong,” added Mr Majola.The General Council of the UCBSA is to have a Special General Meeting on 27April to adopt the new Constitution of the UCBSA in which the game’sadministration is split into professional and amateur arms. The constitutionhas been drawn up as a result of the recent restructuring exerciseundertaken by PriceWaterhouse Coopers-Gobodo.The 11 Affiliates of the UCBSA have been asked to nominate Directors for theBoard of the new professional arm of cricket. These new Directors will beappointed at a special meeting immediately after the new Constitution isadopted on 27 April and the first task of this new Board at their firstmeeting on 27 April will be to deal with the recommendations coming out ofthe brainstorming session of 23 April.The Annual General Meeting of the UCBSA has been scheduled for 3 August2003.Below is the list of invitees to the brainstorming session on April 23. “Aswe have not been able to contact some of them yet, we ask them to contactLesley O’Donoghue at the UCBSA on (011) 880-2810 to let us know if they areavailable,” said Mr Majola.Hylton AckermanAli BacherVincent BarnesJohn BlairFanie de VilliersAllan DonaldSteve ElworthyAnton FerreiraGraham FordMorris GardaAndrew GrayOmar HenryAndrew HudsonAslam KhotaTim KhumaloGary KirstenPeter KirstenRob KurzHaroon LorgatRushdi MagietRay MaliCraig MatthewsMakhaya NtiniAndre OdendaalHugh PageGraeme PollockShaun PollockAshwell PrinceGoolam RajahJonty RhodesCharlie RobinsonEric SimonsCraig SmithPat SymcoxCorrie van ZylKepler Wessels