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Mahbub gives Shaheen a piece of his mind

Sports Reporter
There was no sign of the tension easing between the two high-ups of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) over the chaotic start to the inter-club cricketers' transfer for the Corporate Cricket League.
Although the three-day transfer for the season's curtain-raiser was completed on Wednesday, the issue of who was to blame for the desperate lack of interest and enthusiasm among the corporate houses during the bourse took a new twist yesterday when BCB general secretary Mahbubirl Anam hit back at his vice-president Shah Nurul Kabir Shaheen.
"I have real doubts about his mental stability otherwise he could not have made such rubbish comments against me. It is hard to believe that this person is a lawmaker and holds an important post in the country's most prestigious sports body," said a furious
Mahbub, who returned home from Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
Shaheen, a BNP lawmaker, went on record on Monday by saying that his general secretary was responsible for the disorder surrounding the CCL. He even smelled nepotism on the part of Mahbub at the inclusion of Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in thecompetition.
"He questioned whether I had any personal interest in including Sonargaon Hotel in the Corporate League. That was so typical of a person who has lacked commonsense all his life," said die veteran cricket organiser.
"May I humbly ask why he went to Sri Lanka? Was that absolutely necessary for him to go during the second Test at the Board's expense?" Mahbub questioned.
"1 am in cricket not for any personal interest. May be that is not the case with some people.
"The affairs of the Corporate Cricket League is his (Shahpen's) cup of tea because he heads the committee for that competition. It was he who requested me to con-
duct the first meeting in his absence. If he had even the slightest sense of responsibility then he would not have avoided the important meeting for a pleasure trip to Sri Lanka. We had worked together for last two and a half years. To be honest we had to suffer a lot for his incompetence," said a fuming Mahbub.
The BCB general secretary, whose relationship with Shaheen soured during last month's elections, said that the vice-president should have looked into the minutes of the meeting before making such uncontrolled statements.
"We didn't request any corporate house to take part in the league and everybody had attended the first meeting on their own interest. Team representatives accepted all the decisions taken in the meeting," heexplained.
Asked whether the tug of war between him and Shaheen is going to affect the smooth running of the Board, Mahbub answered diplomatically.
SEE PAGE 13 COL 1 "I have discussed the matter with my president (Ali Asghar). He assured me that he would look into the issue. I don't think that there will be any problems if I am not there in the BCB. But people like him (Shaheen) can destroy our cricket." he added.
As the Mahbub-Shaheen soap opera turned from bad to worse, a BCBhighofficial quipped:
"This is the result of the so-called democracy inoursports."