Match-fixing row resurfaces again
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May 21, 2010, Friday
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THE leaking of video showing Pakistan team management raising suspicions about match fixing has resulted in Pakistan Cricket Board officials, coaches and players being summoned to appear in front of a parliamentary committee.
The match fixing suspicions and parliamentary probe are the latest fallout from Pakistan's woeful tour of Australia early this year when Pakistan lost three test matches, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 international.
A PCB committee of inquiry had already given heavy fines and suspensions to several players for ill discipline and poor performance. Except for Mohammad Yousuf the other six - Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan and Rana Naved - have filed appeals with a PCB-appointed arbitrator Irfan Qadir.
In the leaked video, coaches raised doubts about wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, who dropped four catches and missed an easy run out during the second test at Sydney.
Coach Intikhab Alam said he was "flabbergasted" when Kamran missed the run out of Shane Watson.
Aqib Javed, who was part of Pakistan's 1992 World Cup winning squad, had strong reservations over the wicketkeeper's poor performance.
"When I saw it I couldn't believe it. How he could miss such a big run out?" he said. "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," he said.
Pakistan cricket had been plagued with match fixing since 1999 former test captain Salim Malik and fast bowler Ataur Rehman were fined and handed life bans.
Last year a parliamentarian accused Pakistan of match fixing during the Champions Trophy in South Africa which resulted in Younis stepping down from the captaincy.
Chairman of lower house standing committee on sports Iqbal Mohammad Ali wondered why Kamran was not sent home if coaches doubted his integrity.
"What were they (coaches) doing when they had doubts?" Ali questioned. "They should have then taken a strong action and sent him back home as there was one more test after Sydney, five ODIs and a Twenty20."
The match fixing suspicions and parliamentary probe are the latest fallout from Pakistan's woeful tour of Australia early this year when Pakistan lost three test matches, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 international.
A PCB committee of inquiry had already given heavy fines and suspensions to several players for ill discipline and poor performance. Except for Mohammad Yousuf the other six - Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan and Rana Naved - have filed appeals with a PCB-appointed arbitrator Irfan Qadir.
In the leaked video, coaches raised doubts about wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, who dropped four catches and missed an easy run out during the second test at Sydney.
Coach Intikhab Alam said he was "flabbergasted" when Kamran missed the run out of Shane Watson.
Aqib Javed, who was part of Pakistan's 1992 World Cup winning squad, had strong reservations over the wicketkeeper's poor performance.
"When I saw it I couldn't believe it. How he could miss such a big run out?" he said. "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," he said.
Pakistan cricket had been plagued with match fixing since 1999 former test captain Salim Malik and fast bowler Ataur Rehman were fined and handed life bans.
Last year a parliamentarian accused Pakistan of match fixing during the Champions Trophy in South Africa which resulted in Younis stepping down from the captaincy.
Chairman of lower house standing committee on sports Iqbal Mohammad Ali wondered why Kamran was not sent home if coaches doubted his integrity.
"What were they (coaches) doing when they had doubts?" Ali questioned. "They should have then taken a strong action and sent him back home as there was one more test after Sydney, five ODIs and a Twenty20."
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