The International Cricket Council and Bangladesh Cricket Board have appealed against the verdict of the BCB’s Anti Corruption Tribunal on the Bangladesh Premier League match fixing trial, said the officials on Tuesday. ICC and BCB sent their plea addressing retired justice Mohammad Abdur Rashid, the BCB’s disciplinary panel head as both parties were hugely disappointed by the Tribunal’s verdict that acquitted six individuals charged by ICC’s Anti Corruption and Security Unit.
‘We are waiting to see the outcome of our appeal,’ Jalal Yunus, chairman of BCB’s media committee, told New Age on Tuesday.
‘If the appeal is granted chances are high that the case will be reviewed. Otherwise we will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland,’ he added.
Meanwhile, former national captain Mohammad Ashraful also appealed to reduce the eight-year ban that the Tribunal imposed on him for his part in the scandal.
‘My lawyer has sent the appeal papers to the disciplinary committee chief,’ said Ashraful.
‘I want to return to cricket before my eight-year ban and that is the reason why I have made the appeal,’ said Ashraful.
Dhaka Gladiators managing director Shihab Chowdhury , who was banned for 10 years and fined Tk 20 Lakh, the heaviest punishment handed down by the Tribunal, also appealed on Monday to reduce his punishment.
-With New Age input
