Cricket: Icc Chief Blasts Own President Over 'fix' Claims

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International Cricket Council (ICC)
chief executive David Richardson on
Friday slammed his organisation'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 quarter-final in
Melbourne on Thursday seemed to
have been "pre-arranged".
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 signalled 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.
"There was no quality in the
umpiring. It looked like they took the
field after it (the outcome) was pre-
arranged," he alleged.
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
quarter-finals.
Many fans wept only after the defeat
while protestors also burned an
effigy of Dar, who hails from
Bangladesh's great rival 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 on
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."

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1 line pls

icc president bangla odu. rohit di just an error alantivi jarugutuntaayi.we will try ro reduce this.ante kaani icc ni fix ante ela ani icc ceo 10gaadu president ni :D

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Lol frustration

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angla gallani chudi