Cricket news: PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt flies to Delhi
The Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 to meet the President of the International Cricket Council Sharad Powar and figure out a way that leads to the clearance of the three Pakistani players facing charges
of spot and match-fixing.
The meeting is being touted as a real significant one considering that the three players have filed appeals with the ICC over the allegations that first surfaced during the fourth and final test match between England and Pakistan that was played at Lords
in London.
British tabloid The News Of The World came out with video evidence of spot-fixing involving test captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif during England’s record breaking effort in the first innings where they recovered from 112/7 to post a
total in access of 400 with batsmen Jonathan Trott and all-rounder Stuart Broad featuring in a world record partnership for the eighth wicket that was enough to send the visitors reeling to an innings defeat, which was their heaviest in terms of runs.
The trio was subsequently suspended by ICC for an unspecified period, and the body claimed that there were 23 charges against them; the players had the right to appeal against the decision within fourteen days and the trio filed their appeals with the help
of the PCB legal consultant yesterday.
Currently both Scotland Yard and the Anti Corruption and Security Unit of ICC are investigating the trio, yet it seems that the Scotland Yard is set to exonerate the players after allowing them to travel back to Pakistan without levelling any charges against
them. The three players returned to their homeland last week and have since then maintained a low profile with very little interaction with the outside world.
But the ACSU has apparently some credible evidence against the trio and is set to hold them accountable for their role in spot and match-fixing, especially in the Sydney test that took place earlier in the year, and resulted in a humiliating defeat for the
tourists from an impregnable position.
Besides the trio wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal, who is featuring in the ongoing ODI series in England is a part of the investigations for the test match, and is likely to be interviewed by the ACSU, once he finishes his national duty in England.
Pace man Wahab Riaz is another player who was questioned by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 Yard. Interestingly PCB claims that the bowler volunteered to appear in front of the investigating officers, as he wanted to clear himself of the accusations levelled by The News of the
World.
Wahab was filmed receiving a jacket from bookie http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-c75448 Majeed in London that the tabloid alleges contained 10,000 pounds that were handed over to the bookie by the tabloid as a bid to spot-fix the Lords test.
Wahab had an outstanding start to his test career, when he claimed 5 wickets during the first innings of the third test match in Oval that was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s lone success in the series.
Since his breadth taking debut, the professional career of the left-arm fast bowler has been in jeopardy, as he failed to replicate his performance in the rest of the series, before another poor performance in the opening T20 match forced the tour management
to axe him from the playing eleven.
In the midst of the ongoing crisis the Pakistani team continues to battle in England; they are set to play the last three matches of the ODI series in the coming week, and would hope to win at least one to reduce their suffering a little.
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