Bangladesh Cricket Broad criticise ICC officials for not preventing a fixed match

The International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption officials have come under criticism from the Bangladesh Cricket Board for not stopping a T20 match that was identified as fixed well before. A special tribunal set up by the Bangladesh board accused the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) officials for not taking necessary steps to stop a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match that was held on February 2.

"The evidence is clear that the fixed match between DG (Dhaka Gladiators) and CK (Chittagong Kings) played in Chittagong on the 2 February 2013 was played with the consent of ACSU. It is obvious that the focus of ACSU was on gathering evidence and not on prevention of (the) fixed match," read the tribunal's report.

The tribunal was set up under a retired judge last September after fixing allegations surfaced during the inaugural edition of the tournament.

"The chairman of ACSU, Sir Ronald Flanagan, expressed his regret about this failure to inform BCB of this significant matter and made a personal unreserved apology on behalf of ACSU for not involving BCB at that stage," the report further read.

The report’s copy was received by the ICC on June 8.

"We are reviewing the written judgement and have no comments to make at this stage," ICC spokesman Sami Ul Hasan said, declining to comment on the claims. The report informs that Dhaka Gladiators coach Ian Pont was advised to go ahead with the match, even though he alerted the ACSU on the approached made by one of his team’s owners regarding fixing the match.

Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful, New Zealand’s former international Lou Vincent and Sri Lanka's Kaushal Lokuarachchi have pleaded guilty for not informing about approached made by bookies.