Bacher said the United Cricket Board (UCB) planned over the next three years to change the mainly-white face of cricket without lowering standards, the SAPA news agency reported.

General quotas were in place for school, tertiary education and provincial cricket. Guidelines have also been set for appointing more people of colour as groundsmen, umpires, managers, scorers, coaches and administrators. The UCB have even started a scheme to enable the training of aspirant cricket journalists of colour, he said.

Barlow term for two years

DHAKA: Former South African Test cricketer Eddie Barlow has been appointed director of development by the Bangladesh Cricket Board for a two-year term, BCB president Saber Hussain Chowdhury said on Saturday. The BCBexecutive committee meeting on Friday night decided to appoint Barlow, who will take over from September 1. Asked why Barlow wasn't made the coach as planned earlier, Chowdhury said, ``development encompasses coaching which is very important aspect of development. Barlow will have total responsibilities of overall development including the coaching aspect.''

Law fails to save Essex

LONDON: Australia's run-making machine Stuart Law scored another unbeaten English County Championship hundred for Essex on Saturday but his side were still felled by Kent. Law, 104 not out, was left fighting a rear guard action after Essex's acting captain and fourth-wicket partner Ronnie Irani was run out for 52.

Essex's 243 all out was not enough to prevent Kent finding the required 53 runs off a minimum 28 overs.

Hanif on PCB panel

ISLAMABAD: Master batsman of yesteryears Hanif Mohammed along with another member has been inducted into the ad-hoc committee to run the affairs of dissolved Pakistan CricketBoard (PCB). Mujibur Rehman, who had been earlier appointed chairman of the two-member ad-hoc committee by the president of Pakistan, while announcing the induction of Hanif said he will add one more member from Peshawar to complete his team. The other member to be inducted in the committee was Hafiz Mansoor, who was the treasurer in the dissolved board and is likely to look after the financial affairs of PCB.