A five-member International Cricket Council delegation comprising of top-officials arrived in Dhaka on Monday to submit their findings and recommendations on the match-fixing allegation in the Bangladesh Premier League. The delegation, led by ICC chief executive officer David Richardson, also includes communications manager Sami-ul Hasan, head of legal wing Ian Higgins, anti-corruption unit chief YP Singh and investigation officer Alan Peacock.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board president, Nazmul Hasan, and ICC CEO Richardson will attend a press conference at a city hotel to make the summary of the report public, facilitating the BCB to take punitive measures against the culprits.
It was learnt that the ICC officials are unlikely to announce any punishment for the accused in the match-fixing scandal that had rocked the country since it came to light through the media.
Former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful has already confessed his involvement in the affair and has been suspended by the BCB from all cricketing activities.
The ICC members were scheduled to hold a closed-door meeting with the BCB officials on Monday night to let them know about their findings. The BCB has called a meeting of its executive committee in the morning to discuss the matter further.
Officials said the BCB will consider the recommendations of ACSU at the meeting and can set up a tribunal according to its anti-corruption guideline to decide the punishment for local players and organisers involved.
‘If any international cricketer is found guilty the BCB will, however, ask his respective board to take action,’ said chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury.
‘We can only take action against someone who will fall under our jurisdiction,’ Nizamuddin told reporters on Monday.
‘But if any other international cricketer is found to be involved then his respective cricket board will deal with the matter. We can only forward the ICC recommendations to them,’ said Nizamuddin.
The BCB tribunal could be a three-member panel headed by a retired judge as stipulated in anti-corruption guideline.
-With New Age input
