Karachi, March 01: Pakistan’s seasoned wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal may face some disciplinary action by the cricket board after the inquiry committee probing into the national team’s poor performance in Australia submit its report on Tuesday. The committee is due to submit its report to the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt along with recommendations and a well placed source in the board told PTI that the board definitely has some issues with Akmal.
“I don’t know whether it pertains to these reports about Akmal and Rana Naved being under investigation for match-fixing or the fact that Akmal gave unauthorised statements in Australia, but definitely the board chairman is not happy with the wicketkeeper,” the source said. A foreign radio service earlier revealed that Akmal and his teammate Rana Naved were the two Pakistani players under investigation by the board for their alleged involvement in match-fixing.
The PCB Chairman had mentioned at a press conference on Friday that two Pakistani players were involved in match-fixing but then retracted his statement and made it clear he was talking about old cases. Even today, Butt again denied that no current player was under investigation for match-fixing.
–PTI–