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Australia’s captain Michael Clarke left Adelaide Oval for injections to his lower back after retiring hurt with an apparent relapse of his chronic condition during day one of the first Test against India.The injections are designed to allow Clarke to try to bat again in the first innings with Australia now a little unsteadily placed at 6 for 354, but he must now be in some doubt for the second match of the series in Brisbane. The decision to retire hurt and seek immediate treatment rather than try to bat on was a strong indication of Clarke’s discomfort, having fought so much to be fit for this match.Clarke was unbeaten on 60 and batting comfortably alongside David Warner when he twisted slightly to avoid a short ball from Ishant Sharma and immediately grimaced at familiar pain from his lower back.He sank to the turf at pitch-side as the team doctor Peter Brukner and physio Alex Kountouris ran out to treat him. After an attempt to stretch and a brief consultation, Clarke retired hurt to be replaced at the crease by Steven Smith.Having fought a daily battle to prove his fitness from related hamstring problems, the sight of Clarke treading gingerly off the field will create fresh doubts about his physical readiness for Test cricket. Before the death of Phillip Hughes pushed all other issues to one side, Clarke had been in conflict with the national selectors over his ability to be fit for the originally scheduled first Test at the Gabba.While the delay of the first Test and its move from Brisbane to Adelaide granted Clarke, Kountouris, Brukner and his fitness trainer Duncan Kerr extra time to strengthen his body, the increasing frequency of hamstring and back problems are a point of significant concern for the national team. It is why the selectors had asked Clarke to play in a two-day tour match against the Indians in Adelaide in order to show his ability to play over multiple days, a call that now appears to have been sensible.The Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland, on ABC radio shortly after Clarke retired hurt, said the circumstances surrounding Hughes’ death and Clarke’s central role as a leader in the days afterwards had left the earlier debate over his fitness in the shade, but acknowledged the concern about recurring injury.”Everyone was working together with the same thing in mind to try to get Michael recovered and fit and ready to play,” Sutherland said. “There may well have been some slightly different views about what was best in terms of preparation, but really that’s all a moot point now.”Things have moved on, we’ve seen the extraordinary and tragic circumstances of Phillip’s death and we hope Michael’s okay and he’s back on the ground very soon. It’s always a worrying sign when the Australian captain’s carrying any sort of injury. We’ll leave it in the capable hands of Alex Kountouris and he can weave a bit of magic overnight perhaps.”

West Indies have won 18 and lost 20 games in the last two years. Following an all-round performance in Kochi, they will be looking to work on their consistency

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Match factsOctober 11, 2014
Start time 1430 local (0900 GMT)Big PictureWest Indies are an erratic one-day team. They can be prone to self-destruction. West Indies are an endearing one-day team. Their batting line-up boasts the kind of power that excites most followers of cricket, and they have a number of interesting characters in there. Addressing this split-personality issue would be high on the visitor’s agenda with the World Cup on the horizon, and they took a step towards that in Kochi despite being without a few first-choice players.They bucked a perception of their batsmen being allergic to singles – there were 92 of them in a total of 321 – and their bowlers harnessed the advantage of a huge total well. Sustaining a performance like that has been a problem though as a record of 18 wins against 20 losses over the past two years suggests.India would want to orchestrate a recurrence of those problems. Their go-to method for that at home is to strangle the opposition by spin. But R Ashwin, who has bowled 85 overs with an economy rate of 5.34 in the last 12 months at home, has been rested for this series. They do, however, have Ravindra Jadeja, who has gone for 5.23 an over in that period. That is why MS Dhoni said he was more concerned with zeroing in on his seam bowlers for the World Cup. Yet, as Marlon Samuels and Denesh Ramdin showed, if India’s spinners are attacked they can be coaxed into bowling flatter and quicker, and in essence limiting their chances of turning the ball.Another strength-turned-concern for India is the form of their top order. Virat Kohli’s weakness outside off stump has followed him home from England. Ambati Rayudu contributed to his own dismissal when he ran down and swiped to mid-on. Shikhar Dhawan was not as fluent as he normally is but mustered the only notable contribution with 68. India would hope Kochi was just a blip on the radar.Form guideIndia LLWWW (Completed matches, most recent first)
West Indies WWWWLWatch out forMohammed Shami is one of India’s bowlers who has been tasked with handling the death overs. He can dig those yorkers in at the batsmen’s boots, but when they go awry, they really go awry. A pin-point yorker uprooted Kieron Pollard’s leg stump, but another attempt at it offered Denesh Ramdin a very high full toss that was dispatched over point for six. India would hope he cultivates better consistency before the World Cup.Sulieman Benn is the only specialist spinner West Indies have on this tour. His height has made him awkward to deal and he marries that with good accuracy. Subcontinent conditions will give him turn as well. He was needed for only five overs in Kochi and conceded only 16. He might expect to bowl a few more in Delhi.Team newsWith Mohit Sharma’s injury, India’s bowling will need a makeover. Ishant Sharma has been roped in as replacement and might get to play straightaway. Dhoni was happy with his bowlers in Kochi, but there might be a temptation to swap out Amit Mishra, who conceded 72 in 10 overs, for chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav.India (likely): 1 Ajinkya Rahane, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Ambati Rayudu, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Amit Mishra/Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Ishant Sharma/Umesh Yadav, 11 Mohammed ShamiWest Indies made do with a make-shift opening combination in the first ODI, with Lendl Simmons recovering from a back injury. Unless he has regained fitness, they might keep to the same XI.West Indies (likely): 1 Dwayne Smith, 2 Dwayne Bravo (capt), 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 D Ramdin (wk), 6 Kieron Pollard 7 Darren Sammy, 8 Andre Russell, 9 Sulieman Benn, 10 Ravi Rampaul, 11 Jerome TaylorPitch and weatherThe pitch at Feroz Shah Kotla has received some bad press in recent times. Delhi captain Gautam Gambhir wanted three of his home games in the last Ranji season shifted elsewhere in search of an outright result. The curator hopes to change that image and has said he was preparing a surface on which batsmen can trust the bounce and bowlers can enjoy good carry. On the eve of this match, the pitch was reported to be quite green, but that was expectedly only to hold it together and would be shaved off. The weather is expected to be sunny, but later on dew is expected to be a factor again.Stats & trivia Despite West Indies being regular visitors to India, the two teams have met only once in Delhi since the turn of the century – a Test in 2011 Virat Kohli is 79 runs away from becoming the fourth India batsman to score 1000 runs against West Indies. Quotes”Those six innings that I failed [in the England Tests] probably will help me to play 50 good innings.”
“Our challenge is to see if we can repeat our success from the previous ODI or come close with a good performance.”

Australia Women took a 3-0 lead in the T20 series after another decisive win against the struggling Pakistan Women side in Gold Coast on Wednesday

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ScorecardFile photo: Australia Women’s opener Elyse Villani struck her second fifty of the T20 series•Getty ImagesAustralia Women took a 3-0 lead in the T20 series after another decisive win against the struggling Pakistan Women’s side in Gold Coast on Wednesday. A win in the fourth T20 on Friday will take Australia’s score line in the T20 series to 4-0, the exact margin by which they won the ODI series last month.Pakistan’s highest T20 score in their last two games was 92 and they couldn’t better that in the third match after they won the toss and opted to bat. The Australia bowlers struck early – Julie Hunter, Delissa Kimmince and Erin Osborne had removed Pakistan’s top order by the sixth over, leaving them tottering at 18 for 3. Nain Abidi held the innings together with a 42-ball 30 but had no partners who could lift Pakistan to a more competitive total. Three run-outs towards the end of the innings only hastened Pakistan’s slide and they eventually finished at 9 for 84 from their 20 overs.Australia cantered to victory despite the early loss of Kimmince. Elyse Villani scored her second fifty of the series, a 39-ball 50 in which she struck nine fours. She hit both Sania Khan and Qanita Jalil for three fours in an over and within a space of 15 balls between the sixth and the eighth overs, moved from a score of 11 off 15 balls to 43 off 30, decimating Pakistan’s already slim chances. She fell when Australia were eight runs short of the target and they completed the formalities in the 12th over.

حقق منتخب إسبانيا الأول لكرة القدم سيدات، لقب كأس العالم 2023 بعد الانتصار على إنجلترا في النهائي بهدف نظيف، على ملعب أستراليا الدولي.

البطولة التي أقيمت في أستراليا ونيوزلندا، شهدت بطلًا جديدًا، بتتويج منتخب إسبانيا لأول مرة ببطولة كأس العالم للسيدات.

طالع أيضًا.. القنوات الناقلة لكأس العالم لكرة السلة 2023

هدف المباراة الوحيد سجلته أولجا كارمونا في الدقيقة 29، رغم محاولات الإنجليز على مدار الشوط الأول من أجل التسجيل.

إسبانيا كادت أن تعزز تقدمها قبل نهاية الشوط الأول، ولكن باريديس سددت بعيدًا عن مرمى اللبؤات الثلاثة.

في الدقيقة 69 أهدرت جينيفر هيرموسو ركلة جزاء لنساء اللاروخا، لكنها لم تؤثر على نتيجة المباراة.

بهذه النتيجة يحقق منتخب إسبانيا لقب كأس العالم على حساب إنجلترا، لأول مرة في تاريخها.

سجل الدولي المصري محمد صلاح هدف التقدم لفريق ليفربول أمام دارمشتات ، في المباراة الودية التي تجري حاليًا بينهما على ملعب ديبدالي في ألمانيا.

هدف محمد صلاح جاء في الدقيقة الخامسة بعد عرضية من سوبوسلاي من ركنية مهدها فيرجيل فان دايك بالرأس، لتجد محمد صلاح داخل منطقة الجزاء يحولها في شباك مرمى أصحاب الأرض.

طالع أيضًا.. رامي عباس يحسم الجدل حول مستقبل محمد صلاح بعد إغراءات الدوري السعودي

بعدها بأقل من دقيقتين، استغل محمد صلاح خطأ مدافع دارمشتات في التمرير ليحصل على الكرة ويضعها أمام ديوجو جوتا، الذي لم يتهاون في اسكانها الشباك.

وتعتبر هذه هي المباراة الأخيرة في استعدادات ليفربول الودية قبل الموسم الجديد، والذي سينطلق الجمعة المقبلة في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

أولى مباريات ليفربول ستكون أمام تشيلسي، يوم الأحد، في الجولة الأولى من الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، على ملعب ستامفورد بريدج، 13 أغسطس، في تمام السادسة والنصف بتوقيت القاهرة. هدف محمد صلاح أمام دارمشتات 

أسيست محمد صلاح أمام دارمشتات

اتخذ جيان بييرو جاسبريني المدير الفني لفريق أتالانتا الإيطالي، قرارًا بشأن لاعبه راسموس هويلوند، الذي يعد هدفًا لمانشستر يونايتد الإنجليزي.

ويسعى مانشستر يونايتد بقيادة مديره الفني إريك تين هاج، لضم هويلوند لصفوف الفريق لتعزيز الهجوم، خلال انتقالات الصيف الجارية، كما يتنافس باريس سان جيرمان لضم المهاجم.

واستبعد جاسبريني لاعبه هويلوند من قائمة أتالانتا لمباراة بورنموث الودية ضمن تحضيرات الموسم الجديد.

يأتي ذلك في الوقت الذي يجري مانشستر يونايتد محادثات مع مسؤولي أتالانتا من أجل حسم التعاقد.

اقرأ أيضًا | مانشستر يونايتد يرفض عرضًا من نادِ إنجليزي لضم ماجواير

وأفادت صحيفة “ديلي ميل” البريطانية أنه من المحتمل أن يسافر هويلوند للانضمام إلى مانشستر يونايتد بمجرد الاتفاق على التعاقد.

ويبقى أن نرى ما إذا كان مانشستر يونايتد سيعود بعرض محسّن في الأيام المقبلة، حيث يريد أتالانتا الحصول على 86 مليون جنيه إسترليني.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsRohit Sharma: Century on Test debut after 108 ODIs•BCCI

In his first Test, Rohit Sharma walked in at the early exit of Sachin Tendulkar, playing his penultimate and 199th Test. Two overs later, 82 for 4 became 83 for 5, with offspinner Shane Shillingford on a roll. Rohit, who five days ago made a double-century in an ODI against Australia, buckled down to become the 14th Indian to make a century on Test debut. He put on 73 first with his captain MS Dhoni, but it was his association with R Ashwin that transformed the game completely. India ended the day with a lead of 120, the unbroken seventh-wicket stand worth 198, and No. 8 Ashwin eight short of his second Test hundred.This was a different version of Rohit from what has been on display over 108 ODIs. There were no cute strokes, there was no hitting his way out of pressure, there was plenty of leaving outside off. This was sensible batting, respecting the demands of the situation India had landed in against Shillingford. Ashwin, who came in at 156 for 6, matched his specialist batting partner on every count, be it solidity, strokeplay or elegance. The partnership visibly deflated West Indies, who would have rightfully eyed a sizeable lead in the morning.Rohit took 13 deliveries to get his first runs in Test cricket, and they came via a pull to the long-leg boundary off a 145 kph short ball from fellow debutant Sheldon Cottrell. As he grew in confidence, there were glimpses of the touch he possesses. A back-foot drive against the pace of Tino Best, a cover drive against the turn of Shillingford. But what stood out was his back-foot defence against the spinners. The preceding India batsman had found dealing with spin tough, but Rohit had time to adjust. Shillingford’s doosra, which had claimed Tendulkar and M Vijay, was dealt with calmly from deep in the crease, and barring an over after tea, Rohit was hardly bothered by the offspinner.Barring the sweep against Shillingford, Rohit was unwilling to be too aggressive, and a nervous stay in the 90s beckoned. But Cottrell offered him a freebie on the pad, which was flicked for four. On 98 now, Rohit had some luck on the next ball to reach the landmark – a thick edge of an attempted drive flying to the third man boundary between slip and gully. There was no change in his approach after reaching the milestone as he batted safely till stumps.Ashwin once again showed why he has such a high Test batting average for a No. 8. His shots would have done specialist batsmen proud. He was also absolutely certain about his defence, whether forward or back. He drove confidently against the spin without fuss, and used pace to steer and cut. He whipped the fast bowlers effortlessly through square leg, and towards the end, even walked down the pitch to casually slap Darren Sammy down the ground.Before this partnership, Dhoni’s 42 was crucial in breaking the hold Shillingford had gained. He drove the offspinner for successive fours before lunch the over after being put down on 12 by wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin off Sammy. Dhoni hustled between the wickets like he does in ODIs, converting ones into twos and racing back for an overthrow. Sammy chose to give himself a few overs immediately after lunch instead of one of his quick bowlers, and West Indies, despite having sent back half the side, were not able to tie India down. Dhoni fell as soon Best was brought back on in the 52nd over with the changed ball, edging a clumsy drive to the keeper.For a side that still had the upper hand, West Indies went flat quite soon, with the ball and in the field. Shillingford, who sent down 37 overs in the day, kept pegging away despite his workload, but the other spinner, Veerasammy Permaul, could not remotely trouble the batsmen. The replacement ball, a rather shiny one, also did not reverse as much as Mohammed Shami had managed with the changed ball when West Indies batted. The second new ball, taken after 87 overs, only came on better.It was quite a comedown from the highs of the morning, when Shillingford rudely reminded India that there is more to this series than Tendulkar’s farewell. In a versatile display of offspin bowling, Shillingford dismissed four batsmen, including Tendulkar for 10, albeit with some help from umpire Nigel Llong.Often bowling with a scrambled seam, Shillingford got variable bounce and turn. India’s batsmen were tentative, not sure what the ball was going to do. Shikhar Dhawan prodded casually from his crease and inside-edged Shillingford on to his stumps in the third over of the day. Vijay walked cluelessly past a doosra and was stumped. Cheteshwar Pujara fell trying to ramp the sharp Cottrell, who was to slow down considerably in the evening.Tendulkar was uncertain against Shillingford as well, even though he drove him for two boundaries past midwicket. He was soon hit on the back thigh pad as he failed to read a doosra. Umpire Llong raised the finger after some thought, even as side-on views showed the ball would have gone over, something Tendulkar indicated to his team-mates as he walked into the dressing room.In Shillingford’s next over, Virat Kohli was given out caught at forward short leg. India were 83 for 5 now, but Rohit and Ashwin weren’t about to give in.

It was fitting for a one-day series that has felt distinctly un-loved that Michael Clarke was presented with his trophy in front of a near empty Ageas Bowl on a chilly September evening

Andrew McGlashan at the Ageas Bowl17-Sep-2013

It was fitting for a one-day series that has felt distinctly unloved that Michael Clarke was presented with his trophy in front of a near empty Ageas Bowl on a chilly September evening.For a few reasons this series, although played in front of near full-houses, has not felt as though it has captured the imagination. The weather, which ruined two matches, England’s decision to rest five key players and the general fatigue that follows an intense Ashes campaign were all contributing factors.However, Michael Clarke was not going to allow such excuses to dampen his delight at claiming a trophy, their first in any format in England since winning the one-day series in 2009 by 6-1 margin.”For a lot of people this series doesn’t mean a lot, but to this team it meant a great deal,” he said. “We haven’t performed as well as we would have liked as a one-day unit in the UK over the past couple of years and all the boys have worked exceptionally hard. It’s a great reward for that hard work. Everyone in our changing room was extremely excited and so we should be, we deserve this win.”Clarke was doubtful for the deciding match after another flare up of his chronic back problem, which has been a talking point throughout the tour. Although not moving entirely freely – and he admitted the back was “pretty sore” after the match – he contributed 75 in the series-defining stand of 163 with Shane Watson.”I certainly wouldn’t have taken the field if I thought I was going to let the boys down,” he said. “If I couldn’t perform at my best I wouldn’t have taken the field, but I certainly didn’t want to miss this game. My back was certainly sore over the last few days and it’s quite sore now, but we won so it was worth it. It was nice to contribute as well, I had the easy job standing at the other end to Watto – the way he played made my job a lot easier. It’s a nice feeling to be sat here as winners of the series.”For Watson, who became a figure of fun during the height of his lbw and DRS issues in the Tests, this was a pleasing way to conclude a tour where, barring a niggle at the tail-end of the Durham Test, he has been able to stay injury free. “It’s always nice when you day turns out well,” he said. “Everyone knew how important it was to win the one-day series. It’s a really exciting time in Australian cricket to see how we are evolving.”Clarke will now return to Australia – which may not feel like home after such a stretch overseas – but only for two weeks before, fitness permitting, he takes the one-day squad to India for a seven-match one-day series. That does not seem ideal ahead of another Ashes series, although care is being taken by the selectors not to repeat the mistakes of 2010-11 when a similar trip meant very little preparation time for the Tests, but Clarke sees this one-day team as an equally important element.”The India series is pretty important to is, we want to get back to No. 1,” he said. “We need to get more consistent away from home and this series was a good start.”Eoin Morgan, meanwhile, was left to reflect on England’s self-inflicted damage in the first half of the run chase with the run outs of Kevin Pietersen and Luke Wright for ducks which undid an impressive final 20 overs with the ball.”At one stage, they looked like getting about 350,” he said. So to restrict them to under 300 on a very good wicket, we felt it was a chaseable total. It was disappointing not to get closer, or even over the line. Two run-outs don’t help. We lost wickets throughout the whole innings, didn’t have a substantial innings from any individual or a big partnership.”

The ECB hierarchy might take a dim view of an alleged late-night celebration which ended with them urinating on The Oval pitch on which they had completed their triumph only hours before

David Hopps26-Aug-2013Officialdom beamed down on England after their third successive Ashes victory but the ECB hierarchy might feel obliged to take a more dim view of an alleged late-night celebration which ended with them urinating on The Oval pitch on which they had completed their triumph only hours before.Hugh Morris, the managing director of England cricket, has had matters of rather more import to deal with, but it will invite a troubled shrug nonetheless on a day when it has been confirmed that he is resigning to take up the vacant chief executive’s role at Glamorgan.It will be dismissed as a supreme irrelevance by many – it is quite a trek from the Oval square to the nearest toilets – but it is bound to be viewed as distasteful in other quarters and presented as an example of the laddish culture which pervades English society.Australian cricket journalists were still at The Oval, completing dead-of-night tour pieces with the help of free beer and sandwiches from the ECB, when they reported seeing several England players take it turns to relieve themselves on the pitch. It is not known how much they relieved themselves but reportedly there was more than enough to fill an Ashes urn.It was enough for Ben Horne of AAP to term it a “distasteful finale” and report that “cleaning staff and other game day workers were still present at the ground.”Malcolm Conn, chief cricket writer for , described the ground as “quite dark” and said that players were “gathered near the pitch celebrating and yahooing”.England’s celebrations had begun in a more carefully choreographed manner, with the obligatory fireworks and champagne at the awards ceremony and players holding their children in their arms as they strolled around the outfield shaking hands with the crowd.They then returned to the dressing room with a quiet celebration with their families before the players themselves moved to the centre of the Oval to continue what their captain, Alastair Cook, had described as a deserved few beers, chatting among themselves and cherishing privately what they had achieved.Uninhibited post-series celebrations are regarded as part and parcel of professional team sport in England, a final restatement of team morale and a release from the strict professionalism, with few opportunities for downtime, which is now the lot of an England cricketer.But judging by reports from Australian journalists, who arguably represent more dangerous opponents to England than their team, England’s players, who are well practiced in zipping up their mouths in an era of cautious media comments, may now have to receive training in zipping up their trousers.Morris’ first task will be to ascertain whether England’s behaviour carried any deeper significance other than the urge to relieve themselves. Certainly England’s weak bladders provided final justification for all those toilet breaks, but were there other more worrying explanations?Was it an indication of what England’s players think of the dry surfaces on which they have won the Ashes series – surfaces which suited them but which often demanded laborious cricket? Australians scoffed that this was the first watering England’s Test pitches had had for months.Were they paying homage in a strange fashion to the antics of Monty Panesar, whose place in England’s Ashes squad for the return series is in jeopardy because he urinated from on high on a Brighton nightclub bouncer?Or were they simply marking out their territory after dismissing Australia 3-0 in the five-Test series? It is common in cats, especially male cats. Neutering is often proposed as a solution.

The development came after eight BCB directors wrote to Bangladesh’s sports ministry seeking his removal

Mohammad Isam29-May-2025Faruque Ahmed is no longer the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president after the country’s sports ministry removed him as its representative on the BCB’s board of directors.The ministry issued a statement on Thursday evening after it received a no-confidence motion against Faruque signed by eight BCB directors.”In light of the no-confidence letter sent by eight BCB directors against Faruque Ahmed, and the report presented by the fact-finding committee about the BPL, his nomination as the representative of the National Sports Council (sports ministry) has been cancelled,” the statement from Bangladesh’s sports ministry said.Faruque was one of two directors nominated by the sport ministry to the BCB’s board of directors. He was made director on August 21 last year and elected BCB president the same day. His tenure lasted nine months and eight days.The directors who signed the no-confidence motion – though there is no room for one in the BCB constitution – were Nazmul Abedeen Fahim, Mahbubul Anam, Kazi Inam Ahmed, Fahim Sinha, Salahuddin Chowdhury, Iftikhar Rahman, Saifur Alam Swapan Chowdhury and Manjur Alam. Former Bangladesh captain Akram Khan was the only board director – apart from Faruque himself – who didn’t sign the letter.The directors accused Faruque of autocratic leadership and constitutional violations. They pointed towards clause 14-B of the BCB’s constitution, which requires approval of the board of directors when hiring or sacking coaches. Faruque, the letter said, dismissed Chandika Hathurusingha in October without informing the board of directors. They also claim Faruque didn’t perform due diligence when approving BPL franchises Durbar Rajshahi and Chittagong Kings in the 2024-25 season.”Capable professionals have been overlooked while loyalty and personal allegiance have been rewarded,” the letter read. “He is neither working for the development of Bangladesh cricket nor respecting the spirit of democratic governance.”One of the BCB directors told ESPNcricinfo that Faruque had ignored the rest of the board directors by delaying the formation of the new sub-committees. He said Faruque’s focus on running for the BCB elections later this year was another reason why they had lost confidence in him.Faruque said he was considering legal action after seeing the no-confidence letter signed by the directors. “I will speak to my lawyer about the letter. I might take legal action. There is no mention of no-confidence motion in the BCB constitution, so I don’t think it matters,” he told the Bengali daily . “I have seen the letter. They have accused me of wrongdoings that they have done themselves. I laughed out loud seeing the letter.”