BCB to introduce regional cricket bodies

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is all set to introduce regional cricket bodies, BCB President Nazmul Hasan Papon said after the annual general meeting of the board on Tuesday in Dhaka.

BCB was trying for a long time to establish regional cricket bodies, but the initiative remained stuck as there was no provision in BCB's constitution to form regional cricket associations, reports UNB.

"We are all set to form regional cricket bodies," Nazmul told the reporter after the meeting. "We hope we can finalize the guidelines soon."

Nazmul also said that the board needed to amend the constitution of the board to add a provision so that they can introduce the initiative to establish cricket's regional association.

"Currently, every cricket-related activity is controlled from Dhaka. But once we have the regional cricket bodies, every region will be able to decide what they need to do for the development of regional cricket," Nazmul added.

After the latest development, every division of Bangladesh will get a regional cricket body except Mymensingh which will still be a part of Dhaka division.

But Mymensingh may have a separate team under their name in the National Cricket League competition, a BCB official confirmed.

However, a guideline or a framework to form the regional cricket bodies is yet to be finalised.

The BCB president said it will take some time for the board to finalise a guideline. He, however, couldn't confirm how much time it would take.

BCB also decided that every club that participates in the divisional cricket events, the premier division, and first, second and third division, will have at least a councillor.

Previously, some clubs have more than one councillor and some have no councillorship at all. A councillorship enables a club official to be a part of the general council of the BCB and every councillor has the right to vote or take part in the BCB election.

The board has introduced two committees- Bangladesh Tigers and Welfare - in the latest annual general meeting. While the Bangladesh Tigers committee is already operational, the Welfare committee will be announced soon.

The Bangladesh Tigers Committee is formed to look after a new bunch of players who are part of the Bangladesh Tigers team, and the Welfare Committee will work for the welfare of cricketers and the other related stakeholders.