Sylhet pays hefty fine

Sylhet paid a heavy price for their ignorance of the game's rules after Bangladesh Cricket Board penalised them yesterday for breaching the Code of Conduct in the third round match of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 10th National Cricket League on Wednesday.
After having refused to play after 43.2 overs in their match against Barisal at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra, the first-class tournament's technical committee, after reviewing match referee Belayet Hossain's report, decided to award the match to Barisal who receive 12 points (eight for an outright win and 4 bonus points for bowling out Sylhet in the first innings) as per clause 16.1 (refuse to play) of the tournament's playing conditions.
It was learned that the match, that was called off well after sunset, was allowed to get beyond the regulation playing time although it is permitted only when there is possibility of a result.
The entire Sylhet side were fined 50 per cent of their match fees while stand-in captain Imtiaz Hossain was fined 75 per cent of his fee and warned for future wrongdoings after it was reported that some altercations took place between the players and umpires.
The Sylhet Divisional Sports Association will also have to pay a penalty of Tk. 50,000.00 and worst of all, the side would get no points from the game.