Cuban gets top ICC cricket prize

JOHANNESBURG:  The International Cricket Council, bidding to enhance the sport’s global appeal, have  announced special awards for people and associations stretching from Argentina and Cuba to Indonesia.

The Argentina Cricket Association, with a fulltime staff in Buenos Aires and employing eight coaches in youth development, won the ICC development programme’s inaugural award for best run national organisation. The Argentine board conducted the America’s Cricket Championships last March, as well as hosting the South American championships for the fourth time in five years. Leona Ford won the award for the volunteer of the year for her work in developing cricket in Cuba. Uganda scooped African awards, while Samoa got first prize for the best overall development programme and Indonesia took the award for best junior development.