The North East Zon­al Crick­et Coun­cil will be­gin their crick­et com­pe­ti­tions for 2011 in the mid­dle of next month and this is be­cause of the un­pre­dictable weath­er be­ing ex­pe­ri­enced. Chair­man of the North East Zon­al Coun­cil, Ar­joon Ram­lal says that crick­et grounds in the North East are not yet up to stan­dard and they would like to give the clubs enough time to have them ready be­fore bowl­ing off the sea­son.

"The weath­er has been a bit dicey and as a re­sult we have de­cid­ed to start our com­pe­ti­tion in mid-Feb­ru­ary. By then we be­lieve that the grounds will be ready and the crick­et will come off as we want it." The North East Zone will have a Se­nior Di­vi­sion which com­pris­es eight teams and a First Di­vi­sion with an­oth­er eight teams. The league will bowl off first and the first three rounds will be played as three day match­es, this will be fol­lowed by four two day match­es to fin­ish off the com­pe­ti­tion.

Ram­lal added they will con­tin­ue with the un­der-19 com­pe­ti­tion which was start­ed last year. "The un­der-19 com­pe­ti­tion for the Se­nior Di­vi­sion clubs which was start­ed last year, proved to be very suc­cess­ful and we have de­cid­ed to go along with this com­pe­ti­tion again this year. We see this as an im­por­tant de­vel­op­ment tool in the Zone."