ICC to wait for police report before taking action

GEO Sports
Updated at: 1558 PST, Monday, August 30, 2010

MUMBAI: International Cricket Council President Sharad Pawar on Monday said the allegations of 'spot-fixing' and 'match-fixing' against Pakistani cricketers are very serious but the ICC would wait for a report from the police in London before deciding on its course of action.

"Until and unless the process of investigation is over, it is improper for me to react," Pawar told reporters here.

"We have discussed it within the ICC and have decided that let us wait for the police's investigation report. After that we have to take a viewpoint of the two Board, the Pakistan Cricket Board and the England and Wales Cricket Board," he added.

Reacting to the scandal, which implicates captain Salman Butt, pacers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir, wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and three other unnamed players, Pawar said he does not make comments on what is essentially a media report.



"There is a conference call that I will be attending in which somebody from the ECB and the PCB would be there," he said.

Asked about the Indian bookies about whom Majeed talks about in the sting operation, Pawar said he was not aware of this.

"I don't know. The BCCI have to take a view on that. The BCCI is one of our member and I am sure if any serious matter is there, the BCCI will take cognizance of this," he said.

"I can't come to a conclusion based on a video," he reasoned.