Chittagong's plea falls on deaf ears?

Chittagong Division have asked the tournament committee for the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea National Cricket League to withhold the final on January 26 as Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president is yet to respond to their appeal made last week.

Chittagong officials wrote a protest letter to BCB president Ali Asghar saying that they were deprived of a final berth despite having a better net run rate (+0.32.28) than Dhaka's (+0...31.61) and were forced to take part in a play-off with Dhaka ignoring competition by-laws. A copy of that letter was also sent to the game's governing body ICC.

Asghar, who is now in Kuwait, had however told the Daily Star on January 22 that he had not received any letter from Chittagong in this connection.

Meanwhile, the tournament committee rejected Chittagong's demand last night.

When contacted, tournament committee secretary Khandker Jamiluddin said the final would be held as scheduled from January 26.

"They have already played the play-off match. It means they were satisfied with our decision to hold the play-off. Now their demand has no legality," said Jamil.