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September 15, 2010, Wednesday
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RASHID Latif resigned yesterday as a specialist coach for the Pakistan Cricket Board after he was asked to explain comments that were critical of the PCB over the match-fixing scandal.
Latif stepped down as wicketkeeping coach at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore after being served with a notice by the PCB to front the board.
"While it is an honor to serve Pakistan cricket in any position, I can't remain quiet on a key cricket issue that could determine the future of Pakistan cricket," Latif said in a statement. "As a former player and captain, people look up to me and expect me to speak honestly and without bias, and that I have done without meaning anything personal against anyone."
Pakistan test captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have been suspended by the ICC and are being investigated by British police over allegations that they were paid to deliberately bowl no-balls during a test against England at Lord's last month.
The ICC has given the trio until Thursday to respond to the charges of match-fixing.
Meanwhile, former ICC president and PCB official Ehsan Mani said avarice was the main cause of players engaging in match-fixing and "spot-fixing," which is the manipulation of events within a game for financial gain.
"There is no excuse (for corruption) apart from sheer greed," Mani told the monthly Wisden magazine. "If a player comes from a very underprivileged background and makes the big time, he needs a lot of mentoring, a lot of support and education.
"Players need to be educated about the ethics of cricket, the values of the game, the bigger things that this great game is about. Without that, it's so easy for them to get sidetracked. We have to be honest, there has been a failure in the system in Pakistan here, and certainly Pakistan should be accountable to the ICC to explain how it's gone so wrong."
Mani believes India needs to look at legalizing gambling to counter the betting syndicates that are believed to be behind the fixing attempts. Up to US$300 million is wagered illegally whenever India plays an ODI.
"This is the time for the ICC to say to the Indian government that you have to bring this into the loop," said Mani, who served as ICC president between 2003-06.
"I don't know why it hasn't happened, as the government would make a lot of money out of it."
Latif stepped down as wicketkeeping coach at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore after being served with a notice by the PCB to front the board.
"While it is an honor to serve Pakistan cricket in any position, I can't remain quiet on a key cricket issue that could determine the future of Pakistan cricket," Latif said in a statement. "As a former player and captain, people look up to me and expect me to speak honestly and without bias, and that I have done without meaning anything personal against anyone."
Pakistan test captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have been suspended by the ICC and are being investigated by British police over allegations that they were paid to deliberately bowl no-balls during a test against England at Lord's last month.
The ICC has given the trio until Thursday to respond to the charges of match-fixing.
Meanwhile, former ICC president and PCB official Ehsan Mani said avarice was the main cause of players engaging in match-fixing and "spot-fixing," which is the manipulation of events within a game for financial gain.
"There is no excuse (for corruption) apart from sheer greed," Mani told the monthly Wisden magazine. "If a player comes from a very underprivileged background and makes the big time, he needs a lot of mentoring, a lot of support and education.
"Players need to be educated about the ethics of cricket, the values of the game, the bigger things that this great game is about. Without that, it's so easy for them to get sidetracked. We have to be honest, there has been a failure in the system in Pakistan here, and certainly Pakistan should be accountable to the ICC to explain how it's gone so wrong."
Mani believes India needs to look at legalizing gambling to counter the betting syndicates that are believed to be behind the fixing attempts. Up to US$300 million is wagered illegally whenever India plays an ODI.
"This is the time for the ICC to say to the Indian government that you have to bring this into the loop," said Mani, who served as ICC president between 2003-06.
"I don't know why it hasn't happened, as the government would make a lot of money out of it."
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