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Ashraful stays skipper

Sports Reporter
Mohammad Ashraful and Mashrafe Bin Mortaza got another good news a day after their IPL achievements as they were retained as captain and vice-captain respectively till the next tour ofWest Indies in July-August
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) took the decision in its directors' meeting at Mirpur yesterday as the game's governing body decided to give them more opportunities despite huge criticism over the batting form of Ashraful.
"The selection of captain and vice-captain was an important issue in the meeting and after a discussion the board decided to continue with [Mohammad] Ashraful and Mashrafe [Bin Mortaza] as captain and vice-captain until the next tour of West Indies in July-August," informed BCB's media committee chairman JalalYunus.
We also considered Mashrafe in terms of seniority and Mushfiqur Rahim for his maturity as prospective candidates for the captaincy. Both are captaining their respective club sides in the Dhaka Premier League this season, but the board wants to give them more time to grow in the role. Their captaincy in the Premier League will be monitored and observed by the board, " informed Yunus.
1 Ie also said that they felt that it’s better to give
Ashraful more time and it would be really good if he could show improvement during this time.
Although there has been a lot of talk about inform Shakib Al Hasan, the board however was not ready to burden the number one ranked allrounder with captaincy.
"He [Shakib) is now in good touch and it would not be wise to disturb him anyway. We don't want to give him any additional burden,” Yunus reflected on the board's sentiment.
On the other hand coach Jamie Siddons also assured the board during a presentation in the marathon meeting that Ashraful and few other players like opener Tamim Iqbal and Zunaed Siddiqui would start to deliver very soon.
"The board saw a presentation from Jamie Siddons on the team's progress and the coach's plans for the future. One of the key features of the presentation was Shakib's transformation with the bat over the last year. The coach showed us Shakib's backlift when he [Siddons] first came in and his present state which Is more technically correct and allows him to play shots more comfortably and freely," Yunus told.
Ashraful was a relieved man after the decision but said that he had to be consistent as a batsman to silence his critics. Beside the full tour in the Caribbean, the 24-year-old righthander will lead the team in the five-match one-day series and two Twenty20 matches against Pakistan in March at home and the TWenty20 World Cup in England in June. "I'm really happy that the board kept their faith in me. But I have to perform as a batsman first and I believe that I will get the result of my hard work very soon," hoped Ashraful.
Ashraful so far captained Bangladesh in 13 Tests and 38 one-day internationals and under his leadership the Tigers lost 12 Tests and won eight one-day matches including wins against New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
He has a batting average of 22.58 in Tests as captain, a little down from his previous average of 24.35, but he improved his average in one-day to 25.60 from 21.94 during this period.
The board didn't take any decision about the players' new payroll as the last one expired in November 1 last
year, but Yunus confirmed that it would be finalised by this month.
"Review of players' contracts and salary is under process and the board expects to come to a decision within a month."
The board has instructed the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) to include left arm spinner Abdur Razzak in the national Players' Pool for this Dhaka League season.
"It was a mistake not to include him in the pool," said Yunus.
The board has decided to set up a Welfare Trust with an initial deposit of Tk. 36 lakhs and the trust's beneficiaries would include current and former players, scorers and umpires, organisers and BCB staff members.
The meeting also decided
to form a five-member local organising committee for the coming 2011 World Cup while April 18 has been set as a tentative date for the next AGM.
Ticket sales proceeds from the benefit match (first match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in the recently concluded tri-nation series) for late Manzarul Islam Rana has amounted to Tk 700,000 plus which will be handed over to Rana's family.