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| | GEO Sports | PCB Chief flies to Delhi to meet ICC President | Updated at: 1824 PST, Wednesday, September 15, 2010
 LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Ijaz Butt has flown to Indian capital New Delhi to meet the President of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Sharad Powar in connection with the three Pakistani players facing charges of spot and match-fixing.
The meeting is a significant one considering that the three players have filed appeals with the ICC over the allegations that first surfaced during the fourth and final test match between England and Pakistan that was played at Lords in London.
British tabloid The News Of The World came out with video evidence of spot-fixing involving test captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif during England’s record breaking effort in the first innings where they recovered from 112/7 to post a total in access of 400 with batsmen Jonathan Trott and all-rounder Stuart Broad featuring in a world record partnership for the eighth wicket that was enough to send the visitors reeling to an innings defeat, which was their heaviest in terms of runs.
The trio was subsequently suspended by ICC for an unspecified period, and the body claimed that there were 23 charges against them; the players had the right to appeal against the decision within fourteen days and the trio filed their appeals with the help of the PCB legal consultant yesterday.
Currently both Scotland Yard and the Anti Corruption and Security Unit of ICC are investigating the trio, yet it seems that the Scotland Yard is set to exonerate the players after allowing them to travel back to Pakistan without levelling any charges against them. The three players returned to their homeland last week and have since then maintained a low profile with very little interaction with the outside world.
Besides the trio wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal, who is featuring in the ongoing ODI series in England is a part of the investigations for the test match, and is likely to be interviewed by the ACSU, once he finishes his national duty in England.
Pace man Wahab Riaz is another player who was questioned by Scotland Yard. Interestingly PCB claims that the bowler volunteered to appear in front of the investigating officers, as he wanted to clear himself of the accusations levelled by The News of the World.
Wahab was filmed receiving a jacket from bookie Mazhar Majeed in London that the tabloid alleges contained 10,000 pounds that were handed over to the bookie by the tabloid as a bid to spot-fix the Lords test. |  | |
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