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ICC chief blasts own president over ‘fix' claims
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 21 - 03 - 2015

SYDNEY — International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson Friday slammed his organization's Bangladeshi president for questioning the integrity of umpires, saying allegations of fixing were “unfortunate” and “baseless.”
Mustafa Kamal claimed decisions made by officials during Bangladesh's 109-run loss to India in their World Cup quarterfinal in Melbourne Thursday seemed to have been “pre-arranged.”
“From what I have seen, the umpiring was very poor,” Kamal told Bangladeshi reporters after the match. “There was no quality in the umpiring.
“It seemed as if they had gone into the match with something in mind. I am speaking as a fan, not as the ICC president. Umpires may make mistakes.
“The ICC will see if this was done deliberately. Everything is on record. The ICC has to investigate and inquire the issue to see if there's anything to it.”
Kamal was angry that India's Rohit Sharma, who top scored with 137, had not been given out when he was on 90.
Rohit had been caught at deep mid-wicket off the bowling of Rubel Hossain, but umpires Aleem Dar and Ian Gould signaled a no-ball for what appeared to be a legitimate waist-high delivery.
But Richardson defended Dar and Gould from all accusations of biased officiating.
“The ICC has noted Mr Mustafa Kamal's comments, which are very unfortunate but made in his personal capacity. As an ICC President, he should have been more considerate in his criticism of ICC match officials, whose integrity cannot be questioned,” said Richardson.
“The no-ball decision was a 50-50 call. The spirit of the game dictates that the umpire's decision is final and must be respected,” the former South Africa wicket-keeper added.
“Any suggestion that the match officials had ‘an agenda' or did anything other than perform to the best of their ability are baseless and are refuted in the strongest possible terms,” Richardson insisted.
Kamal said he was considering quitting his post in protest. “As the ICC president, whatever I have to say I will say it in next meeting. It could happen that maybe I will resign,” Kamal said in comments aired on Bangladeshi television.
Bangladeshi fans were also furious at the dismissal of star batsman Mohammad Mahmudullah who was caught close to the boundary rope.
The match was the biggest in the history of the cricket-mad nation, marking the first time that Bangladesh had made the World Cup quarterfinals.
Many fans wept only after the defeat while protestors also burned an effigy of Dar, who hails from Pakistan.
Kamal, whose position has been largely ceremonial since India's Narayanaswami Srinivasan became the body's chairman last year, said the ICC's acronym seemed to stand for the Indian Cricket Council.
“I cannot represent the Indian Cricket Council. If someone has imposed a result on us, in that case no one can accept it,” added Kamal, who is a minister in the Bangladeshi government.
Meanwhile the Indian cricket board said Kamal should have made his feelings known to his fellow administrators before airing them in public.
“I wish he could have taken all these issues on the ICC platform during the ICC meetings,” said Anurag Thakur, the Indian board secretary.
“The (reality) is we've won against Bangladesh and India has won all the previous matches in the league stage. I think it's time to move ahead...we can discuss and debate these issues in the next meeting.”
Bangladesh's exit dominated the country's front-page headlines Friday with, many commentators blaming shoddy umpiring for the defeat.
“Tigers fall to controversial calls,” read the lead in the Dhaka Tribune, while the the headline of the mass-circulation Bengali daily Kaler Kantha said: “The dream run ends in umpiring scandal.” — Agencies


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