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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) says that a member of the women’s cricket squad has reported a spot-fixing approach at the Twenty20 World Cup that is under way in South Africa.
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The player reported the incident to the anti-corruption unit (ACU) of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Shafiul Alam Nadel, the chair of the women’s wing of the BCB, told the Daily Star newspaper.
Said Nadel:
Spot-fixing refers to the manipulation of part of a game to deliver a given outcome for betting purposes.
A Dhaka-based television channel has shared an audio conversation in which the player was approached, according to media reports.
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The ICC and BCB were not immediately available for comment.
BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury told cricket website ESPNcricinfo that the incident was “very sensitive”.
Chowdhury said:
The tournament, which is played across Cape Town (Newlands Stadium and Boland Park) and Gqeberha (St George’s Park), finishes on February 26.
