Pakistan's Akmal fed up with match-fixing speculations

Karachi: Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has dismissed allegations of having links with bookmakers and that he deliberately under-performed on the tour of Australia at the start of this year.

Akmal told the media in Lahore yesterday that he was fed up with the constant speculation about match-fixing in Pakistan cricket, instead opting to focus on competing.

"I don't even think about these things, I just concentrate on my performances. For me not being able to win the Twenty20 World Cup despite the team playing well is heartbreaking enough," Akmal said.

The International Cricket Council's (ICC) anti-corruption unit said on Thursday it was examining Pakistan's dismal tour of Australia this year when they were whitewashed in the test and one-day series.

Pakistan slumped to defeat in the second test in Sydney after they appeared to have victory within their grasp with Akmal dropping three catches and missing a run out.

PCB finds no match-fixing evidence

The Pakistan Cricket Board says it has found no evidence of match-fixing during the winless tour of Australia earlier this year.

Match-fixing suspicions, a PCB committee of inquiry and a probe by Pakistan's parliament have followed a tour in which Pakistan lost three Tests, five ODIs and a Twenty20 international.

However, PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said that the board found no evidence.