It does not come as a surprise, but the fans of the game will be pained to know that the chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Ejaz Butt, has said that no action will be taken against the Pakistani players on the basis of the allegations. Butt added that the PCB will wait till the ongoing police investigation was completed before they decided on what further action needed to be taken.
This means that if the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 Yard police does not complete its investigation by September 5, there is a good chance that all the three players at the centre of the controversy, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt will feature in the first T20I at Cardiff.
Butt also refused to comment on whether any conversation had ensued between him and the Pakistani captain for the limited overs version, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 senate had demanded Butt’s head, threatening the Parliament that the working committee of the Pakistan parliament will resign if the PCB was not overhauled.
On Monday, the president of the ICC Sharad Pawar had also said that the PCB and the ECB wanted the cricket tour to continue as planned earlier. He added that the ICC supported their idea and till someone was proven guilty, no action will be taken.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haroon-Lorgat-c61719, the chief executive of the ICC, had a similar take to the others in the ICC and he said, "We shouldn't let everyone suffer because of a couple of individuals that might have got caught up in corrupt practices. The vast majority of players are not guilty of any such behaviour. They play the sport in the right spirit, and there are many fans who want to watch the game."
Earlier, English captain Andrew Strauss said that he had mixed feelings towards playing against Pakistan in the limited overs games. According to news channels covering the saga, the players have allegedly expressed their displeasure at featuring in a series against a side which has so many players accused of match-fixing.
Lorgat also promised action against those players who will be found guilty of either match-fixing or spot-fixing. The Sydney Test of 2010 between Pakistan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 has now come under the scanner of the ICC as one of those which could have been fixed.
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