Barely five days after the end of their scandal-hit tour of England, fresh turmoil gripped the Pakistan cricket team with suspended pacer Mohammad Amir’s shocking revelation that he was lured into spot-fixing by Test skipper Salman Butt.The 18-year-old pacer was suspended by the ICC for his alleged involvement in spot-fixing during the fourth Test against England at Lord’s last month, along with Butt and Mohammad Asif.
Sources in the PCB said Amir had told chairman Ijaz Butt that he never wanted to be part of this “business” (spot-fixing) but was forced into it by Butt and Asif.
“Amir had gone to Butt and claimed he was innocent and a victim of the “seniors power lobby” in the team,” a source told PTI.
But the PCB refuted the reports with legal adviser Tafazzul Rizvi saying that the implicated players continue to claim innocence.
“All three boys have been saying all along that they did not do anything wrong and they stand by it. They claim innocence and complete innocence and nothing but innocence. We are holding our investigations back at the moment and we are waiting for the Scotland Yard’s investigation report,” he said.
