From Star file
Hearing into the allegations of match-fixing during the last Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will begin in Dhaka tomorrow.
The Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) of International Cricket Council levelled the allegations against nine cricketers and officials, who also include three foreign nationals, after a lengthy probe into the much-talked-about Twenty20 tournament scam.
A three-member anti-corruption tribunal headed by Justice Khademul Islam Chowdhury, a former judge of the Supreme Court, will look through all the objections, allegations and applications made by ACSU and the accused.
Addressing a press conference at an old office of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in capital’s Gulshan area, Justice Chowdhury announced the names of Azmal Ul Hossain QC and Shakil Kasem, national cricketers and cricket columnists, as the two other members of the tribunal.
The hearing will be held at the old BCB office tomorrow, he added.
Of the accused, Bangladeshi cricketer Mohammad Ashraful and six others were charged with match-fixing during the BPL. Ashraful however admitted his involvement in the match-fixing to ACSU.
The two others have been made accused for failing to report the corruption to the authorities.
If proven guilty, the seven who have been made accused of game-fixing may face a ban from all sort of international cricket from five years to lifetime while the others may receive a five-year ban for failing to report the corruption.
The T20 tournament was played between January 17 and February 16 this year.
Source: The Daily Star