Shahid Afridi claims that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-c75448 Majeed had also tried to approach him – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482, the former Pakistani skipper, has claimed that the bookie Mazhar Majeed had also been trying to approach him, but the cricketer stayed away from him due to his suspicious character.
"He always tried to contact me personally in the hotel and wanted time to meet me. His brother Azhar also wanted to meet me. But I avoided them all the time because I had my suspicions that they were not trustworthy and involved
in betting," Afridi said.
Majeed recently has been put in jail for two years and eight months for enticing the players to fix matches. Three of the Pakistani cricketers – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675 were also sentence to jail for 2-1/2
year, one year and six months, for their alleged involvement in spot-fixing.
It has been proved that the tainted trio had bribed money from Mazhar, to deliberately throw no-balls during the fourth Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 at Lord’s.
Afridi also dismissed Majeed’s claim that some of Pakistani players were willing to lose the game to weaken his position as a skipper.
"I never felt that any player was doing something wrong and deliberately trying to let me down," asserted Afridi.
Talking on the spot-fixing issue, Afridi also said that he felt sorry for the youngest Amir.
"He is a great talent and I believe because of his age he was trapped into this scandal," he said.
The 19-year-old earned a great respect in very short period, for his outstanding pace. Bowling in just 14 Test matches, he claimed 51 wickets at an average of 29.09; whereas he claimed 25 wickets, while bowling in 15 One-Day internationals,
at an average of 24.00.
After facing 6-month sentence, Amir has blamed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board for not providing the players proper education and training regarding the international code-of conduct. However, PCB recently has rejected Amir’s claims, saying
that it is in total contradiction to the facts.
The board also revealed that Amir had signed the Central Code of Conduct for players, which bounds players to follow International Cricket Council’s rules regarding betting, match fixing, corruption, and any matter that could ruin
the integrity of the game.
PCB’s statement further revealed that Amir had said that he understood the rules and would abide by it.
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