Sunday, September 19, 2010
Conspiracy to defraud Pakistan cricket - Ijaz Butt
PCB chairman Ijaz Butt has said the board is investigating a conspiracy, involving "august cricket bodies", to defraud Pakistan and Pakistan cricket and will soon reveal the names of those allegedly involved. In an astonishing, prepared statement read out to ESPNcricinfo a day after the ICC started a formal investigation into Pakistan's win in the third ODI at The Oval, he also launched thinly-veiled attacks on the ICC, some cricket boards and the media.
"This is not a conspiracy to defraud bookies but a conspiracy to defraud Pakistan and Pakistan cricket," Butt said. "We have taken it in hand to start our own investigations. We will shortly reveal the names of the people, the parties and the bodies involved in this sinister conspiracy and we also reserve the right to sue them for damages.
"We feel the media in certain countries is biased and not fair. We feel august cricket bodies are also involved in this conspiracy, which will damage the great game of cricket."
The statement is an extension of the one the board released late on Saturday indicating its unhappiness with the way the ICC handled the Oval allegations. Nobody in the
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