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India Gazette
27-05-2025
- Sport
- India Gazette
SCA unveils schedule, venue for Saurashtra Pro T20 League
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], May 27 (ANI): The Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) announced the venue and schedule of the Saurashtra Pro T20 League (SPTL), a franchise-based league that will showcase the region's finest cricketing talent in a thrilling, high-energy format. The tournament will be held at the renowned Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. Five teams will compete for the title, including Anmol Kings Halar, Aryan Sorath Lions, Dita Gohilwad Titans, Zalawad Strikers, and JMD Kutch Riders. SPTL 2025 will be played from June 7 to 20 and will have around 21 matches, including the final. The Players' draft will be organised on Tuesday, with a pool of about 125 players in three categories. All coaches and other team support will be selected from the Saurashtra Cricket Association. However, teams can have national or international former players as mentors. A Media Conference was held at Niranjan Shah Stadium to announce further tournament details, including the dates, total number of matches, and players' draft. Saurashtra Pro T20 League's Chairman Jayveer Shah shared the details and said, according to a press release from the SCA, 'There will be five teams in this franchise-based tournament. Teams are named by historic and popular regions of Saurashtra-Kutch and clubbed with their respective franchisee. Names of five teams shall be Anmol Kings Halar, Aryan Sorath Lions, Dita Gohilwad Titans, Zalawad Strikers and JMD Kutch Riders. Each team will play two league matches, and thus the tournament shall have 21 matches, including the final. In the earlier format of SCA's T20 league, each team played only 1 match, and so SCA is making the tournament bigger and more competitive.' Jaydev Shah, President of Saurashtra Cricket Association, addressed the presence of SCA office bearers Himanshu Shah, Secretary; Shyam Raichura, Treasurer; Karan Shah, Joint Secretary; and Jayveer Shah, Chairman of Saurashtra Pro T20 League. 'It gives me immense pleasure to announce the Saurashtra Pro T20 League, an exciting new chapter in Saurashtra's cricketing journey. The tournament is a landmark initiative by the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) to further promote and develop the game at a professional level within our region. Saurashtra Pro T20 League will feature top-tier and emerging talents from across the region of Saurashtra & Kutch and beyond, providing a robust platform for young and emerging cricketers to showcase their skills alongside experienced players of Saurashtra. This tournament aims to bring high-quality, competitive T20 cricket to fans across the Globe. Saurashtra Cricket Association's aim and objective is only Cricket and the development of Cricket in all formats,' Jaydev said. 'I am confident that SPTL shall give a great platform and exposure to players of Saurashtra & Kutch to the most popular format of the Game, and they shall build good confidence for such a competitive and electrifying tournament. And this is the aim of the Saurashtra Cricket Association to provide such platforms of competitive tournaments along with the best infrastructure so that more and more players represent Team India as well as are picked in the most popular IPL,' he added. (ANI)
BBC News
04-03-2025
- BBC News
North West Ambulance Service underpaid paramedic
An ambulance trust has been ordered to give £6,000 to a paramedic, after an employment tribunal ruled he had been Brackenbury worked as a paramedic for the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) in Distington, near Workington, tribunal heard Mr Brackenbury had been told his pay would increase after three months of temporarily taking on a more senior role, but a manager had later revoked the decision. An NWAS spokesperson said they accepted the tribunal's findings. Documents from the tribunal showed Mr Brackenbury had worked for NWAS since July January 2023, he started a "developmental post" as a senior paramedic team leader (SPTL), which was due to last three months, but subsequently extended. 'Contravention' The tribunal heard the agreement was Mr Brackenbury would continue to work in his regular job with his usual pay - a band-six role - but he would regularly receive training and be asked to provide intermittent cover for the SPTL role, which was a pay band above his current judge Jane Callan heard that it later became known that some other paramedics who had taken on a developmental role similar to Mr Brackenbury's were told they would be moved to the higher band wage after three months.A manager at the trust initially confirmed this to Mr Brackenbury, but later retracted the suggestion of a pay her decision, Judge Callan said the evidence showed Mr Brackenbury had "moved onto a vacant SPTL role" and was "substantially" fulfilling the duties of the higher band, rather than doing so intermittently, as had been added: "He was undertaking the complete role on an unpaid basis, which was in contravention of the intention that individuals were not to undertake a complete role on that basis."The judge ordered NWAS to pay Mr Brackenbury £6,021.57, minus any National Insurance deductions.A NWAS spokesman said: "This was a complex issue, and we accept the tribunal's findings." Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
