rnational Airport in the capital from Australia on Wednesday. Left fuming after he was denied the honour of handing over the World Cup winners’ trophy, Kamal launched a scathing attack on the world cricket body’s Chairman, calling him “rotten”. “I resign right at this moment. I am no longer the ICC president. This I have done as I find it is extremely difficult to work with a man whose personal integrity is questionable everywhere. Further on the 29th of this month in an unlawful and unconstitutional manner he has handed over the trophy of the 2015 World Cup. As per the constitution of ICC, it is only the President, none else, can present Trophies in ICC’s World events,” Kamal told reporters at the airport. Since 1999, the standard practice is that the ICC president hands over the World Cup trophy to the winning captain. But in an aberration of the rules, ICC chairman Narayanswami Srinivasan handed the trophy to Aussie captain Michael Clarke amidst boos from the MCG stands and uproar back in Bangladesh. “I am again requesting — these types of people should be away from cricket, otherwise cricket will be spoilt, cricket will not move forward. My earnest request to ICC is to revisit those things. I am sure people will find out why I have resigned and they will unearth the truth who are these people, what are they doing and how they are running ICC,” Kamal added. Earlier, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal openly expressed his displeasure over umpiring standards in the India-Bangladesh World Cup match on March 19. After India thrashed Bangladesh by 109 runs in the quarterfinal match at the MCG, Mustafa Kamal said the outcome of the match appeared to have been “prearranged” and that there was “no quality in the umpiring”, earning a sharp rebuke from ICC chief executive David Richardson. The bone of contention was a close no-ball reprieve that centurion Rohit Sharma got during the game. The ICC, however, had rejected Kamal’s outburst against the match officials as “unfortunate” and “baseless”. “The ICC has noted Mr Mustafa Kamal’s comments, which are very unfortunate but made in his personal capacity. As an ICC President, he should have been more considerate in his criticism of ICC match officials, whose integrity cannot be questioned,” ICC CEO Dave Richardson had said in a statement. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina termed it unfortunate and odd. The Prime Minister made the comments during a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at the NEC conference room at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. The PM termed the incident that breached the ICC’s own constitution “unacceptable in the civilized world” and “unfortunate”. According to the amendment to the memorandum and articles of association of the ICC which was unanimously approved by Full Council in January 2015, it appeared that the job of handing over of trophies at global events rests with the ICC president. According to clause 3.3 (B): “With effect from the 2014 Conference Close Date, the President shall act solely as chairman at Conference and Special Meetings and be responsible for presenting trophies at global competitions and cricket events held under the aegis of the Council. Kamal’s snub isn’t the first time an ICC trophy presentation has created controversy. Australia’s 2006 Champions Trophy victory was marred by an uproar in India after Damien Martyn appeared to nudge then-BCCI president Sharad Pawar off the stage so the Aussies could celebrate. Kamal has been involved with cricket and its development for the last 30 years in various capacities. During 1990-2010, he was the chairman of the cricket committee of Abahani Limited, before becoming the President of Asian Cricket Council between 2010 and 2012. He was also the Chairman of Audit Committee of International Cricket Council. In 2012, he was made the vice-president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the 2012-2014 term. Prior to his nomination for the ICC, Kamal was the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Kamal succeeded Alan Isaac as president of the ICC in 2014.
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ICC president quits in protest International Cricket Council (ICC) President and Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal resigned as the ICC president in the wake of:Daily Sun
rnational Airport in the capital from Australia on Wednesday. Left fuming after he was denied the honour of handing over the World Cup winners’ trophy, Kamal launched a scathing attack on the world cricket body’s Chairman, calling him “rotten”. “I resign right at this moment. I am no longer the ICC president. This I have done as I find it is extremely difficult to work with a man whose personal integrity is questionable everywhere. Further on the 29th of this month in an unlawful and unconstitutional manner he has handed over the trophy of the 2015 World Cup. As per the constitution of ICC, it is only the President, none else, can present Trophies in ICC’s World events,” Kamal told reporters at the airport. Since 1999, the standard practice is that the ICC president hands over the World Cup trophy to the winning captain. But in an aberration of the rules, ICC chairman Narayanswami Srinivasan handed the trophy to Aussie captain Michael Clarke amidst boos from the MCG stands and uproar back in Bangladesh. “I am again requesting — these types of people should be away from cricket, otherwise cricket will be spoilt, cricket will not move forward. My earnest request to ICC is to revisit those things. I am sure people will find out why I have resigned and they will unearth the truth who are these people, what are they doing and how they are running ICC,” Kamal added. Earlier, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal openly expressed his displeasure over umpiring standards in the India-Bangladesh World Cup match on March 19. After India thrashed Bangladesh by 109 runs in the quarterfinal match at the MCG, Mustafa Kamal said the outcome of the match appeared to have been “prearranged” and that there was “no quality in the umpiring”, earning a sharp rebuke from ICC chief executive David Richardson. The bone of contention was a close no-ball reprieve that centurion Rohit Sharma got during the game. The ICC, however, had rejected Kamal’s outburst against the match officials as “unfortunate” and “baseless”. “The ICC has noted Mr Mustafa Kamal’s comments, which are very unfortunate but made in his personal capacity. As an ICC President, he should have been more considerate in his criticism of ICC match officials, whose integrity cannot be questioned,” ICC CEO Dave Richardson had said in a statement. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina termed it unfortunate and odd. The Prime Minister made the comments during a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at the NEC conference room at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. The PM termed the incident that breached the ICC’s own constitution “unacceptable in the civilized world” and “unfortunate”. According to the amendment to the memorandum and articles of association of the ICC which was unanimously approved by Full Council in January 2015, it appeared that the job of handing over of trophies at global events rests with the ICC president. According to clause 3.3 (B): “With effect from the 2014 Conference Close Date, the President shall act solely as chairman at Conference and Special Meetings and be responsible for presenting trophies at global competitions and cricket events held under the aegis of the Council. Kamal’s snub isn’t the first time an ICC trophy presentation has created controversy. Australia’s 2006 Champions Trophy victory was marred by an uproar in India after Damien Martyn appeared to nudge then-BCCI president Sharad Pawar off the stage so the Aussies could celebrate. Kamal has been involved with cricket and its development for the last 30 years in various capacities. During 1990-2010, he was the chairman of the cricket committee of Abahani Limited, before becoming the President of Asian Cricket Council between 2010 and 2012. He was also the Chairman of Audit Committee of International Cricket Council. In 2012, he was made the vice-president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the 2012-2014 term. Prior to his nomination for the ICC, Kamal was the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Kamal succeeded Alan Isaac as president of the ICC in 2014.
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