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Ashraf hits back at May

Sports Reporter
Gazi Ashraf Hossain, the Bangladesh Premier League governing council chairman, has slammed Federation of International Cricketers' Association (FICA) after it advised players yesterday to skip future editions of the domestic Twenty20 tournament in a latest outburst.
In a media release, FICA claimed that at least twelve overseas players were yet to receive their full payments amounting to over 600,000 dollars, though Ashraf has strongly reacted to the allegations.
"They are actually tying to damage our image," Ashraf told The Daily Star Sport over phone. "They have started a hate campaign to sully the name of Bangladesh Premier League. The outstanding figure is just part of their imagination."
FICA CEO Tim May has said that the BCB and the six franchises have been breaching the contract since May.
"The franchises and the Bangladesh Cricket Board have been in breach of contract for nearly two and a half months," said May in the statement. "We have given them every opportunity to settle these amounts and they have continually responded with a series of broken promises and empty public pronouncements.
"It goes without saying that FICA will be strongly recommending to all players, both in and outside Bangladesh, that they should not contemplate participating in this tournament in the coming years.
"The process of the payment of players has deteriorated into a joke and the unprofessionalism of its handling is mas-
sively short of that required standard of an ICC full member country," May added.
Ashraf reacted sharply to May's comments, saying, "I don’t know how to condemn their latest statement. We had a very successful inaugural tournament and it's the players who've benefited the most. In fact the BCB has set a rare example by paying the players themselves.
"We are trying to help the game and the players but what FICA actually has done, I don't really know. Their campaign is based on a few players who are not yet paid due to some technical reasons. I think the time has come to think about Tim May's role in FICA.
"Now that we are trying to put together the second edition, it seems they are out to damage the tournament’s progress. It is my opinion that maybe some people can't stand the BPL's success. So I think FICA should stop this negative campaign.
"We are getting a lot of response from cricketers around the world. It is really encouraging for us," added Ashraf.
BPL secretary Si raj uddin Mohammad Alamgir told Reuters that only 70,000 dollars remained unpaid that too due to disputes over players' injuries and bonus payments.
"Since a very small portion is now outstanding, it's unfortunate for the FICA to ask the players to boycott the tournament," said Alamgir.
"We transferred Marlon Samuels's dues of 170,000 dollars last month but the money has repeatedly bounced back from the account number he provided us."
Alamgir also said that New Zealand cricketer Scott Styris's dues were transferred to another player's account by mistake.