PCB hints legal action against ‘The Sun’
The Pakistan Cricket Board is thinking of taking legal action against the British tabloid, The Sun, after the International Cricket Council cleared the third ODI at The Oval of spot-fixing allegations.
On 13th of this month, the ICC had confirmed that there was 'no compelling evidence' of untoward incidents in the Oval game.
The legal advisor of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board Taffazul Rizvi revealed today that the board is considering taking legal action against The Sun for defaming the sport as well as the country.
"From day one our stance has been that we would consider legal action for defamation and now with this development [clearance statement from ICC], we are looking at the legal field", said Taffazul Rizvi.
"We believe The Sun has a case to answer because they did it in such a bald and crude manner, so we're in consultation with our lawyers in the UK about this. We will look at the whole picture before we decide on taking the
legal route but it is under consideration".
The tabloid had earlier passed on information to the governing body ahead of the third one-day of the five-match series between Pakistan and England claiming that certain scoring patterns during the match were pre-planned and the bookies
were aware of those. The match was eventually won by the out-of-favour Pakistan by 23 runs, the tourists’ first victory after the Lord’s Tests spot-fixing scandal.
The International Cricket Council announced a probe into the spot-fixing claims. Though ICC did not mention, which side was under scrutiny but the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) cleared its cricketers shortly in a statement,
leaving doubts to latch on the tremulous Pakistan side. It was further confirmed by the tabloid’s claim that Pakistan’s innings is the main focus of ICC investigations.
All this prompted the PCB chief http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128 to come up with a counterattack on the ECB, the English players as well as the International Cricket Council alleging that there was a "conspiracy to defraud Pakistan cricket".
Two weeks ago, the ICC cleared the Pakistan team from allegations in a statement that read:
"Following extensive investigations into allegations about the one-day international between England and Pakistan at The Oval in London on 17 September, the ACSU has verified all the available information and concluded that there was
no compelling evidence to suspect individual players or support staff".
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