BCB elections in the first week of October

BCB Correspondent
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) elections will be held in the first week of October. BCB Director Nazmul Abedin Fahim confirmed this news to reporters after a board meeting held at a hotel in Sylhet on Monday.

The meeting, chaired by BCB President Aminul Islam Bulbul, was attended by some directors in person and others online.
Fahim said the board will form a three-member election commission. The president has been tasked with proposing the names of the members of this commission.
He told reporters, “The commission has not been finally formed yet… but hopefully we will know the details in the next one or two days.”

Some other important decisions were taken in the meeting. New York-based International Management Group (IMG) has been approved as the sports marketing consultant of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) for a period of three years. In addition, former ICC elite umpire Simon Taufel has been appointed for a period of two years to improve the standards of umpiring.

Fahim said, “Simon will be responsible for evaluating and grading umpires… and will also train local technical staff.” He added that the main goal is to become self-reliant in umpiring.

Other initiatives include a three-day batting program with foreign coaches and the first Level 3 coaching course in Bangladesh since 2009. In this course, Ashley Ross and other coaches will train about 20-25 local coaches.

Meanwhile, a four-member committee has been formed to review the preliminary report on alleged corruption and mismanagement in last season’s BPL. The committee will submit its recommendations by September 7.