Kamal resigns as ICC president amid controversy
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DHAKA: International Cricket Council (ICC) President Mustafa Kamal announced his resignation Wednesday, accusing colleagues within the game's global body of acting “unlawfully”.
“The main reason for my resignation is that I can't work with those who can act unconstitutionally and unlawfully,” he told reporters in Dhaka.
Bangladesh's outspoken Kamal had earlier threatened to expose 'mischievous things' within cricket's front office after being denied of the right to present the trophy to the winners after Sunday's World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand.
"I was supposed to give the trophy today. It is my constitutional right. But very unfortunately, I wasn't allowed to do so. My rights were dishonoured. After I go back home, I will let the whole world know what's happening in ICC. I will let the whole world know about those guys who are doing these mischievous things," ESPNCricinfo reported Kamal as saying.
The departing ICC president first courted controversy when he alleged that the Bangladesh-India World Cup quarter-final was "pre-arranged" in India's favour.
The cricket world was shocked as Kamal claimed decisions made by officials during Bangladesh's 109-run loss to India in their World Cup quarter-final in Melbourne on Thursday seemed to have been following a script.
Kamal was angry that India's Rohit Sharma, who top-scored with 137, had not been given not out on 90 when he was caught at deep mid-wicket off the bowling of Rubel Hossain, only for umpires Aleem Dar and Ian Gould to signal a no-ball for what appeared to be a legitimate waist-high delivery.
ICC chief executive Dave Richardson defended Dar and Gould from all accusations of biased officiating.
“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,” said Richardson.
The ICC is yet to respond to the latest development and it remains to be seen whether Pakistan Cricket Board's governing board member and former chairman, Najam Sethi, who was set to take up the post of ICC president in June 2015, will be expedited into the role with Kamal's departure.
Patron of the PCB, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had endorsed the decision of the chairman Shaharyar Khan and Board of Governors (BoG) to recommend Sethi as Pakistan’s nominee for the post of the president of ICC for a one-year term in October last year.
It is the second time that Pakistan got this post with Ehsan Mani representing the country as ICC president in early 2000. However, when Mani was president of the ICC the post was not a ceremonial one which it has become now in wake of the formation of the Big-Three whereby India, Australia and England enjoy veto power.
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Apr 01, 2015 12:59pm
Well done!
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Apr 01, 2015 01:02pm
thats better instead of being childish
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Apr 01, 2015 01:03pm
goood ...let the truth prevails
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Apr 01, 2015 01:03pm
A great decision and a good blow to the corrupt ICC.
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Apr 01, 2015 01:05pm
Black mailer
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Apr 01, 2015 01:09pm
thank you big 3 and specially srinavasan
Such a disgrace to classy sport of cricket!!
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Apr 01, 2015 01:11pm
thats better instead of being childish
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Apr 01, 2015 01:24pm
No one cares
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Apr 01, 2015 01:26pm
But he did not expose those who are involved in illegal activities.
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Apr 01, 2015 01:38pm
First thing when Pakistan opposed the BIG 3 formula, Bangladesh did not side with the right. Bangladesh opted for benefits offered by India, now they realize the mistake of surrendering and not standing for their rights. Now ICC must stop the hegemony. Srinavsan is already tainted. It was absolute disgrace of the elite trophy to be given by Srinavsan. They could have asked somebody else to do the honors.
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Apr 01, 2015 01:42pm
Mostafa Kamal resigns from ICC chief due to misdeeds of his collegues. According to ICC Act 3.3, President of ICC wil hand over the champions trophy but Mustafa was not allowed to play his role in WC. This decision is the gross violation of ICC rules. Besides ICC mysteriously did not use spider camera in MCG. ICC giant screen shalelessly showed "jitega bhai jitega India jitega". Mostafa requested not to show it but nothing changed. As human beings umpires can make mistakes but they could use technology but they ignored it.
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Apr 01, 2015 01:45pm
now bangladesh be ready to get alemated from rest of the cricket world.first test status will be removed,no countries will play with bangladesh at home or abroad,no hosting rights of icc events,no future postings to icc and acc.totally cricket will dissappear in bangladesh.
if any one takes on india they will not survive in cricket world.
it is big 3 who will make decisions and rest just has to follow bcoz bcci brings 80% revenue to icc and even if rest leave there will be no setbacks to icc.
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Apr 01, 2015 01:46pm
ICC President indiscreet comments cost him his job and rightly so. His outbursts would even seriously effect BD players participation in IPL.
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Apr 01, 2015 01:47pm
Being ICC president he shouldn't have criticized the umpires as well...he himself as dishonored his position after Bangladesh lost to India...
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Apr 01, 2015 01:48pm
A childish act.
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Apr 01, 2015 01:52pm
Thank you.Now we will talk cricket and not false allgetions.
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Apr 01, 2015 01:57pm
It's good to hear that. The people who are not good for any thing are better away from the important position. You are lucky Mr.Kamal. Had you not resigned, you would have been made to do so.
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Apr 01, 2015 01:59pm
Only one question sir, why you guys speaks after you are sacked or you resign ?
it means that you are also apart of corrupt system. So the trial should start from you.
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Apr 01, 2015 02:04pm
Mr. Kamal,
Whether umpiring are poor or better..That is not the matter. You should sort out the problems inside ICC.. Don't get away from the problems by simply giving a resignation letter..
As an indian I want you to really expose your things..
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Apr 01, 2015 02:04pm
Sriniwasan was a bad choice, a badly tainted man whom no body likes in India.Mr. Kamal could have been given the honor.
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Apr 01, 2015 02:07pm
Kingdom of bid three.
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Apr 01, 2015 02:14pm
Just a Blow to the Indians !!!
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Apr 01, 2015 02:22pm
Its good he resigned. He was blaming such a senior pakistani umpire of wrong doing.
He is from ICC and should have been careful in blaming the umpires.
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Apr 01, 2015 02:25pm
@Riaz What's a "Blow" to ICC .. Blow to ICC would be if he had exposed some misgivings in the organization. He had to resign for irresponsible comment. A president of any organization should never give a demeaning statement against his organization unless he has put all efforts to rectify the ill. He has neither taken any efforts , if he feels that ICC is corrupt or he should come forward with solid evidence.
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Apr 01, 2015 02:34pm
Please talk about why there was a crackdown on bowlers
right before World Cup
Why Batters friendly track to favor particular team
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Apr 01, 2015 02:38pm
Alimdar is a well respected umpire all over india and the world.
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Apr 01, 2015 02:52pm
Whether he is right or wrong, at the level one has to be a bit mature and composed. Whatever you say and write, is documented, so be very cautious, double check and evaluate before presenting your opinion.
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Apr 01, 2015 03:05pm
Hiving the courage of one's own conviction......well done.
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Apr 01, 2015 03:12pm
@Riaz
Not a blow really. ICC can function well without him.
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Apr 01, 2015 03:24pm
wht if they let u hand over the trophy? would u care about exposing these corrupts?
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Apr 01, 2015 03:24pm
a right move he doesn't deserve to be an ICC chairman as he doesn't have adequate knowledge about the cricket and umpiring decision...
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Apr 01, 2015 03:26pm
BIG 3 should break up now and forever
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Apr 01, 2015 03:27pm
I fear this is the decline of Bangladesh cricket. By acting childishly they have severed their relations with the ICC (especially India) and now it is very unlikey that they will get any favours from ICC. Pakistan is already sufferring from severing their relations with India. As an ICC president he should have dealt with whatever issues he had in a more pragmatic manner rather than trying to seek political points by accusing his own organistaion in public. No matter how much I hate Indian dominance in ICC but I think Bangladesh went a bit too far and they deserve the punishment.
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Apr 01, 2015 03:29pm
Absolute right, kamal knew the right face of India
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Apr 01, 2015 03:29pm
@Riaz You think it is a blow to the ICC? How? In fact it is better for them- they wanted the guy out anyway. he could have made some positive contribution to the game by being in the ICC> Now no one will listen to what he says except for Bangladesh people. He will no more be in international media- mark my words.
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Apr 01, 2015 03:47pm
'Kamal had earlier threatened to expose 'mischievous things'. Let the world know what game ICC promotes other than cricket.
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Apr 01, 2015 03:56pm
No one is bigger than ICC and Cricket..... When you are a President Of ICC then you should be unbiased towards all teams....
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Apr 01, 2015 04:03pm
This is a blessing in disguise for Big three who didnt want a corrupt president in ICC who said others were corrupt to protect himself !
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Apr 01, 2015 04:04pm
Good riddance to bad rubbish!!! Resigning from the post is the first smart move he has made. Bangladesh made it to the quarter finals because the rain gods enabled them to get a point from Australia due to the washout and umpire Simon Fry's runout decision of England's Jordan. Instead of accepting defeat gracefully in the quarters this Bangladeshi official tried to play politics making stupid comments about Aleem Dar's umpiring. So when ICC showed him the door and the bouncers he chose to walk out on his own and good for him.
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Apr 01, 2015 04:17pm
he should have exposed the tid-bits fixing of BD-IND match, else his resignation carries no eventual consequence rather than a mere emotional outburst.
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Apr 01, 2015 05:49pm
@Sam .. And on these batter friendly tracks 'that particular' team took the highest average number of wickets per match throughout the WC (77/80).
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Apr 01, 2015 06:49pm
Our behaviour is very intolerant. Just because he express his opinion, we have kick him out. We have to change our attitude.
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Apr 01, 2015 06:57pm
Mustafa Kamal questioned the integrity of Aleem Dar and Ian Gould in the midst of a world cup. He should have been kicked out . He did a mistake - admit it and move on.
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Apr 01, 2015 07:33pm
Why the Bengladeshi Captain did not ask for a review in case of Rohit Sharma????
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Apr 01, 2015 07:49pm
@sunill
It wont happen. Pakistan will play Bangladesh and will never let that happen. Relax
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Apr 01, 2015 08:10pm
I complain when the wind does not blow my way, until them I am happy with the company I have. Such people end where Kamal did and he has probably made life for BD Cricket a bit more difficult.
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Apr 01, 2015 08:15pm
He must have reacted before when the big three was in process of formation. Late but still good.
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Apr 01, 2015 08:17pm
@nation lover Protesting against corruption is childish???
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Apr 01, 2015 08:18pm
Protesting against corruption is childish???
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Apr 01, 2015 08:30pm
@sunill : Well, remember that it is people who pay to watch matches. If people lost interest due to this kind of politics how will you generate that money.
According to your plan only 3 nations will play cricket? Maybe you should be the president of ICC.
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Apr 01, 2015 08:31pm
@A Patriotic Cricketer : Everything is exposed. India won the match through favors of Umpires and ICC.
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Apr 01, 2015 08:33pm
@Mukul Rahman : Indian team got exposed when they lost to Aus. Now they will invite Australia and beat them on the home grounds.
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Apr 01, 2015 08:35pm
@chai : ICC has all the evidence. But the Indian Chairman of ICC does not want to show the evidence. Kamal was not the cameraman.
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Apr 01, 2015 08:38pm
Bangladesh should have thought before voting for Big-3.
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Apr 01, 2015 08:40pm
It is big 3 who will make decisions and rest just has to follow because BCCI brings 80% revenue to ICC. So, ICC has become the Kingdom Big 3.
God Save the King, God Save the King.
A democracy should prevail in ICC for the Game of Cricket.
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Apr 01, 2015 08:41pm
Everyone knows that cricket is being controlled by India and they prearranged results by shamelessly altering decisions like Ajmal - Tendulkar in 2011 Semifinal, Umar Akmal decision in Pak - India match or India- Bangladesh match. Cricket has become very controversial specially with the emergence of IPL which is den of gambling.
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Apr 01, 2015 08:49pm
So where is the proof? This man was shown up to be a fraud and had to go.
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Apr 01, 2015 09:08pm
@A Patriotic Cricketer, Nice comments. thanks..
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Apr 01, 2015 09:21pm
One Man Army... Don't care about luxury Job because of Honesty.. Friends its time to Back Cricket in a Gentleman Game Again ..
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Apr 01, 2015 10:11pm
ICC should be renamed ICCE = International Cricket council Entertainment, just like WWE, built around australia, england and india.
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Apr 01, 2015 11:44pm
hats off to you! It's never late than never taking the right decision and open up the face of ICC
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Apr 02, 2015 01:23am
@k k tiwari I agree on one that srinu was the bad choice. But after Mr. Kamal opened his mouth against the umpires he has lost the moral ground to be the president.
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Apr 02, 2015 01:25am
Maybe he should have realized that before running to sign "One Series" with India and accept the hegemony of the troika in form of Big 3. Damage has been done am afraid. Maybe he should have then strengthen Pakistan's cause back then and with SA, SL joined in a string stance. But he was the first to succumb. Too bad now.
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Apr 02, 2015 01:34am
@Umer you like it or not money does wonders.
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Apr 02, 2015 02:04am
ICC has become a place of betting, gambling, corruption and nepotism. Kamal has taken the right step he should not be a part of this.
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Apr 02, 2015 02:07am
People who can not maintain decorum of their posts, don't deserve the posts. I have lot of respect for Aleem Dar and Ian Gould is a senior umpire too.
He did not mention that his team batsman was caught in first over by keeper, that was missed by umpire, so did India say Bangladesh influenced that. Even if rohit was given out, Bangladesh still would not have won, given they were wrapped up under 200.
Better he resigned than being kicked off.
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Apr 02, 2015 02:45am
@Reality In 60s/70s England and Australia were the main source of review but they never acted like BCCI.
Creating BIG3, BCCI will never control ICC without England’s and Australia’s blessing. England and Australia will never act against one another and by creating BIG3, BCCI gave back England and Australia they power they lost in 50s. Remember, England and Australia were super power in ICC and Pakistan fought against their power and oth/er (India, WI….) joined Pakistan, as a result ENG and AUS had to abandon their power ICC. Now they got back the power they lost in 50s
Just wait and see, one day BCCI will cry when they will lost their battle against ENG/AUS – it is just a matter of time
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Apr 02, 2015 02:51am
@Umer - You are 100% right. I am form BD and I did not support Big3. BD was fooled by BCCI and BD will regret one day. I will not surprise to see that BCCI broke all the promises they did to BD and BD has lost test status.
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Apr 02, 2015 02:58am
Unfortunate that they have created Big 3 with veto powers. This is all due to the money involved in the game.
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Apr 02, 2015 02:59am
@saad s - Don't worry, BIG3 will relinquish their power one day the way ENG and AUS had to – they (ENG/AUS) could not stay as the super powers of cricket too long.
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Apr 02, 2015 03:16am
Ever since India took over, icc corruption has increased by multiple folds... Just like India corrupted other professions, it was matter of time before icc falls victim to it, not to say it wasn't corrupt already.
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Apr 02, 2015 03:47am
Ha ha ha. Integrity. This guys term as ICC president will end in a month or so. So he resigned. If he felt that there is corruption in ICC, what did he (As the ICC president) do? He should be questioned first. Sore losers. Didn't they do the same after 2012 Asia cup???
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Apr 02, 2015 03:55am
a loud mouth who made no sense, and thought the umpire was corrupt, and bangladesh would have won if sharma had been removed at 97 - quite a stretch of imagination and bravado. he railed against his own organization with no proof. such stupidity should not go unpunished.
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Apr 02, 2015 04:04am
@nation lover
Bangladesh has proven that they don't care position; they only care about justice and integrity.
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Apr 02, 2015 04:25am
@Riaz What blow?! His outbursts did not fit the position he held. He blew it. Bangladesh cricket will suffer big time because of him.
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Apr 02, 2015 04:29am
@Indian Muslim You are most welcome in Pakistan!
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Apr 02, 2015 05:42am
@Junaid dont compare bangladesh and australia.
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Apr 02, 2015 05:48am
which game in the world is free from corruption. it is sad and sickening to learn cricket is also get corrupted.
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Apr 02, 2015 06:02am
Icc is corrupt and is leading cricket to its doom. The game is just not what it used to be.
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Apr 02, 2015 06:38am
Good riddance. He never belonged to the coveted position because of such a fragile temperament and immaturity. He degraded the body by hurling baseless allegations about integrity of umpires and sanctity of the game. He was silent when his team was beneficiary of similar touch and go decisions in their match against England. It was a spontaneous real time decision and no way it impacted the outcome of the match.
I wonder why he was not fired immediately after his outburst. He should better serve Bangladesh cricket than looking for any position in ACC or ICC.
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Apr 02, 2015 06:43am
@Junaid Winning 7 losing one is called 'exposed'. WOW that is a new logic made in Pakistan.
Your team lost 4 of the 7 matches which include 2 minnows that is also because of umpiring?????? hilarious.
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Apr 02, 2015 07:03am
@Ahmed Saeed how will pak play if icc does not recognise it or does not send umpires
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Apr 02, 2015 07:10am
@Junaid aus nz sa eng ind are enough to play.pak is also welcome if doesnot want to join bangla.cricket survived for100 years when it was played between aus and eng.now also it will survive if it is played between 5 or 6 countries.it is big 3 who is bringing all the money to icc.now there is no voti g right system in icc.only the collective decision of big 3 mainly india
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Apr 02, 2015 09:31am
@Indian Muslim and you should have said that Rahat Ali dropped the catch against Aus, on India's insistence OR ABD who was in such terrific form that he was pressurised to underperform against India - superb imagination :0. I am no fan of BCCI, but am amazed at the muck that people love to throw around.
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Apr 02, 2015 09:36am
N.srivanson is a corrupted person........zero the time zero the manner. ...
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Apr 02, 2015 09:42am
Excellent decision - Big blow to ICC
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Apr 02, 2015 10:18am
Mr Kamal should have been sacked when he made those comments against umpiring decision. It was stupid of him ... It was a bad call by the umpire but its not that Bangladesh would have won if this decision went in their favour. They lost by a huge margin of 109 runs. At no point BD looked like winning the match .
Case of sour grapes.
Now that Mr Kamal has resigned, he should at least expose, with probe, the mischievious things happening in ICC . All said and done CWC 2015 was very well organized and successful tournament.
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Apr 02, 2015 10:26am
@Mukul Rahman .Who cares ???
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Apr 02, 2015 10:44am
too late BD. Now they must have understood the perils of siding with Big 3 proposal and stabbing the back of Pakistan's stance.
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Apr 02, 2015 11:17am
ICC= Indian Cricket Council. It is totally controlled by 3 B.
This must be stop and open WCC = World Cricket Council.
Let us see, what New ICC President's activity.
New ICC President should coordinate with all Countries (Except 3 B) and try to open WCC to save Cricket
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Apr 02, 2015 12:23pm
@Ahmed Saeed good spirit... play with each other rest of your life. Good for you. :)
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Apr 02, 2015 12:49pm
@Haider Rehman
Just like ICC is doing now... ICC is India dominated (India pro) organization. We could not treat this organization as International.
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Apr 02, 2015 12:55pm
@Tamil Indian
Yes It's true...He does not have right to be the president of ICC. To be the ICC president or any post you got to obey blindly to India. What a shameful things India is doing with world cricket. Cricket should be a global game but Big-3 stupid is restricted to do so. Its better to play cricket between these 3 stupid countries.
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Apr 02, 2015 01:04pm
ICC - Indian Cricket Council
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Apr 02, 2015 01:51pm
India and Pakistan have always done well by combining in ICC and bringing cricket WC to Sub Continent. Never was there a problem when they were(are) in powerful positions. Who supported Bangladesh? Who took very good tournaments to Bangladesh? All since 1995. India and Pakistan must be commended. Mr Kamal does not deserve to be in ICC after his comment about umpiring. You are part of ICC and you can never ever tell anything about umpires just like that. Because Elite panel umpires work hard. Neither Indian Nor Pakistani ICC official would have reacted the way Mr Kamal did.
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Apr 02, 2015 04:47pm
@chai
That is what he has promised to do, sir.
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Apr 02, 2015 07:53pm
Umpires are human being. One wrong verdict of Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar had actually helped Bangladesh beat England. Bangladesh took it as a part of the game though even a child knows that England is stronger team than BD but neither England media nor their public made it a point to demean either Bangladesh cricket team or Mr. Aleem Dar. However, another wrong decision of the same Aleem Dar that gone against BD framed him as the executor of BCCI conspiracy to stop mighty Bangladesh from winning WC 2015 - what a hypocrisy!!!
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Apr 03, 2015 10:13am
@Zak
If you find ICC shameful then why participate in World Cup? Why play Cricket at all? The problem is if a neutral umpiring decision benefits a team that is OK but if it goes against the team then ICC representative resigns. That's not shameful that's childish. Maybe both are same for you.
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