The Bangladesh Cricket Board will hold a crucial meeting today with former national captain Naimur Rahman finally getting a chance to raise his voice over certain issues that had undermined his authority as cricket operations chief. Naimur appeared unhappy as BCB president Nazmul Hasan recently overruled some of his recommendations regarding the appointment of Bangladesh ‘A’ team coach and manager.
Naimur wanted Sarwar Imran and Habibul Bashar as coach and manager for the recent India series but Nazmul appointed Heath Streak and Faruk Ahmed for the posts ignoring his recommendations.
Similarly Naimur had preferred Imran and Minhajul Abedin as the coach and manager for the ‘A’ team’s upcoming series against South Africa and Zimbabwe but his recommendations were ignored this time too.
National fielding coach Richard Halsall was selected as the coach while Bashar will be touring as the manager.
Naimur is also irked by the carefree attitude of national coach Chandika Hathurusinghe, who, despite working directly under him, often ignored the former captain allegedly because of his backing from Nazmul.
BCB president Nazmul on the other hand recently rebuked Naimur for his inability to hold a co-ordination meeting compromising with head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe and his support staff and the players.
The issues could be up for discussion in what is the 12th board of directors’ meeting since the present committee took over in October 2013.
The meeting was called at a time when Bangladesh’s cricket entered in a crisis period following the postponement of Australia cricket team and South Africa women’s team’s visit.
The BCB is expected to discuss the ramification of the events and its strategy about tackling the situation. The meeting will also finalise issues involving upcoming Bangladesh Premier League.
-With New Age input
