Musfiq is the best one

Bangladesh cricket, which has been undergoing lots of unhygienic staff lately was finally back in hygiene as the cricketers started a fitness camp on Yesterday. The Sher-E –Bangla stadium was full of energy after a long break. The camp had undergone the direction of the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) physical performance manager Stuart Karppinen . The preliminary squad for New Zealand tour was put into fitness test with the newly bought training device-the Speed Light Gate (SLG). The device was bought for 20000 Australian dollars (approximately taka 16 lakh) .

Stuart Karppinen implied that, the newly bought device will help to figure out player’s baseline on different fitness measures. The device was primarily used for fielding tests and to measure fatigue and power and other fitness related attributes. “What we are trying to do is profile them based on different fitness levels.”  The manager said. The tests involved verities of sessions, for instance running between the light-gates, which measures the acceleration and speed of players. Secondly, there were vertical jumps and finally repeating the exercise on an electrical mat. Karppinen said, although the device had undergone lots of experiment since 2004-2005 , this is kind of new in cricket. He also informed that, this is the modern version of the ’Blip Test’.

There was no Sakib, Tamim. Razzaq, Shahadat and Junaid Siddique for the first day test. There were 10 types of different tests on the first day. Mushfiqur Rahim was the only one who passed each test successfully. Therefore in today’s test, Mushfiq will be the one who will participate for in every test of the second level, while others will participate in either one.

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BD stunned by Ashraful match fixing scandal

Bangladesh cricket fans, players and newspapers reacted with shock and dismay yesterday to the tearful confession by former national captain Mohamed Ashraful that he had been involved in match-fixing.

Ashraful, who became the country’s youngest Test centurion in 2001 at the age of 17, on Tuesday apologised for his wrongdoing and said he had detailed his role in fixing to anti-corruption officials from the International Cricket Council (ICC).

The news made the front pages of all Bangladesh’s national newspapers with The Daily Star’s front page showing a photograph of weeping Ashraful next to a headline that read “People’s prince turns pauper”. 

Another English daily, New Age, ran a story under the headline “The rise and fall of a superstar”.

Faruque Ahmed, the national chief selector when Ashraful was made captain in 2007, said he was the finest cricketer the country had ever produced.

“He was the first mega-star for Bangladesh cricket and this is very shocking and sad news, especially when he confessed his involvement in corruption,” Ahmed told AFP.

A former coach of the right-handed big-hitter said he could not understand why Ashraful became involved with fixing.

“I am shocked, hurt with his public confession. I knew him for many years. I did not see any bad element in him when I coached him” when he was a child, Waheedul Gani told AFP.

Legions of the cricketers followers also spoke of their disappointment.

“I was a wild fan of Ashraful,” Faozul Kabir, a Dhaka University student told AFP. 

“Now, no matter how important his contribution was, he should get exemplary punishment so that none could dare follow his path in the future to keep the game clean.”

The 28-year-old apologised shortly after he was suspended by the BCB pending a full investigation by the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU).

ACSU has been probing allegations of match-fixing during the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 competition, and is expected to report its findings to Bangladesh authorities within a week.

The alleged fixing involves a match between the Dhaka Gladiators and the Chittagong Kings during the second edition of the BPL.

Local media have reported that Ashraful was allegedly paid about one million taka ($12,800) to lose the match on February 2.

Dhaka Gladiators upset at being left out of CLT20

Dhaka Gladiators, the Bangladesh Premier League champions, have reacted strongly after the schedule of this year's Champions League T20 was announced without the two-time BPL winners. Of all the Test-playing countries, domestic Twenty20 champions from only Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have never participated in the CLT20.

They had also alleged that the BCB did not send out any requests to one of the three cricket boards that organise the tournament, but the BCB has denied this claim.

"We expected (to be included) and were waiting for a meeting with one the organisers - the BCCI - of the tournament," Shihab Chowdhury, Dhaka Gladiator's managing director, said in a statement. "We also said that things are on track but the fixtures were released before we could even make a move. We were informed that the Bangladesh Cricket Board was supposed to recommend and request the BCCI. But surprisingly this was also never done."

"We were informed that Bangladesh Cricket Board was supposed to recommend and request the BCCI. But surprisingly this was never done."

In reply, BPL secretary Ismail Haider Mallick has said they never got a reply from the organisers, but they will try to include the BPL champions. "They [Dhaka Gladiators] are misinformed about our stance. We have sent letters to the Champions League T20 committee but didn't get any replies from the concerned people. We will send letters to the BCCI, CA and CSA in this regard next week.

"They went to meet the ICC but I don't think the ICC has anything to do with this," Mallick told ESPNcricinfo.

"We were even told by the concerned that process is going and there was a very good chance for us to participate in the tournament this year, but no communication was made by the concerned thus we were not considered," he said.

Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo's Bangladesh correspondent

BPL yet to pay 54 players

Fifty-four players, including six foreigners, who played the first season of the Bangladesh Premier League are still without full payments from the six franchises, more than seven months after the tournament concluded. Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB), the players' representative body in the country, has put together the updated list of unpaid BPL cricketers and this is the first time any such list has been published.

The unpaid foreign players are Kieron Pollard, Azhar Mahmood, Alexei Kervezee and Darren Stevens (Dhaka Gladiators), Niall O'Brien and Herschelle Gibbs (Khulna Royal Bengals) and Muttiah Muralitharan (Chittagong Kings). Gibbs told ESPNcricinfo: "I have not been paid the full amount." But the South Africa batsman didn't disclose what percentage of payment he was still owed by the Khulna franchise. A source close to Muttiah Muralitharan has confirmed that he hasn't received 75% of his full payment, which amounts to $75,000.

On the list there are 48 Bangladesh cricketers who haven't been paid fully, of which five were icon players. Tamim Iqbal, the Chittagong Kings' icon player for the inaugural season, had said earlier this week that he hadn't received any payments.

CWAB general secretary Debabrata Paul said that their updated list was the result of a second survey completed a week ago, and a number of players have been completely remunerated between their first survey (conducted three months after the BPL ended) and the latest one.

"BPL had outlined their players' payment system, which stated that the final payment would be made a maximum of 20 days after the completion of the tournament," Paul said. "But when we conducted our first survey, we asked every local player, except one. We carried out the last survey a week ago and found out that there were players who got paid fully. But still, 48 local players remain unpaid. We have sent letters to the BCB but still this situation persists.

"I would also ask the players to be aware of their rights. If they open up about how much they are owed, it becomes easier for CWAB to fight on their behalf."

Chittagong Kings have the least number of unpaid players (seven); Dhaka Gladiators have the most with eleven. Duronto Rajshahi and Khulna Royal Bengals have ten each on the list, Sylhet Royals and Barisal Burners have eight apiece. The franchises from Sylhet, Rajshahi and Barisal have completed payments to all their foreign players but have been lax with the locals. Most players have said that they have regularly tried to contact team owners regarding the outstanding payments of late, but received vague responses.

Last week BPL chairman Gazi Ashraf Hossain had said that franchises that do not clear all their dues to players by October 20 will be re-auctioned on November 9

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BPL 2nd Edition starts on 17 January

BPL 2nd Edition starts 17 January

The second edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 competition will begin on 17 January 2013. The BPL Governing Council decided on the starting date in a meeting on Wednesday (10 October).

Other important decisions taken at the meeting:

1. The Franchisee Auction will be held on 09 November 2012

2. Player Auction on 07 December 2012-10-11

3. The following venues will be in use –

a) Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur

b) MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong

c) Sheikh Abu Nasser Stadium, Khulna

d) Sylhet Divisional Stadium (For warm-up matches only)

e) Shahid Kamaruzzaman Stadium, Rajshahi (For warm-up matches only)

4. Auction categories

Category	Base Price	Final Bidding Price
GOLDEN	US$ 75,000.00	US$ 1,50,000.00

FOREIGN CRICKETERS

Category	Base Price	Final Bidding Price
A	US$ 50,000.00	US$ 75,000.00
B	US$ 30,000.00	US$ 50,000.00
C	US$ 15,000.00	US$ 30,000.00

BANGLADESHI CRICKETERS

Category	Base Price	Final Bidding Price
A	US$ 30,000.00	US$ 50,000.00
B	US$ 20,000.00	US$ 30,000.00
C	US$ 10,000.00	US$ 20,000.00

Note: There will be no icon players in the second edition of the BPL

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BPL TEAM'S FULL PLAYERS LIST

BANGLADESH PREMIER LEAGUE

6 NATION TEAM FULL PLAYER LIST

Barisal Burners	Chittagong Kings	Dhaka Gladiators
1.      Shahriar Nafees (c) 2.      Chris Gayle (WI) 3.      Yasir Arafat (pak) 4.      Brad Hodge (aus) 5.      Ahmed Sehzad (pak) 6.      Hamid Hassan (Afg) 7.      Ramiz Raza Jr (pak) 8.      Suhrawadi Shuvo 9.      Mithun Ali 10.  Kamrul Islam Rabbi 11.  Alauddin Babu 12.  Al Amin 13.  Nazmul Hossain Apu 14.  Sohag Gazi 15.  Mominul Hoque 16.  Farhad Hossain 17.  Phil Mustard (Eng) 18.  Shane Harwood (Aus)	1.      Tamim Iqbal 2.      Shoaib Mailk (pak) 3.      kyle codza 4.      D. Bravo (WI) 5.      M. Muralitharan (SL) 6.      Nasir Jamshed (pak) 7.      L. Simmons (WI) 8.      T. Cooper (NED) 9.      Mahmudullah Riad (c) 10.  Forhad Reza 11.  Jahurul Islam 12.  Faisal Hossain 13.  Arafat Sunny 14.  Enamul Haque Jr 15.  Ziaur Rahman 16.  Samsur Rahman 17.  Sanjamul Haque 18.  J. Taylor (WI)	1.      Md Ashraful (c) 2.      Shahid Afridi (Pak) 3.      K. Pollard (WI) 4.      Imran Nazir (pak) 5.      Rana Naved (pak) 6.      S. Macgill (Aus) 7.      Karvazee (Ned) 8.      Nazimuddin 9.      Mashrafee Murtaza 10.  Elias Sunny 11.  Nazmul Hossain 12.  Aftab Ahmed 13.  Mosharaff Hossain 14.  Dhiman Dhosh (wk) 15.  Anamul Haque (wk) 16.  Tanvir Hayder 17.  D. Steven (eng) 18.  Saeed Ajmal (pak)

Duronto Rajshahi	Khulna Royal Bengals	Sylhet Royals
1.      Mushfiqur Rahim (c) 2.      Abdul Razzaq (pak) 3.      M. Samuels (WI) 4.      S. Ervine (ZIM) 5.      Imran Tahir (SA) 6.      Rezwan Cheema (can) 7.      Mohammad Sami(pak) 8.      Kaisar Abbas (pak) 9.      Fawad Alam (pak) 10.  Junaid Siddique 11.  Sabbir Rahman 12.  Muktar Ali 13.  Syed Rasel 14.  Shaumma Sarkar 15.  Saqlain Sajeeb 16.  Ariful Haque 17.  Mizanur Rahman 18.  Asif Ahmed Ratul	1.      Shakib Al Hasan (c) 2.      H. Gibbis (SA) 3.      Russel (WI) 4.      S. Jayshuria (SL) 5.      Neil O’Brain (IRE) 6.      D. Smith (WI) 7.      J. Batler (Eng) 8.      S. Chandarpaul (WI) 9.      Nasir Hossain 10.  Abdur Razzak 11.  Shafiul Islam 12.  Dollar Mahmud 13.  Marshal Aiyub 14.  Maishukur Rahman 15.  Sagir Hossain Pavel 16.  Shahadat Hossain 17.  Nazmul Hossain Milon 18.  F. Edwards (WI)	1.      Alok Kapali 2.      B. Hogg (aus) 3.      Sohail Tanvir (pak) 4.      D. Summy (WI) 5.      Kamran Akmal (pak) 6.      Garry Kiddy       7.      P. Trego (Eng) 8.      Naeem Islam 9.      Imrul Kayes 10.  Faisal Iqbal (pak) 11.  Rubel Hossain 12.  Nadif Chowdhury 13.  Nur Hossain 14.  Arafat Salauddin 15.  Shuvagoto Hom 16.  Takha Jubair 17.  Nabil Samad 18.  Azhar Mahmood (Pak)

BPL FIXTURES

BANGLADESH PREMIER LEAGUE T20 2012 FIXTURES
FROM 9FEB TO 29 FEB 2012
DHAKA -CHITTAGONG
No.	Date	Time	Matches Teams	Venu
		5:00-8:00PM	INAUGURATION CEREMONY
1	10.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Barisal Burners vs Sylhet Royals	DHK
		6:30-9:30pm	Chittagong Kings vs  Duronto Rajshahi
2	11.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Dhaka Gladiators vs Khulna Royal Bengals	DHK
		6:30-9:30pm	Barisal Burners vs Duronto Rajshahi
3	12.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Chittagong Kings vs Khulna Royal Bengals	DHK
		6:30-9:30pm	Dhaka Gladiators vs Sylhet Royals
4	13.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Barisal Burners vs Khulna Royal Bengals	DHK
		6:30-9:30pm	Chittagong Kings vs Dhaka Gladiators
5	14.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Duronto Rajshahi vs Sylhet Royals	DHK
		6:30-9:30pm	Barisal Burners vs Dhaka Gladiators
6	15.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Chittagong Kings vs Sylhet Royals	DHK
		6:30-9:30pm	Khulna Royal vs Duronto Rajshahi
7	16.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Barisal Burners vs Chittagong Kings	DHK
		6:30-9:30pm	Dhaka Gladiators vs Duronto Rajshahi
8	18.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Chittagong Kings vs Khulna Royal Bengals	CTG
		6:30-9:30pm	Barisal Burners vs Sylhet Royals
9	19.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Chittagong Kings vs Duronto Rajshahi	CTG
		6:30-9:30pm	Dhaka Gladiators vs Khulna Royal Bengals
10	20.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Barisal Burners vs Duronto Rajshahi	CTG
		6:30-9:30pm	Sylhet Royals vs Khulna Royal Bengals
11	22.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Dhaka Gladiators vs Sylhet Royals	CTG
		6:30-9:30pm	Barisal Burners vs Khulna Royal Bengals
12	24.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Chittagong Kings vs Dhaka Gladiators	DHK
		6:30-9:30pm	Duronto Rajshahi vs Sylhet Royals
13	25.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Barisal Burners vs Dhaka Gladiators	DHK
		6:30-9:30pm	Chittagong Kings vs Sylhet Royals
14	26.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Khulna Royal vs Duronto Rajshahi	DHK
		6:30-9:30pm	Barisal Burners vs Chittagong Kings
15	27.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	Dhaka Gladiators vs Duronto Rajshahi	DHK
		6:30-9:30pm	Khulna Royal vs Sylhet Royals
16	28.02.12	2:00-5:00pm	SEMI FINAL -1	DHK
		6:30-9:30pm	SEMI FINAL -2
17	29.02.12	6:00-9:00PM	FINAL	DHK