Re: Arrest Over Cricket ‘Match-Fixing’ At Lords
Pakistan under pressure to suspend Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir
The Pakistan Cricket Board is under pressure to suspend three senior players allegedly involved in a match-fixing scam to ensure the one-day series against England can go ahead as planned.
Officials from the International Cricket Council will hold talks with the PCB in London on Monday morning with the immediate futures of Salman Butt, the Pakistan captain, and fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir to be decided.
Sources close to the England squad have indicated they will not be happy to play against players who are the subject of match-fixing allegations and it appears highly unlikely that Butt, Amir and Asif will feature in the five-match one-day series or two Twenty20 internationals.