INTERNATIONAL NEWS COVERAGE OF THE MADRID TWENTY20 TOURNAMENT
From Asia to America and Europe, the Madrid Twenty20 Solidarity tournament reached the presses of the International Media and got some creditable exposure for Cricket in Spain.
The Times of India, a leading English language broadsheet daily newspaper ran a small article about Farokh Engineer`s involvement in the event and Cricket360 ran a substantial article that mentioned the clubs involved, the purpose of the event and Farokh´s training sessions.
IndianExpress,Topnews and IndianTelevision News also carried the article, as did SportsnewsfromIndia and even the United States got a taste of Spanish cricket when USA Today carried the article.
Probably, the biggest media release however was the inclusion of the event in the much revered Wisden Cricketer, which carried a small article about the event in this months issue.The Wisden Cricketer is arguably the world`s most comprehensive cricketing magazine and it was created in 2003 when The Cricketer merged with Wisden Cricket monthly.
Below you can check out some of the press releases..
Cricket360 http://www.cricket360.com/1967-cricket-expanding-its-ambit-to-spain-farokh-engineer-to-train.html
IndianExpress http://www.indianexpress.com/news/farokh-engineer-to-help-spanish-cricket-clubs/450413
Topnews http://www.topnews.in/exindia-wicketkeeper-engineer-help-cricket-espana-catch-spirit-2155764
IndianTelevision News http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k9/apr/aprrel84.php
SportsnewsfromIndia http://sportsnewsfromindia.blogspot.com/2009/04/ex-india-wicketkeeper-engineer-to-help.html
UsaToday http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/topic.aspx?topic_id=0a4p1kpdD7buu&pt=a
ICC Blog-En Español http://www.catchthespirit.com/news/news_20090423_8/news_inner.aspx