Yasir Hameed punished by the Pakistan Cricket Board for controversial interview
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Hameed-c2811 a PKR 300,000 fine and a two-match ban for the controversial interview he gave to a British tabloid in 2010.
A source in the PCB confirmed that the batsman had been punished by the Board for his irresponsible interview.
“Hameed has been disciplined after telling an undercover reporter from the British newspaper that Pakistan players had been involved in spot-fixing,” the source said.
However, Hameed maintains that he was trapped by the tabloid and had no idea that he was giving an interview. According to him, he was under the impression that he was talking to a businessman who wanted to sign an endorsement deal with him. But in reality,
the businessman was an undercover reporter of a British tabloid.
Hameed’s conversation was recorded by a hidden camera which was later released by the tabloid. In the conversation, he was seen acknowledging the fact that Pakistan players were indeed involved in spot-fixing.
In February 2011, Hameed filed an official complaint against the tabloid with the UK Press Complaint Commission, seeking a formal apology from the tabloid.
Speaking on the matter, his lawyer said, “We are confident that the Press Complaints Commission of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 will take note of our complaint and provide some redress to my client who has suffered a lot since the interview was released and whose career has
also been badly affected by the incident.”
The timing of Hameed’s interview could not have been any worse because during that period, the PCB was facing the dilemma of the spot-fixing scandal which was also unearthed by the same tabloid.
The tabloid highlighted three main players of the Pakistan cricket team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993 for being involved in spot-fixing during Pakistan’s tour of England in 2010.
According to the revelations, pacers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif bowled pre-planned no-balls in the Lord’s Test match after taking bribes from a bookie named http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-c75448 Majeed. This caused chaos in the world of cricket and rattled the PCB.
The trio has now been banned by the International Cricket Council for a minimum of five years each for bringing the game into disrepute.
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