Desk report: The controversy and the match between Mohammedan and Prime Bank in the Dhaka Premier League seem to be tied together by the same thread. The start with the dismissal of Mushfiqur Rahim. Later it was rolled by the umpire.
Some media reported that Prime Bank and Mohammedan cricketers had objected to playing under female field umpire Sathira Zakir JC before the start of the match between Mohammedan and Prime Bank at Sher Bangla Stadium on April 25. But what is the real story, Mohammedan official Tariqul Islam Titu said.
He told the media that we have not raised any objection against Jesse. Our big and vital match with Prime Bank. JC started conducting the first match in Dhaka Premier Cricket this year. I did not divide boys and girls here. We have thought of Mohammedan and Prime Bank Big Match. In Jessie’s first year, we had our doubts whether she would be able to cope with the excitement of such a big match. We did not want to accept her as an umpire because she is a woman, that is not the case.
Tariqul Islam Titu told the media, “We thought he was the new umpire, who had the responsibility of officiating the first game in List A cricket this year.” So less experience. We usually want a senior umpire in these matches. Whether he will be able to manage the game smoothly in such a big match, we started talking about it. However, no formal objection was raised.
As a result, only the officials of the two parties made such a discussion. The cricketers ie Tamim Mushi Riyadh did not.
Meanwhile, BCB director and BCB umpires committee chairman Iftekhar Rahman Mithu, when asked why a new woman umpire was appointed in the important match between Mohammedan and Prime Bank, said, “You see, I myself have been involved in club cricket in Dhaka for 40 years. I also know that it is not an easy task for a woman and a junior umpire to officiate a big match in Dhaka. So we will not give someone the responsibility of managing all those big matches? JC has also managed international matches in the meantime. She also served as an onfield umpire in India and Bangladesh women’s cricket series.
He said, this year is the Women’s Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh. We are trying to get our women umpires there to officiate the game. So trying to make Jesse that way. He is new and inexperienced, all right. But he has to be developed. And that has to be done by managing the game. With that in mind, we tasked JC with running the Mohammedan and Prime Bank games. There was no formal objection raised from the Mohammedan and Prime Bank camps. However, some people said that it would be better if JC was not kept as an umpire in such a big match.
BCB umpires committee head told the media, actually we have to make JCs. For this, everyone’s cooperation and generosity is needed. Women, young and inexperienced, have to make the Jaycees capable of leading big games in the future. And if we do not make them in domestic cricket, then tell me where?