In all there would be 31 camp centres spread across Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai for all three age groups. The camp would commence at these centres from April 15 and conclude on May 25.

``The opening two days at each centre would be devoted for selection trials in which 20 players would be picked,'' informed Professor Ratnakar Shetty while speaking to The Indian Express this evening. ``After the conclusion of the camp, 20 players from each age group would be shortlisted.

Simultaneously, a one-month special camp for those who had represented Mumbai in the three age groups last season (1998-99) would be held at the Wankhede Stadium under thesupervision of the MCA coaches. Thus, after the camp ends, there would be a pool of players in each age group, who would partake in tournaments (Shatkar and Sportstar) that form the basis for selecting the Mumbai teams,'' he said.

``The new concept, mooted by the coaches' committee and ratified by the MCA managing committee, would be put to use on a trial basis for this season,'' Shetty informed. ``In the past, when the selection trials were held for the Shatkar and Sportstar Trophy tournaments, there used to be a huge turnout, making the job of the selectors difficult.''

Interestingly, MCA's latest venture may have its positive aspects but the manner in which it has been undertaken has raised quite a few eyebrows in the local cricketing circles. The moot question being asked is that when the MCA has a Cricket Improvement Committee (CIC) comprising the likes of Polly Umrigar, Ajit Wadekar, Sandeep Patil, Sudhir Naik, Milind Rege and Chandrakant Pandit for the implementation of new concepts to reviveMumbai's past glory, why do they have to seek advice from a different quarter without consulting the CIC ?

Timings and venues of summer camps for the respective age groups Under-14 (between 12 and 14 years)

7.00 a.m. to 9.30 a.m at Ghantali Maidan, Thane; Municipal ground, Vasai; Fort Vijay CC, Azad Maidan; Anushakti Nagar ground, Trombay; Shivshahi ground, Dattapada, Borivili (E)

3.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. at Mahim Juvenile, Shivaji Park; Andheri Sports Complex, Andheri

Under-16 (between 14 and 16 years)

7.00 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. at Khar Gymkhana; Chembur Gymkhana; Bhavdevi Sports Assn ground, Dahisar; Municipal ground, Vasai; MiG Club, Bandra; Central Maidan, Thane; Bhiwandi Stadium, Bhiwandi; Navi Mumbai Sports Assn, Vashi; Worli SC; Navroze CC, Azad Maidan; Dadar Parsee CC, Matunga; Prabodhan, Goregaon; Ordinance Factory ground, Ambernath; KD School, Chinchani; Tarapur Vidya Mandir, Boisar, Tarapur; Subhash Maidan, Kalyan

3.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. at Bharat CC, Shivaji Park

Under-19(between 16 and 19 years)

7.00 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. at MiG CC, Bandra; RCF Sports Club, Chembur; Dadoji Konddeo Stadium, Thane

3.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. at Karnatak SA, Cross Maidan; Municipal ground, Vasai; Subhash Maidan, Kalyan

Following have been selected for the special camp to be held at Wankhede Stadium from April 20

U-14: Amulya Kamerkar, Viraj Chavan, Sushant Marathe, Shahid Shaikh, Anant Nalavade, Devendra Mansoor, Parag Khanapurkar, Dinar Gaokar, Kinjal Patel, Atish Golatkar, Sanket Bhaye, Nikhil Chavan, Raunak Shah, Sanket Chavan, Kunal Tupe, Kamlesh A Savale, Devraj Raut, Bravish Shetty, Sudanshu Mishra, Ameya Waingankar, Amit Sawant, Rahul Belnekar, Ninad Borkar and Gaurav Patel.

U-16: Vinit Indulkar, Paul Valthaty, Sangram Bagul, Neil Daftary, Rohan Saldanha, Parag Madkaikar, Soham Dalvi, Karim Zindani, Aditya Kulkarni, Akshay Girap, Varun Ponkshe, Swapnoj Thakur, Rohan Amladi, Girish Vaswani, Sahil Kukreja, Abhishek Nair, Vikrant Yeligati, Sanchit Pande, Vishal Tiwrekar, ShaunakGupte, Pankaj Ojha, Ashish Gupta, Altaf Shaikh, Hrishikesh Puranik.