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Pak cricketers at centre of illegal betting allegations are innocent: Hasan | Pakistan's High Commissioner to Britain Wajid Shamsul
Hasan said on Thursday that the three Pakistani cricketers at the centre of illegal betting allegations are innocent. The Pakistan cricket team is in the midst of
a betting scam, where fast bowlers Mohammad Aamir and Mohammad Asif are alleged
to have bowled pre-arranged no-balls in the Lord's Test against England. Pakistan
today dropped Test skipper Salman Butt, fast bowlers Asif and Aamir from the Twenty20
and one-day series against England under pressure from the ICC and England Cricket
Board. Hasan said that Butt and bowlers Amir and Asif had declared their innocence
and vowed to fight the allegations. "The three players have said that they are
extremely disturbed by what has happened in the past week, especially in regard
of their alleged involvement in the crime," The Nation quoted Hasan, as saying.
"They mentioned that they are entirely innocent in the whole episode and shall
defend their innocence as such," he said. Hasan said the trio had requested to
be withdrawn from Pakistan's remaining fixtures on their tour of England due to
the "mental torture" they had suffered since the scandal broke. |
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