Mohammad Ashraful has appealed to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) disciplinary panel to get reduced the eight-year ban imposed on him by the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) anti-corruption tribunal for his part in spot-fixing during a BPL 2013 match.
The former Bangladesh captain has filed the appeal to the disciplinary panel chief Justice Mohammad Abdur Rashid.
“My lawyer has sent the appeal papers to the disciplinary committee chief,” said Ashraful. “I want to return to cricket before my eight-year ban is up. That’s why I have made the appeal,” he added.
Dhaka Gladiators managing director Shihab Chowdhury who was banned for 10 years has also made an appeal to the BCB disciplinary panel chief.
According to the BCB anti-corruption code, Ashraful and Shihab made national level appeals, and if they fail to convince the disciplinary panel chief, they can appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) and BCB will also have to send in their appeal by July 22, the last day of filing appeals.
The game’s governing body was left “disappointed” by the tribunal’s ruling, saying that compelling evidence of corruption by a number of individuals had not been taken into account properly.
