After England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia (CA), now Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have denied the authenticity of the spot-fixing claim in international cricket through a recent video that has been published by Al Jazeera.
Only a few months ago, the Qatar-based news and current affairs satellite TV channel, Al Jazeera exposed few spot-fixing and pitch-fixing incidents in recent international cricket through a video.
Now, on last Sunday (October 21), the same channel Al Jazeera has put another bomb on the table through another new video, where they have exposed some more spot-fixing incidents in 15 international cricket matches, including the big tournaments like 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, 2012 ICC World T20 in Sri Lanka etc.
However, like their previous video, this time also the channel hasn’t revealed the names of those corrupt players.
According to the latest published video, some Pakistan matches and one New Zealand match have been involved in the spot-fixing.
But both these cricket boards, means the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC), have rubbished those serious allegations.
According to TOI, PCB stated on it, “The broadcaster has not been forthcoming with provision of any evidence whatsoever in the absence of which their allegations remain unsubstantiated. Without the provision of evidence from the broadcaster, the allegations will remain baseless.”
It further added, “The PCB has and continues to cooperate, assist and coordinate with the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit in respect of investigations related to international cricket.
“PCB, in the recent past, has been proactive in uprooting the menace of corruption and has charged and banned numerous cricketers for failing to abide by the Anti-Corruption Code. It stands by that resolve,”
Meanwhile, the NZC has also released their statement that claimed, “NZC takes anti-corruption extremely seriously and has no wish to undermine its integrity by commenting on unsubstantiated allegations. We would, however, join the ICC and Cricket Australia in urging Al Jazeera to make all information relating to the allegations available, in the interests of natural justice and good journalism.”
