The Anti-Corruption Tribunal on Sunday provided the details of its short verdict announced earlier that acquitted six of the nine accused in the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing scandal. The Tribunal on February 26 acquitted six players and officials of match-fixing related offences but did not announce any punishment for the three players including former national captain Mohammad Ashraful, who had pleaded guilty.
The Tribunal in the evening sent the details through an e-mail to the legal department of the BCB as well as to the ICC headquarters.
The Board asked its legal wing to go through the reasoned judgement and provide them with their opinion before taking any further step.
‘We can only take a stance after getting the legal opinion,’ BCB’s chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury told reporters on Sunday.
‘We are now waiting to discuss the matter with the ICC who are also working with us,’ he added.
Hours later the ICC also confirmed through a press release about getting the copy of the detailed version.
BCB officials said that a sanction hearing will take place on either June 18 or June 19 which will determine the punishment.
New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent was later implicated in the case.
Vincent, Ashraful and Sri Lankan Kaushal Lokuarachchi were the three cricketers to have pleaded guilty while Dhaka Gladiators managing director Shihab Chowdhury was also implicated in the case.
-With New Age input
