ACC turn down BCB’s hopes of final over review – Cricket News Update
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has rejected the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) request for reviewing the incident, which took place in the last over of the 2012 Asia Cup final where Pakistan defeated the hosts by 2 runs and became Asian Champions on March
22, 2012, at Dhaka.
Ashraf-ul-Haq, the ACC Chief Executive told that as the incident was not reported by the field umpires, therefore as per laws, their note of concern was unnecessary.
“'The chapter is now closed for the ACC,” said the ACC Chief Executive.
According to BCB’s plea, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877, who was trying to take a second run on the first ball of the final over of the match.
Enayet Hossain Siraj, chairman of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, claims that the board is holding onto their demand of five compensatory runs, which will force to the ACA to reverse the result – in favour of the Bengali Tigers.
However, ACA resisted the BCB’s appeal, claiming that it was too late to raise such a point. The council has also informed the boards about their final verdict.
Earlier, the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board (PCB) to take action against BCB’s bogus accusation.
Meanwhile, PCB director http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Intikhab-Alam-c64380 expressed his disappointment over BCB’s stance, however, he added that no action will be taken immediately. The management will discuss the matter and then respond accordingly.
"It was a thrilling final and everyone praised Bangladesh for their fight and their decision to appeal is just an afterthought after the result,” said Intikhab.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mustafa-Kamal-c78122, visited Pakistan earlier this month and returned satisfied. However, the decision is still pending for
an approval from the Bangladeshi government.
According to Pakistani former Test cricketer, Basit Ali, BCB’s action reflects their intention of not sending the team to Pakistan.
“The appeal doesn’t make sense,” added Basit, “It seems they are making grounds to refuse to tour Pakistan.”
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