http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ehsan-Mani-c55791 slams BCB for “cheap stunt” – Cricket News Update
Ehsan Mani, former ICC president, labeled http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747’s intention to lodge an appeal regarding a 50th over incident in the Asia Cup final a “cheap stunt”, saying they had ruined their brilliant performance by coming up with such a claim.
“It’s a cheap stunt,” Mani told Pakistan newspaper The Express Tribune. “Such acts are against the spirit of the game. Bangladesh spoiled their performance, which is disappointing.”
The Tigers, initially considered the underdogs in the tournament, stunned audiences with a valiant show against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, whom they went on to defeat by 5 wickets in the 4th match of the tournament on March 16. They followed that up with another
5-wicket victory, this time against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, and made history by reaching the Asia Cup final for the first time.
Despite their brilliant form, their chances of ultimate glory were snatched by Pakistan in a narrow 2-run defeat in the final – Bangladesh needed nine runs to win in the final over, but managed only 6. However, the BCB is now seeking a reversal of the result
by lodging a complaint against pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877 in the 50th over as he attempted to go back for a second run.
“In fact, there are no grounds of making such an appeal. It’s the job of the umpires to make such decisions,” said Mani.
Umpire http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 rules, 5 penalty runs can be awarded for deliberate obstruction. If these were given,
the Tigers would have been declared the winners of the Asia Cup.
“A few wrong decisions were made during the match like the dismissal of Younis [Khan]," Mani pointed out. "Can someone appeal for that now? I don’t feel such appeal will be facilitated and will be useless.”
The current developments have cast the proposed Bangladesh tour of Pakistan into further doubt. The PCB, attempting to bring about a revival of international cricket ever since the terrorist attacks on the visiting Sri Lankan team in 2009, has been in talks
with the BCB about hosting their team for a series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755. The Bangladesh board initially agreed, and expressed satisfaction with the security arrangements, but have been hesitant of late.
Former Test cricketer Basit Ali has gone on to say that the BCB’s decision to appeal seems to be an attempt to avoid sending their team to Pakistan.
“The appeal doesn’t make sense,” he said. “It seems they are making grounds to refuse to tour Pakistan.”
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