CWAB seeks Nazmul’s apology
Sports Reporter :
The cricketers have moved away from their strict stance in the larger interest of cricket.
The cricketers are ready to return to the field in the BPL from today, Friday, if BCB Director M Nazmul Islam publicly apologizes and the process of removing him continues.
This was announced by the Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) in a press release on Thursday.
In a release, CWAB said, “We are discussing the ongoing complications of Bangladesh
cricket among ourselves.
We, the cricketers, have realized after discussing that our women’s national team is currently playing in the World Cup qualifiers in Nepal, the men’s national team is facing the T20 World Cup, and the boys’ U-19 team is currently in the World Cup.
The impact of stopping all types of games may fall on these teams. We also consider the BPL very important. Therefore, we have reconsidered our previous decision in the larger interest of cricket.”
Welcoming the decision to remove Nazmul from the Finance Committee, CWAB said, “We welcome the decision to remove BCB Director M Nazmul Islam from the Finance Committee.
Since he has been given a show cause notice and since the BCB has asked for time for procedural reasons regarding his directorship, we want to give him that time.
However, we hope that the process will continue.’ With this, the CWAB hopes that Nazmul will publicly apologize, ‘In addition, since Director M Nazmul Islam has publicly spoken insulting words about the cricketers, we hope that he will publicly apologize.
We have informed the BCB that if he publicly apologizes and the process regarding his directorship is ongoing, we are ready to return to the game from Friday.’
Earlier, BCB Director M Nazmul Islam made controversial comments about the cricketers. After that, the cricketers’ organization CWAB announced an indefinite boycott of cricket, demanding his resignation.
In the face of the cricketers’ outcry, the BCB relieved Nazmul from the responsibility of the finance committee. But even then, the cricketers did not go to the field.
This time, the BCB has decided to postpone the BPL. The BPL Technical Committee will inform all the franchises and everyone concerned about this at night. A director of the board confirmed this information to a local website.
The Dhaka leg of the BPL was scheduled to start on Friday. However, as part of the previously announced program of ‘boycotting all forms of cricket’, they also boycotted the BPL match on Thursday. As a result, both matches in the BPL yesterday were postponed.
In the first match of the day, Chittagong Royals were scheduled to face Noakhali Express. Although the toss was scheduled to be held at 12:30 pm, no cricketer went to the field.
However, BCB President Aminul Islam Bulbul, BPL Technical Committee Convener Rakibul Hasan and several top board directors were seen in Mirpur.
Although the game did not start, several spectators entered the gallery. Many more spectators were waiting outside the gate.
However, the game could not start as the BCB could not bring the cricketers to the field. They then gave a message to the spectators on the giant screen.
The BCB wrote there, ‘The Bangladesh Cricket Board regrets to inform that today’s match between Chittagong Royals and Noakhali Express has been delayed due to unavoidable reasons.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board sincerely apologizes for the inconvenience caused to the spectators and requests all spectators to remain patient and remain in their seats, as maximum efforts are being made to start the match as soon as possible.’
However, at one point, the spectators lost patience. Law enforcement officers brought the excited spectators under control.
In the afternoon, when the spectators were waiting for the start of the game on the field, the BCB held a press conference at a hotel in Banani. Most of the national team cricketers were present there. There, the cricketers were adamant about their demands.
Immediately after the cricketers’ press conference, the BCB stopped the preparations for the match from the field.
The spectators also started leaving the stadium. The BCB did not say anything about whether the spectators would get a refund for the tickets they had bought for today’s match or whether the match would be rescheduled.