The PCB has moved to clarify remarks from chairman Ijaz Butt about match-fixing.
Chairman's comments misinterpreted, says general manager
The Pakistan Cricket Board have moved to clarify remarks from chairman Ijaz Butt after he appeared to confirm claims that current players were being investigated for match-fixing during the recent tour of Australia.
A report in the
News on February 26 suggested a probe into the defeats Down Under was looking into whether or not games were thrown, and when questioned about the story, Butt appeared to confirm to reporters that a probe was taking place into two unnamed players.
"It would be foolish to say no match-fixing takes place," Butt said.
"But the fact is it is very difficult to prove this. So I am not going to take any names right now.
"We are waiting for a report from the inquiry committee we have set up to probe the team's poor performances in Australia.
"I'll reveal more once we have the report."
Panel
Pakistan lost all their international matches during a tour of Australia earlier this year and the PCB formed a six-member panel headed by chief operating officer Wasim Bari to determine reasons for the defeats.
But Nadeem Sawar, PCB's general manager (media) claimed Butt's remarks had been misinterpreted and the match-fixing cases did not pertain to members of the current team.
"The chairman was asked a question on the issue of match-fixing and he spoke with relation to old cases," Sarwar said.
"Mr Butt merely said that the ICC had, at one time, conveyed to the PCB the names of two players who were suspected of being involved in match-fixing.
"He was speaking in context of old cases and not about any current player.
"It is wrong to interpret that Mr Butt has said that two current players were involved in match-fixing.
"The inquiry committee Mr Butt referred to is probing the team's performance during the series in Australia and is looking into cases of indiscipline. Match-fixing is not its domain."
