Dec 31 (Reuters) - Pakistan's discarded test batsman Yasir Hameed has apologised to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for violating the players' code of conduct and giving a controversial interview to a British newspaper.
Hameed, who has played 25 tests and 56 one-day internationals, told Reuters he had apologised to the PCB during a meeting with members of its integrity committee."I have told the board I am sorry for the interview which caused a lot of damage to Pakistan cricket and myself as well," Hameed said.
The News of the World Sunday newspaper released a secretly taped video interview of Hameed in September when the Pakistan team were touring England and after a spot fixing scandal had broken out involving Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif.
In the interview, Hameed accused some of his fellow players of being involved in fixing matches.
"I have told the board that, even though it was a trap set to implicate me by the newspaper, I had violated the code of conduct by not informing the team management about my meeting with them," he said.
Hameed said he was told he was meeting a businessman who was interested in signing him for an endorsement deal and did not know he was an undercover reporter for the newspaper.
The interview came out two days after Butt, Amir and Asif were suspended by the International Cricket Council following allegations of manipulating incidents in the fourth test against England.
The trio are due to attend a hearing of the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption tribunal in Doha from Jan. 6 which will decide their case.
