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ICC president Mustafa Kamal resigns with scathing attack on ‘ugly people’
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Days after threatening to reveal “mischievous things” about the International Cricket Council, the governing body’s president, Mustafa Kamal, has resigned with an outspoken attack on its officials.
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Kamal said he had resigned after being denied the right as ICC head to award the World Cup trophy to the winners, Australia, in Sunday’s final in Melbourne.
Instead the ICC chairman, Narayanaswami Srinivasan, handed over the trophy, prompting Kamal to launch a scathing attack on the Indian and the ICC top management, whom he termed “ugly people”.
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“I’m again requesting that these type of people should be away from cricket, otherwise cricket will be spoilt, cricket will not move forward,” Kamal said in Dhaka. “My earnest request to ICC is to revisit those things. I’m sure people will find out why I have resigned and they will unearth the truth – who are these people, what are they doing and how they are running ICC.”
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Speaking on Monday, Kamal had said: “I was supposed to give the trophy, 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.”
The governing body confirmed his resignation, but disputed the tone of the departure – saying in a statement: “In his letter to the ICC Chief Executive David Richardson, Mr Kamal said he was stepping down on personal grounds and offered his apologies to all associated with the ICC, while adding that he had no complaints to make against anyone.
“He wrote in his letter: ‘Let the game of cricket under the leadership of ICC touch the hearts and minds of every cricket lover.’ The ICC Board will now consider the vacant position of the ICC President at its forthcoming meeting in Dubai on 15 and 16 April.”
The ICC had previously criticised Kamal for his outburst last month against a controversial decision in the World Cup quarter-final match between India and Bangladesh.
The India opener Rohit Sharma was caught in the deep but the umpire Aleem Dar deemed it was an above waist-height no-ball even if replays contradicted his opinion. After India won the match, Kamal demanded the governing body looked into the dismissal while ICC termed his outburst as “very unfortunate”.
