The Bangladesh Cricket Board is set to receive the highly anticipated ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit report on match-fixing allegation tentatively on
August 12 after Eid-ul Fitr, said a senior official on Saturday.
The much talked about report will be completed by August 5 and will determine the imminent future of former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful, who was temporarily banned from all cricket activities after he confessed to his involvement.
‘They [ACSU] were willing to come on August 7 or 8 but I asked them to come later because of Eid-ul-Fitr,’ BCB president Nazmul Hasan told reporters at Mirpur.
‘They are expected to reach the country on August 12 to submit their report,’ said Nazmul.
Nazmul confirmed that there was little or no possibility of a big name from the current national squad being included in the ACSU report.
The ACSU officers have already interrogated 82 cricketers, including
foreign and local players, for alleged wrongdoing in the second edition of the BPL.
‘As far as I know, there is no bigger name than [Mohammad] Ashraful in the report. In fact, there is no one from the current national squad,’ said Nazmul.
‘There might be two or three others but they have already been published in the media,’ said Nazmul.
The match in question is the one between the Dhaka Gladiators and the Chittagong Kings during the second edition of the BPL on February 2, where the then stand-in skipper Ashraful allegedly gave away the match.
It was earlier reported in local media that 28-year-old Gladiators star Ashraful was allegedly paid about Tk 1 million ($12,800) to lose the February 2 match while in several media the names of Gladiators cricketers – Mahbubul Alam and Mosharraf Hossain – also came up.
-With New Age input
