PCB has successfully concludes talks with James Sutherland – Cricket news
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been successful in resolving the controversy with the Cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 (CA), which arose almost two weeks ago, after James Sutherland’s statement regarding spot-fixing.
Earlier Sutherland, while referring to last year’s spot-fixing incidents said that the PCB did not follow the suggestions proposed by Justice http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdul-Qayyum-c41610 regarding match-fixing. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) also added that the three Pakistan’s cricketers,
Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif could have been avoided if the PCB would have taken proper notice of the corruption in cricket.
Last year in August, Asif, Aamir and Salman were found involved in spot-fixing during the fourth Test against England at Lord’s. The trio were said to deliver no-balls intentionally. International Cricket Council (ICC) later took notice of their actions
and they were punished with lengthy bans. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salman-c88163 was banned for 10 years with a five year suspension, while Asif was banned for seven years with a two years suspension and Amir was banned for five years.
Following the statement from Sutherland, PCB had asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to get an explanation from CA chief regarding his statement. However, the world cricket governing body stayed away from the matter, saying that it was an issue
between the two boards.
After ICC’s refusal to intervene in this matter, PCB’s chief operating officer, Subhan Ahmed, talked with Sutherland officially. According to media reports, the CA chief, while giving clarifications, said that he did not mean to point fingers at the PCB.
He also added that he was just answering to a group of journalists and did not have intentions of criticising the PCB.
PCB had taken a number of steps in the past to reduce corruption in cricket according to the Qayyum report. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s former middle-order batsman, Saleem Malik, and the pacer, Ata-ur-Rehman, were handed life bans and another six players including legendry
pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292, and current head coach of the team, Waqar Younis, were fined heavily for their alleged involvement in spot-fixing.
PCB has now implemented a new strict code of conduct for its players to avoid any kind of corruption in cricket.
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