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Pakistan board will not suspend tainted players
No action till charges are proved, PCB says
- Gulf News Report
- Published: 00:00 September 1, 2010
Dubai: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced that players under investigation for spot-fixing during the Lord's Test would not be suspended till the charges are proved.
The Pakistan team has arrived in Taunton to play a warm-up game before the Twenty20 and one-day series against England, which starts on Sunday.
The PCB has also asked Pakistan's top investigative agency to send a team to Britain and investigate the corruption allegation against their players.
Sharad Pawar, the President of the International Cricket Council (ICC) has told the ICC's Anti Corruption Unit to submit a report within three days.
Doubts have also been raised about the second Test match between Pakistan and Australia in Sydney this year when Australia staged a remarkable comeback to win by 36 runs after overcoming a 206-run first-innings deficit.
In Sydney, Australian cricketer Shane Watson said he and his colleague Brad Haddin were approached by an illegal Indian bookmaker during last year's Ashes tour of England.
Incidentally, Indian Premier League (IPL) cricketers had also been approached for spot-fixing, according to Atul Wassan, a former India player.
Wassan remarked that a couple of IPL players, whom he would not name, confided to him that they had received approaches about spot-fixing which they had turned down.
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