Re: JUST IN : Conspiracy to defraud Pakistan cricket - Ijaz Butt - PCB Hits back
what a farce.
this has gone far beyond a pleasantly amusing fiasco (for indians) and has evolved into a genuine assault on the game of cricket. the game is already in a state of terminal decline in white nations and episodes like this only accelerate the process.
by 2020 cricket will be an exclusively south asian affair.
Re: JUST IN : Conspiracy to defraud Pakistan cricket - Ijaz Butt - PCB Hits back
Botham has been anti pak all his life. So it did not surprise me. He has never got over the fact that during his time the world recognised Imran as a better all rounder than him.
Re: JUST IN : Conspiracy to defraud Pakistan cricket - Ijaz Butt - PCB Hits back
**England demand full apology from PCB chairman Ijaz Butt **
The England and Wales Cricket Board has threatened to take legal action against Ijaz Butt unless he apologises for claiming England threw a game. Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Butt said he had heard from bookmakers that England had been paid to lose Friday’s third one-day game at The Oval.
England, who lost the game by 23 runs, have denied the allegations.
And ECB chief David Collier said: “We are looking for an apology. If it does not come we’ll look at other options.”
He added: "Clearly we will seek advice but there are quite strong laws of defamation.
"You can’t impugn someone’s integrity without having proper evidence.
“To date I can say that we have received zero evidence of anything having influenced any England player.”
England’s threat is the latest twist in a summer of controversy in which four Pakistan players were questioned by police over allegations of spot-fixing during the fourth Test at Lord’s.
The International Cricket Council is also looking into Pakistan’s performance in last week’s one-day game at The Oval after receiving reports about “scoring patterns” during their innings.
Pakistan set England 242 to win the game but the hosts lost their last five wickets for 17 runs and Butt responded to the ICC’s decision to investigate his side by claiming there was a “conspiracy to defraud Pakistan and Pakistan cricket”.
On Monday morning, Butt was reported to have told India’s NDTV channel: “There is loud and clear talk in bookie circles that some English players were paid enormous amounts of money to lose. No wonder there was total collapse of the English side.”
Re: JUST IN : Conspiracy to defraud Pakistan cricket - Ijaz Butt - PCB Hits back
I think he'll have to apologize, and I believe he should, if he doesnt have any proof. The only thing to think about is the most elegant way to apologize and get out of there without being disrespected.
We desperately need a very smart chairman now!!!