The Caretaker Government formed the makeshift committee -- which mostly features persons known to the sports arena -- following resignation of the Mahbubul Anam-led elected body in it's attempt to reform the country's richest sport body and bring accountability and transparency to the activities of the board.

After a controversial election of the BCB in 2005 there had been whisperings about corruption of some members of the last elected committee and when a number of names from that very committee appeared in a probable 'draft committee' leaked by the media, criticisms flowed from different corners.

But yesterday's announcement came as a surprise in the sense that the 12-member committee missed those controversial organisers as well as the names mostly discussed for long since rumours were rife that the Caretaker Government was going to ring changes in the BCB.

The government might have shelved the controversy by making the list public but the committee,

under the leadership of Maj Gen Sina Ibn Jamali, will come under scrutiny about how they run the show to uplift the standard of the country's most popular game.

Cricket in Bangladesh is going through a transition period and anything other than creative thinking would seriously hamper its progress.

The new committee's first challenge would be to find a quality coach for the national team as they desperately felt the absence of Dav Whatmore in the just concluded disastrous tour in Sri Lanka.

There are also a number of issues pending, like forming a new selection committee as the contract of chief selector Faruque Ahmed expires by this month.

"We are eagerly waiting to see the new committee members at office because there are number of issues we have to settle quickly," said BCB chief executive officer Mahmudur Rahman yesterday.

"I feel good because I got the opportunity again to be involved in activities of the game. It is always nice for me as a cricketer to be part of the game development. I can't say more right now but I will try my best to take our cricketers one step forward from this stage," said former Bangladesh skipper Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu.

Everybody will be waiting to see what kind of reform the ad-hoc committee is does.