Dhaka: The Bangladesh Cricket Board has suspended former captain Mohammad Ashraful until the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit submits a report on investigations into suspected match-fixing and spot-fixing during this year's Bangladesh Premier League.
"As Ashraful has confessed his involvement in fixing to the ACSU team, so he should not be allowed to play any level of cricket until we get a full report of the investigation," Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan told reporters.
The International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ASCU) has been probing allegations of wrongdoings during the BPL, a Twenty20 competition.
Ashraful, who played for eventual champions Dhaka Gladiators, scored the inaugural tournament's sixth most runs - 358 in 14 matches - at an impressive average and strike-rate of 29.83 and 121.76 respectively. ...
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03:02 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Dhaka: The International Cricket Council is probing allegations of match-fixing in Bangladesh cricket with former captain Mohammad Ashraful among those being questioned, local officials said on Thursday. ICC anti-corruption inspectors were investigating allegations of wrongdoing during a match in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a spokesman for the Bangladesh Cricket Board said. "The allegations involve a match between Dhaka Gladiators and Chittagong Kings in the second edition of the BPL,"...
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05:39 PM, Oct 24, 2012
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02:17 PM, Oct 24, 2012
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06:09 PM, Oct 17, 2012
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10:54 PM, Oct 15, 2012
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10:18 PM, Jul 11, 2012
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05:16 PM, Jul 11, 2012
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06:40 PM, Jun 25, 2012
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10:00 PM, Jun 09, 2012
Tim May claimed that the Bangladesh board and BPL franchises have failed to pay players but did not identify them. ...
04:43 PM, Jun 09, 2012
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10:49 PM, May 30, 2012
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