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BCB CEO is here

Cricket

SPORTS REPORTER
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) took a first positive step towards professionalism with Maqbul Hussein (Macky) Dudhia joining as the chief executive officer (CEO) yesterday.
The 49-year-old Zambia-born Zimbabwean becomes the first person to occupy the newly created post at the insistence of the International Cricket Council.
Dudhia won a two-way battle with Australian Mathew Drain for a lucrative three-year contract with the Board that carries an annual package of 80,000 dollars.
Appearing for the first time before the media at the BCB's management office in Gulshan, Dudhia said that his primary function would be to draw up a plan to usher in a complete professional set-up in the Board presently run by an advisory council headed by a government nominated president.
"My first mission is to assess what the Bangladesh board needs for a professional set-up. I don't think it will be difficult for me to achieve that since I had gone through the same experience with Zimbabwe," said Dudhia, who was associated with Zimbabwe cricket in different capacities.
The eloquent-speaking Dudhia, whose parents come from Gujrat, India, considered his new assignment as the biggest challenge of his life.
He was a fast bowler of Zimbabwe in the early eighties. But he made a name for himself as a skilled administrator. He chaired various committees on Zimbabwe Cricket Union and was also served as an ICC development director for Africa region.
But his position in the present set-up of the BCB was not clearly defined in Saturday's briefing.
"He will carry out the policy and guideline of the Board," that was the only point BCB's cricket committee chairman Mahbubul Anam wanted to make to the newsmen.
"Cricket is today more or less a
business. And in keeping with that spirit we need more people to run the Board efficiently. His appointment is the first step and in future we will hire more professionals."
Mahbub however said the details of where the new CEO stands will only be known after they work out a proper organisational tree.
But at the moment Dudhia is ranked 13th behind BCB president Ali Asghar and his 11 advisors.
The 30-minute briefing was also attended by Australian under-19 coach Richard McInnes, who started his job last week and compatriot physio-cum-trainer Justin Crody.
Crody arrived in the city on Friday along with Dudhia.
"Everybody in Bangladesh is expecting a good result from the team. I will try to prepare the boys as good as I can and I'm looking forward to this challenge," said McInnes.
McInns has been entrusted to groom the under-19 squad before next year's World Youth Cup in Bangladesh.