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BCCI hits back at Fleming

November 04, 2003 18:02 IST

The Indian Cricket Board today hit back at Stephen Fleming for complaining about the scheduling of the ongoing triseries and said the Kiwi skipper should target his own Board, which had given consent to the itinerary.

BCCI Secretary S K Nair told PTI over phone that New Zealand's itinerary was finalised after protracted discussions with its cricket board. "He (Fleming) should ask his own Board (about the scheduling)," he said.

Nair said the New Zealand Board was supposed to consult its players regarding the tour programme.

Fleming was quoted as saying by a New Zealand website today that the scheduling was aimed to favour hosts India and criticised tournament organisers for making New Zealand and Australia play each other in day matches in difficult conditions.

Fleming also said that morning starts had ruined his team's prospects in the triseries.

Rubbishing the allegation, Nair said not all cricket stadiums in the country had floodlight facility and day-night encounters were scheduled on "rotational basis


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Sub: Flemming's comment on Indian pitches and scheduling

When India toured previously to NZ, fleming made a comment after winning both test and ODI series that " If u r a great Batsman, ...


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Sub: Fleming - Highly underrated captain

Dears Fleming is a highly underrated captain. He has not done anything special or a great to be rated highly. Instead he prefers to talk ...


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Sub: fleming is wrong

i guess fleming has forgotten the pitches that india were made to play against them in their own backyard. the pitches there were made so ...


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Sub: Its whine time again

Its ridiculous that Fleming is complaining abt the itinerary after getting beaten in 3 matches. Where were his brains before the start of the tournament. ...


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Sub: Is World Blind?

C'mon Nair, what u think its all accidentaly that all India matches r day night affair, don't give this fullish statement, If Fleming is not ...


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