BPL condemned over non payment to players

Islamabad—Federation of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA) on Wednesday condemned the management of Bangladesh Premier League over non-payment to some players who participated in League in February.

At least 12 overseas players have not been paid their full dues, with the total outstanding sum being in excess of US$600,000.00. In addition, the local Bangladeshi players have received, on average, less than 60% of their money with only 8 paid in full.

FICA, chief executive, Tim May has said that despite numerous private and public promises and assurances from the BPL, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and its President Mustafa Kamal hundreds of thousands of dollars are still owed to players from the BPL.

“The Franchises and the BCB have been in breach of contract for nearly two and a half months. We have given them every opportunity to settle these amounts and they have continually responded with a series of broken promises and empty public pronouncements,” he said.

Tim further said that despite announcements from BCB on April 30 and from BCB President Mustafa Kamal on June 9 still outstanding payments of players were not cleared,a statement of the FICA issued here said.

“The actions of BPL and BCB have caused damage to the credibility of these two organisations and consequently the ability to attract players to participate in future editions of the event,” he said.

Pakistani players including Azhar Mahmood, Imran Nazir, Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Sami, Abdul Razzaq, Yasir Arafat, Faisal Iqbal, Khalid Latif, Ramiz Raja and many more had participated in BPL.—APP