Pakistan board's chief meets ICC chief Pawar
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 after his meeting with ICC president Sharad
Pawar on Thursday.
Butt said that it was not possible to apply different standards for different cricketers, but the fact was that the cricketers were innocent till they were proved guilty..
When quizzed about his reason for being in India, Butt said that the most important reason for him to meet Pawar was because he had not met him after his appointment as the ICC chief. Butt also said that the duo spoke about the match-fixing allegations and
the suspension of the three Pakistani cricketers.
The Pakistani dressing room had been searched by the Scotland Yard during the fourth and the fina Test match at Lord’s and that had not gone down too well with the Pakistanis. Butt confirmed that the PCB had lodged a strong protest against this treatment, as
neither the Pakistani board and nor the English board were informed of this.
Butt also wanted the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in England, why can't we play India?"
Butt also denied that the PCB had any issues with the suspension of the three cricketers, given that the International Cricket Council were within the laws to do so.
Pawar also spoke to the media after the meeting and said that the investigations were still going on and neither the individual boards nor the ICC will interfere in the same.
He added, "Prima facie there are some allegations and we have suspended the players on the basis of that. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 Yard has permitted them to go back to Pakistan and the PCB has also promised to make them available to the investigators if required. Nobody is
playing hide and seek.”
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