Pakistan Cricket Team in a Turmoil-Videos Leaked
Pakistan Cricket Board seems to be intending to drive all the attention off from the cricket performances. For this they have acted in a bizarre manner by leaking some videos recording of a meeting that had taken place in an inquiry committee. The meeting took place between the former coaches Aqib Javed and Intikhab Alam who suspected Kamran Akmal of match fixing. The match had taken place in Australia.
PCB had imposed some very strict penalties after the dismal tour last February and the penalties went against some very well known and leading cricket players of the country. PCB does not stop here as it still is trying to leave no stone unturned by telling the world in a loud manner that they are not to be blamed for whatever might have happened. They wouldn’t even hesitate in calling themselves “saints” and blaming the players for things that had happened in the past. The other interesting thing to know is that the PCB not only leaked the videos, but also the pages of the report of the inquiry committee. It seems like a planned move of the PCB of placing all the blame on the players instead of imposing it against the officials. The interesting thing is that they denied leaking the report and instead are blaming the legal counsels of the players.
The videos were shown on a private TV channel on Tuesday 18th May 2010. It showed Aqib and Intikhab talking about a doubt of a match-fixing involving Kamran. The discussion involved Hussey, a player in the Australian Cricket Team to whom Kamran had allowed a century and dropped four catches in the match. This gave an amazing win to the Australian Cricket Team.
“I have reservations over the way he missed the run out. When I saw it I couldn’t believe it. How he could miss such a big run out? I can’t say 100 percent that there is match-fixing, but I have my strong suspicions. I know all about it because I was a victim of it. In 1998, I presented evidence against players but the judge who was hearing the inquiry ended the matter” Aqib Javed said.
Source : www.dailytimes.com.pk
A former test pacer, Aqib Javed has not limited his suspicions to this but has also involved a fast bowler of the Cricket team Rana Navedul Hasan. Intikhab also showed his suspicions for Kamran, by saying that there’s no doubt that Kamran is a good player and always plays well in his matches, however, every time he plays the last innings and when the team is going towards winning, he does something to put the team’s performance to hold them from success. He said that Kamran not only seems fishy in his batting but also welcomes doubts when he missed a run out in the match.
Pakistan’s Captain Mohammad Yousuf also captain during the tour of Australia, has placed Shoaib Malik into the center of criticism and has portrayed him as a villain. Yousuf and Shahid Afridi were talking to the PCB probe-panel and had mentioned him as a negative character and a possible bad influence on others. He was blamed for infusing a lot of politics in the team. Malik who married Sania Mirza, the Indian tennis player, was banned by the PCB for one year. On the other hand Yousuf and Younus have been banned for an indefinite period of time.
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