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ICC gives more time for Bangladesh to prove Test status
Sports Reporter
15 June 1998
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has extended the time-limit
for Bangladesh to justify its claim for Test status to the next AGM of
the games ruling body in 1999. This was disclosed by the president of
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Saber Hossain Chowdhury MP after the
executive committee meeting of the ICC at Lords yesterday afternoon.
In this regard, the ICC has formed a three-member committee comprising
of Bobby Simpson (Australia), Nasim-ul Ghani (Pakistan) and Andy
Pycroft (Zimbabwe). The trio will work out details of Bangladesh's
cricket format for the coming season including the introduction of the
longer version of the game, and assess the condition of wickets and
the standard of umpiring before making the final recommendation.
Bangladesh applied for Test status in May last year with India
proposing and Pakistan seconding. But a disappointing tour to New
Zealand and non-existence of longer-version of the game largely swayed
ICC to the negative. Bangladesh along with Kenya were awarded one-day
international (ODI) status last June.
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