Time is running fast for former national captain Mohammad Ashraful to appeal to the Bangladesh Cricket Board disciplinary panel chief against the eight-year ban imposed on him by the Bangladesh Cricket Board Anti-Corruption Tribunal. The Tribunal, set up by the BCB to deal with the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing allegations, on June 18 suspended Ashraful for eight years and fined him Tk 10 lakh for his part in the scandal.
The deadline for submitting the appeal ends on July 22 and Ashraful is desperate to make a plea to the disciplinary panel head, retired Supreme Court justice Mohammad Abdur Rashid, in order to reduce his suspension
‘I talked to my lawyer Yasin Patel and he assured me that he will deliver it on time,’ Ashraful told New Age on Sunday.
‘Even today I sent him a text-message, though I am yet to receive a reply,’ said an anxious Ashraful in the evening.
In June 2013, Ashraful confessed to being involved in the BPL match-fixing scandal and was immediately suspended by the BCB.
He was later charged along with nine other individuals by the ICC in August 2013. Lou Vincent was implicated in case during the trial process.
The Tribunal, however, kept the door open for Ashraful for an early return provided he attends an anti-corruption education or rehabilitation programme, organised by the cricket regulators.
-With New Age input
