Corruption claim deepens; Bangladesh cricket in crisis after strike

A former Banglesh cricket chief said Tuesday that match-fixing was widespre in country, deepening a crisis sparked by a strike by top players over ws. Former Banglesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Saber Hossain Chowdhury, a British-educated lawyer, businessman and w member of parliament, said corruption was deep-rooted at governing body. 
"@BCBtigers is only national sporting body in world that promotes institutionalised #matchfixing, #corruption," he said on his Twitter account, ding: "Unbelievable!!" "Flagged this issue many times myself," he said.

Shakib Al Hasan raised concerns about corruption

National captain Shakib Al Hasan raised concerns about corruption in domestic cricket on Monday when anuncing that most of country's professional players h started a strike to press for better pay and benefits.  stopp threatens a Banglesh tour of India next month. "We all kw sorry state of our first, second and third division cricket," Shakib said. "A lot of times we kw which team will win and which team will lose before match starts.  strike comes amid growing criticism of BCB from cricketers who say governing body is t sharing eugh of its growing wealth.

More pay has been demanded

Local cricketers want Banglesh players and coaches to be paid more in line with foreign hires. y have demanded a 50 per cent pay hike for first-class players, expansion of national pay contracts, increased match fees in domestic games and better benefits for support staff. Allegations of match-fixing and corruption in Banglesh cricket are t new, and in 2014 entire Banglesh Premier League T20 contest was suspended under a graft cloud. In ar torious case in 2017, authorities banned a bowler for 10 years after he delivered a succession of wides and -balls to concede 92 runs to deliberately lose a match in what his team called a protest against biased umpiring. That Dhaka League Second Division game raised suspicions after a Lalmatia bowler sent down 13 wides and three -balls in first overall of which raced to boundary -- costing his side 80 runs. Lalmatia h earlier been dismissed for just 88 off 14 overs before opponents Axiom reached 92-0 off just four legal deliveries.