Monday, August 30, 2010
Pakistan team left for Tainton
Updated at: 1758 PST, Monday, August 30, 2010
LONDON: Pakistan team left for Taunton today to play a practice match on Thursday, Geo News reported Monday.Team manager Yawar Saeed said on Sunday that police had confiscated the mobile phones of test captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif.The trio and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal were questioned by police at the team's hotel in London following a report in a Sunday newspaper that players had been bribed to fix incidents during the fourth test against England.Depression was dominant on team players while they were boarding bus while one-day captain Shahid Afridi looked relaxed.Strict security measures were adopted for the team departure. All four tainted players, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Kamran Akmal were with the team, while the decision for their selection for the match would be taken later.On the other hand players Yasir Hameed, Tanveer Ahmed and Imran Farhat who were released after the test series have left for home and Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Hafeez would join national team in Taunton.Pakistan will play a practice match at Taunton in west England on Thursday and then face two Twenty20 matches and five one-day games against England starting in Cardiff on Sunday.
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.
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.
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