Lahore, May 21: PCB chairman Ejaz Butt has rubbished claims of match-fixing during Pakistan’s disastrous tour of Australia even though the International Cricket Council has been investigating Pakistan’s performance during the Sydney Test earlier this year.
Butt said the PCB had conducted its own inquiry on the team’s performance in Australia and had already penalised players for their poor showing.
“The Australian tour chapter is now closed and we have finished our inquiry. We have found no evidence of any match-fixing during the tour,” a defiant Butt told reporters after returning from London.
Pakistan were whitewashed in all the three formats — Tests, ODIs and Twenty20s — by Australia during the tour. But it was the New Year’s Test match in Sydney which came under the scanner after Australia pulled off a remarkable come-from-behind 36-run victory in that game.
–PTI