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Vol. 5 Num 1066 Fri. June 01, 2007  
   
Sports


No Premier relegation this year


The Premier Cricket League is set to be bloated to fourteen clubs next season after relegation for this season looked set to be put aside.

The board meeting on Saturday will decide the fate of Brothers Union, City Club and Indira Road but it is most likely that there would be no relegation league as the dry season in Bangladesh is virtually over.

None of the three clubs are willing to risk relegation as the matches held now could be hampered by seasonal rain but the Super League, held after nearly three months of the first round of the Premiership, was held almost without any trouble. Only one match -- Abahani v Old DOHS -- was rained off.

It would have been wise for the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) to run the relegation league during that time as they had adequate grounds.

All other relegations and promotions in first, second and third divisions will, however, take place.