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PTI | Thu, 02 Sep, 2010,02:29 PM |
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Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Asif’s ex-girlfriend, actress-model Veena Malik, has handed over ‘proof’ of his alleged links with Indian bookies to an official of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit. Hasan Raza, who is a top official of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit for South Asia, met Malik at her residence here last evening after she alleged that Asif was involved in match-fixing and she had ‘ample’ proof of this. |
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‘I handed over Asif’s voice recordings with the bookie and some other related information to the ICC official,’ Veena Malik told a TV news channel.
‘From head to toe, Pakistani players and officials are involved in match-fixing. I had gone with Asif to Bangkok before Pakistan’s tour of Australia. Asif told me he was offered $40,000 by an Indian bookie to under-perform in Australia but he demanded $200,000.
‘The Pakistan Cricket Board had evidence of this but no action was taken against him,’ she said. Asif, his fellow pacer Mohammad Aamir and Test captain Salman Butt are at the centre of an alleged ‘spot-fixing’ scandal exposed by British tabloid News of the World.
The tabloid reported it had paid 150,000 pounds to a fixer for three no-balls bowled by Asif and Aamir during a Test match against England.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and pace bowlers Mohammad Amir and Asif will meet their country‘s High Commissioner in London later Thursday to discuss corruption allegations levelled against the team.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt will also attend the meeting which follows British newspaper allegations Amir and Asif were bribed to bowl deliberate no-balls in the fourth Test against England at Lord’s which finished on Sunday.
Sponsor dumps Aamir
Cricket equipment manufacturers BoomBoom have ended their relationship with bowler Mohd Aamir and will review their deal with the Pakistan national team.
BoomBoom, who have a two-year deal to supply Pakistan’s cricketers with kit and equipment, also have individual branding agreements in place with several players, including Aamir. However the teenage bowling sensation’s alleged involvement in the ‘spot-fixing’ betting scandal has forced BoomBoom to call a halt to their deal with the youngster.
BoomBoom said the move was necessary to protect the company’s image, stressing the guilt of the players involved was yet to be determined.
‘Like everyone else in the cricket world, we are truly saddened and shocked by these allegations. I sincerely hope they are not true,’ BoomBoom managing director Ali Ehsan said in a statement on Wednesday.
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