Nial O'Brien of Ireland plays a sweep shot against the ACT Comets. The Comets will find out if they are back in the national one-day competition at the end of October. Photo: Jay Cronan <\/p>\n
Cricket ACT hopes to know the fate of its bid to rejoin the national one-day competition when officials meet with the Cricket Australia board at a meeting on October 30. <\/p>\n
As revealed in Fairfax Media last month, Cricket ACT has signed a memorandum of understanding to develop pathways with Country Cricket NSW and Cricket NSW, including a united push to play in the domestic 50-over competition from 2015. <\/p>\n
Fringe players from other states would have the chance to play for a new team based in Canberra and Cricket Australia is considering the proposal. <\/p>\n
Cricket ACT chairman Ian McNamee will be at a board meeting at the end of the month while Cricket NSW boss Andrew Jones will be in the capital on Friday to unveil the joint pathway program. <\/p>\n
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Canberra's first-grade captains have backed the proposal to have the Comets reincarnated under a new banner. <\/p>\n
The capital is preparing to host a bumper summer of cricket, which includes Australia versus South Africa in six weeks, the Big Bash League final and three World Cup games at Manuka Oval. <\/p>\n
McNamee said Cricket ACT was pushing ahead with its bid to join the one-day competition. <\/p>\n
\"We want to get it back to where it was once before, and I don't believe that aspiration is out of order,\" McNamee said. <\/p>\n
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