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Unofficial result: Nazmul set to become BCB president again
Nazmul Hassan was elected a director in the election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday paving his way to hold the board’s top post for the third consecutive term.
He bagged 53 votes in the second category where 16 candidates contested for 12 director posts, according to unofficial results.
On Thursday, he is expected to be the BCB president for the new term by the votes of the newly-elected directors.
Nazmul was first appointed as the board president by the Bangladesh government in 2012.
He was later elected as the president unopposed in the last election in 2017.
Ali Reza, the returning officer of the BCB election, announced the unofficial result on Wednesday evening.
BCB has a total of 25 posts for the directors, and two will be nominated by the National Sports Council (NSC). The election is for the other 23 posts.
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A total of 32 candidates had collected nomination papers, and two of them had recalled their participation before the election. The election was held for 16 posts, which later reduced to 14 posts as two other candidates recalled their participation on the day right before the election day. However, their name was printed on the ballot papers as they recalled their participation after the deadline.
A total of 10 directors are supposed to be elected from the representatives of regional and district cricket bodies, which is named as category 1, 12 directors are supposed to be elected from the representatives of the Dhaka-based clubs, which is labelled as category 2, and one director is supposed to be elected from another category or category 3.
According to the unofficial result, seven directors have been elected unopposed in category 1. This number increased to nine when two candidates from the Dhaka division recalled their participation on the day before the election day.
From this category, the only contest was between former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mashud and Saiful Islam Saiful Alam Swapan Chowdhury where Saiful Alam won by a big margin. However, the total number of votes is due to be revealed on Thursday.
A J M Nasir Uddin, Akram Khan (Chattogram), Kazi Inam Ahmed and Sheikh Sohel (Khulna), Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel (Sylhet), Anwarul Islam (Rangpur), Alamgir Khan Alo (Barishal) have won unopposed in category 1 while Naimur Rahman and Tanvir Ahmed Titu have been added in this list from Dhaka division as two of their rivals— Syed Ashfaqul Islam and Khalid Hossian— recalled their participation on the day before the election day.
All eyes were on category 2 where 16 candidates contested for 12 director posts. Along with Nazmul, Gazi Golam Mortaza (Gazi Group Cricketers) and Enayet Hossain Siraj (Azad Sporting Club) bagged 53 votes each.
The other nine who are elected from category two are Najib Ahmed (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi), Mahbubul Anam (Mohammedan Sporting Club), Obed Rashid Nizam (Shinepukur Cricket Club), Salahuddin Chowdhury (Kakrail Boys Club), Ismail Haider Mallick (Sheikh Jamal Cricketers), Fahim Sinha (Surjo Tarun Club), Iftekhar Rahman (Fear Fighters Sporting Club), Monjur Kader (Dhaka Assets), Monjur Alam (Asif Shifa Academy).
Masuduzzaman, Saiful Islam Bhuiyan, Abdur Rahman and Rafiqul Islam were defeated in category 2.
In the other category, category 3, former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud beat Nazmul Abedeen Fahim.
It is expected that two former BCB directors nominated by the NSC, Jalal Yunus and Ahmed Sajjadul Alam, will be nominated once again for the period of another four years.
According to the returning officer, the total number of votes that the candidates have bagged will be declared on Thursday. And, the new president of the board will also be elected by the votes of the newly-elected directors on the same day.
Khaled Mashud concedes defeat in BCB election, thanks voters
Former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mashud Pilot conceded defeat in the general election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday.
Mashud took part in the election from Rajshahi Division.
The result of the election will be announced formally on Thursday. An unofficial result is expected on Wednesday night.
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“You may have already known that I have been defeated in the BCB election,” Mashud said in his social media handle. “I would like to thank the councillors who have voted for my opponent. You might have thought that he is more capable of doing good for Bangladesh cricket.”
Saiful Alam Swapan Chowdhury was Mashud’s rival in this election. He has previously served the BCB as a director for two terms.
“On the occasion of the BCB election, many fans, well-wishers, cricketers and many more people have called me and wished me good luck. I would like to thank you all. For me, the biggest win is your love. I’ve always been with cricket, and I will be the same,” Mashud added.
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BCB has a total of 25 posts for the directors, and two will be nominated by the National Sports Council (NSC). The election is for the other 23 posts.
A total of 32 candidates had collected nomination papers, and two of them had recalled their participation before the election. The election was held for 16 posts, which later came down to 14 posts as two other candidates recalled their participation on the eve of the election.
However, their name was printed on the ballots as they recalled their participation after the deadline.
A total of 10 directors are supposed to be elected from the representatives of regional and district cricket bodies, 12 directors are supposed to be elected from the representatives of the Dhaka-based clubs, and one director is supposed to be elected from another category.
It is expected that two former BCB directors nominated by the NSC, Jalal Yunus and Ahmed Sajjadul Alam, will be nominated once again for another four years.
BCB Election 2021: all set for Wednesday's polling
The election of the biggest sporting body in the country, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), is set to take place Wednesday at its premises adjoining the Sher e Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.
A total of 31 councillors will contest the elections for 16 director posts. BCB has a total of 25 posts for the directors, but seven have already been elected unopposed, while two directors will be appointed by the National Sports Council (NSC).
A total of 173 voters were supposed to vote in the election, but with seven posts already filled, 46 councillors will not be required to vote. So the electorate will consist of 127 councillors.
Seventy of them will be able to vote in-person at the polling centre set up inside the BCB’s Board Room , while the rest (57) will use postal or e-ballots.
“I had a visit to the polling centre today,” SM Kabirul Islam, a presiding officer, told reporters on Tuesday. “We will announce an unofficial result tomorrow once the polling is completed, but an official result will come a day after tomorrow.”
To compete for 23 posts, a total of 32 councillors had collected nomination papers, but two of them later dropped out. They did it within a deadline for doing so.
But two other councillors, Khalid Hossain from Madaripur, and Syed Ashfaqul Islam Titu from Kishoreganj ,who declared they were running later decided to recall their candidacies past the deadline, and thus their names will remain on the ballot, according to the election commission.
Since both of them are from Dhaka Division, it is expected to lead to two more directors getting elected unopposed - Naimur Rahman Durjoy and Tanvir Ahmed Titu are expected to benefit.
However, the names of Khalid and Ashfaqul will still be on the ballot papers as they failed to recall their participation on time.
As in the board of directors, Ahmed Sajjadul Alam and Jalal Yunus are likely to be nominated as directors by the NSC.
Former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mashud will contest the election from Rajshahi, against Saiful Alam Swapan Chowdhury who was a director in the previous term.
Another former captain Khaled Mahmud Sujon will also contest the election, and he will be challenged by Nazmul Abedeen Fahim, a coach and cricket director of BKSP.
The most exciting contest is expected in the club category election where 16 councillors will contest for 12 posts.
The voting will begin at 10am on Wednesday, and will continue till 5pm.
Already elected (unopposed): A J M Nasir Uddin, Akram Khan (Chattogram), Kazi Inam Ahmed and Sheikh Sohel (Khulna), Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel (Sylhet), Anwarul Islam (Rangpur), Alamgir Khan Alo (Barishal).
Who are going to contest as club councillors: Nazmul Hassan (Abahani), Gazi Golam Mortaza (Gazi Group Cricketers), Mahbub Ul Alam (Mohammedan), Nazib Ahmed (Sheikh Jamal), Masuduzzaman (Mohammedan), Obed Rashid Nizam (Shinepukur), Saiful Islam Bhuyian (Old DOHS), Salah Uddin Chowdhury (Kakrail Sporting Club), Ismail Haider Mallick (Sheikh Jamal Cricketers), Enayed Hossain (Azad Sporting Club), Fahim Sinha (Surjya Tarun), Iftekhar Rahman (Fear Fighters Sporting Club), Monjur Kader (Dhaka Assets), Mohammad Abdur Rahman (Mirpur Boys), Rafiqul Islam (Gazi Tyers), and Monjur Alam (Asif Shifa Cricket Academy).
Tigers to leave for T20 World Cup on October 3
Bangladesh will depart for Oman on October 3 on their mission for the T20 World Cup which will be played in Oman and UAE.
A day before departure the members of the Bangladesh team will undergo a Covid-19 test on October 2. Right after that they will have to maintain a strict home quarantine for a day.
The Tigers will arrive in Muscat on October 4 and take the field for practice the next day.
Bangladesh will play two warm-up matches against Sri Lanka and Ireland on October 12 and 14. Since these matches will take place in UAE the Tigers will fly there on October 9. They will return to Oman on October 15.
In the first round of the World Cup, Bangladesh will take on Scotland, Oman and Papua New Guinea on October 17, 19 and 21.
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Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the squad for the World Cup on September 9.
Mahmudullah Riyad will lead the Tigers in the T20 World Cup. The team, however, will miss the service of Tamim Iqbal. The ace opener opted out of the World Cup as he lacks enough match time due to a knee injury.
Bangladesh has included seven players who are set to debut in their first World Cup.
Bangladesh squad for T20 World Cup 2021: Mahmudullah Riyad, Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed Saifuddin and Shamim Hossain.
Additional with the team: Rubel Hossain, Aminul Islam Biplob.
BCB election 2021: 32 candidates submit nomination papers
All the 32 candidates who had collected the nomination papers for the upcoming general election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), submitted the documents to the election commission on Monday.
The aspirants will compete for the 23 director posts. In category 1, which consists of regional and district cricket bodies, a total of 13 councillors will contest for 10 director posts while in category 2, which is consists of the members of cricket clubs of Dhaka metro, a total of 17 councillors will contest for 12 director posts, and, in category others, two councillors will contest for one director post.
At least seven directors are going to win the election unopposed. There is no competitor for Shafiul Alam Chowdhury from Sylhet, Akram Khan and A J M Nasir Uddin from Chattogram, Sheikh Sohel and Kazi Inam Ahmed from Khulna, Alamgir Khan from Barishal, and Anwarul Islam from Rangpur.
However, there will be a contest in choosing directors from Dhaka and Rajshahi divisions. In Dhaka, Tanvir Ahmed, Naimur Rahman, Ashfakul Islam and Khaled Hossain will compete for two posts while in Rajshahi, Saiful Alam Swapan Chowdhury and former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mashud Pilot will compete for one post.
The incumbent BCB president Nazmul Hassan will take part in the election as the councillor of the Abahani Limited, while former vice-president of BCB, Mahbub Ul Anam, will also compete in the election as a councillor of Mohammedan Sporting Club.
The election commission, which is led by the former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), Farhad Hossain, will sort the nomination papers and publish a list of the candidates on September 28.
The candidates will be able to withdraw their participation in the election on September 30. After that, the election commission will announce the final list of the candidates the same day.
The election will take place on October 6, and the result will be declared on October 7, according to the election schedule.
Naimur urges BCB to spend more money for development
Former Bangladesh captain and director of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Naimur Rahman, said the board should spend more money for the development of cricket around the country instead of depositing the cash in banks.
Naimur, also a member of the parliament, is contesting in the upcoming general election of BCB which is slated to take place on October 6.
“We had many limitations earlier, but we are more capable now,” Naimur told the reporters on Monday. “I believe that it’s more important to spend money to develop regional cricketing bodies and academies than depositing it to the banks.”
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Recently, BCB president Nazmul Hassan said that the board has FDR of about BDT 1000 crores.
Naimur also said the board has started working on regional cricket bodies in Chattogram and Sylhet. According to him, this sort of initiatives should get priority to the board.
The first Test captain of Bangladesh is leading the High-performance Unit (HP) of BCB. He said it has been a pleasure for him to develop the next generation of the cricketers through this programme.
“I’m happy that I was able to work with HP. This programme is so important to develop a new bunch of cricketers. About 6-7 cricketers have advanced to the national team from HP which is really a good achievement. If I get another chance of being the director of the board, I will work as per the direction of the board president,” Naimur told the reporters.
Afghanistan U-19 team's tour of Bangladesh on: BCB
The Afghanistan U-19 team's tour of Bangladesh is on, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has said.
The development comes days after the Taliban gave the green signal to the national cricket team to play a one-off Test against Australia in November.
BCB on Friday announced a revised itinerary for this tour. The U-19 team was originally scheduled to tour Bangladesh in the last week of August.
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As per the new schedule, the Afghanistan team is to arrive in Dhaka later on Saturday. They will travel to Sylhet on the same day, All the matches of the series will take place at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
The first one-day match of the series will take place on September 10, while the other matches will be played on September 12, 14, 17 and 19, respectively. The lone four-day game will take place from September 22 to 25.
Bangladesh U-19 cricket team is the current world champions. They have been gearing up for quite a good time now for the next World Cup, which is set to take place in the West Indies next year.
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Afghanistan U-19 Squad: Suliman Arabzai, Suliman Safi, Bilal Sayeedi, Bilal Ahmad Tarin, Kamran Hotak, Nangeyalia Khan, Yama Arab, Faisal Khan Ahmadzai, Mohammad Ishaq Zazai, Ijaz Ahmad Azad, Zahidullah Salemi, Mohammadullah Najibullah, Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Izharulhaq Naveed, Shahid Hasani, Sabawoon Banoori, Bilal Sami, Mohammad Naveed Zadran, Allahnoor Naseri
Doctors advise Nazmul to stay away from cricket on health grounds
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan has hinted that he may stay away from the next election of its governing body as “cricket is taking too much time from my life.”
During a media interaction after the latest Annual General Meeting (AGM) of BCB, Nazmul on Thursday told media that he has been advised by doctors to stay out of cricketing engagement for his wellbeing.
“Cricket is taking much time, too much time from my life,” Nazmul told the media. “And the bad thing about me is I can’t accept a defeat. When Bangladesh lose a match, I get upset— even my family members fear to confront me at that time.”
Nazmul was appointed president of BCB for the first time in 2012 by the government. In the next election in 2013, he won post unopposed, which was repeated in 2017 as well.
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“My doctor advised me to stay away from cricket-related engagements or I reduce my participation in everything,” Nazmul added. “I think I should tell you these. The next election will be held as early as possible. We have a board meeting on September 1, and we’ll decide a date for the election in that meeting.”
Nazmul did not make it clear if he will participate in the election. He only said that the next election will be “something different”.
The BCB AGM took place in a hotel in the capital. As per the BCB constitution, the AGM should take place once a year, but it was BCB’s only AGM in four years.
New Zealand want strict bio-bubble measures during Bangladesh tour
The New Zealand men's team have asked the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to enforce strict bio-bubble measures during their tour to Bangladesh next month.
The visitors are likely to touch down later this month to play five T20s against the hosts in early September, with all matches being held in Dhaka as per the agreement between the two boards.
They want the same bio-bubble measures the Aussies experienced during the recent series, BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury told the media Monday. "Both Australia and New Zealand follow nearly the same protocols."
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"New Zealand asked us to provide them with heightened bio-bubble measures. We have been working to ensure that. It is not just about Australia or New Zealand; we have to look after our team as well," Nizamuddin added.
Earlier, Australia had set tough conditions ahead of their Bangladesh tour. They did not maintain a conventional immigration procedure after arriving in Bangladesh.
The Aussies went to the team hotel directly from the airport. It was possible because they had arrived in Dhaka on a chartered flight. But the Blackcaps will arrive on a commercial flight.
"New Zealand have to follow the immigration procedure since they will arrive on a commercial flight. We will try to keep them away from any public contact," the BCB CEO said.
The New Zealand team is unlikely to take part in a practice match ahead of the series.
According to the BCB CEO, to avoid the risk of catching Covid, the New Zealand team is not keen to play the practice match.
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Also, all the members of the Bangladesh team have been asked to follow specific instructions ahead of the series.
During the Australia series, all the matches started at 6pm (Bangladesh time). But the timing is likely to be changed to 4pm in the forthcoming series, the BCB CEO said.
New Zealand have already announced a squad for this series that did not include anyone from their T20 World Cup squad.
"Whoever they are sending I am not surprised about that, but I am astonished that they are sending a squad that does not include anyone from the T20 World Cup squad," Domingo told the reporters recently.
The first match of this series will take place on September 1, while the other matches will be played on September 3, 5, 8 and 10.
Domingo's contract likely to be extended
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is considering renewing the contract of national team head coach Russell Domingo till the T20 World Cup 2022.
As per the ongoing agreement, Russell will remain the coach of the national team till the T20 World Cup 2021, scheduled in the UAE and Oman from October 2021, BCB President Nazmul Hasan told the media Sunday.
"There is a possibility that his contract will be extended. We are likely to extend it by one year. However, we are yet to discuss it with Russell. We need to discuss it more, and after that, we will make a final decision," he added.
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A one-year extension means the South African coach will continue as Bangladesh head coach till the T20 World Cup 2022, which will take place in Australia.
Russell was welcomed to Bangladesh with a Test-defeat to Afghanistan in 2019. After that, Bangladesh played 47 international matches and won 25.
The South African coach's biggest success, as the head coach of Bangladesh, came recently when the Tigers beat Australia 4-1 in a five-match T20 series.
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