Dhaka bids to host knock-out WC again (18 April 1999)

18 April 1999

Dhaka bids to host knock-out WC again

Our Sports Reporter

Bangladesh has made its official bid to host the knock-out World Cup for the second time in Dhaka.

This was disclosed yesterday by Syed Ashraful Huq, the general secretary of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), on his return home after attending the International Cricket Council ICC's executive committee meeting, held in Sharjah from April 11-13.

"We have officially proposed to the ICC to organise the tournament in case Dysneyworld falls out of favour," said Ashraful.

Bangladesh hold the first knock-out gala, which was participated by all the nine Test-playing nations, last October.

The ruling body of world cricket decided to hold its fund-raising tournament from October 5-15, 2000.

As part of its globalisation programme, the ICC, however, is still inclined to take the cricket caravan to the United States.

The BCB general secretary also disclosed that the next World Youth Cup will be held in Sri Lanka from January 7-30 in the year 2000.

Meanwhile, Ashraful, who missed an extraordinary meeting of the BCB following his departure for Sharjah, said that he would have stayed back had he had the slightest idea about the BKSP meeting that went far beyond his wits.

That meeting, without the BCB president Saber Hossain Chowdhury and Ashraful, dissolved the selection committee and decided to include Minhajul Abedin, the experienced all-rounder who was not in the original 15-man Bangladesh World Cup squad.

"Since this was decided in a board meeting I have to accept it. But if I knew that such an important thing would be discussed, than I would have made every effort to attend the meeting", said Ashraful.

"I personally feel that the tenure of any standing sub-committee of the board such as selection committee should be specified. It is not in the national interest to disband such committees periodically", claimed Ashraful.

Source :: The Bangladesh Daily Star (https://www.dailystarnews.com)