Summary Rawalpindi Express claimed that cricket was going through its worst phase as far as match-fixing
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistan’s former pacer and world’s fastest bowler, Shoaib Akhtar has asserted on Monday that the sport was crawling with match-fixing in 1996.
In an interview, Rawalpindi Express claimed that cricket was going through its worst phase as far as match-fixing was concerned in 1996.
He also remarked over Muhammad Amir’s ban and stated that he had warned him to keep a good company and avoid unnecessary interaction with persons of dubious credentials.
However, Amir’s return in 2015 was hailed as the reckoning of growth and better temperament by cricket experts.
Pakistan’s cricket was last hit by a spot-fixing scandal in 2010 that resulted in imposition of ban on Salman Butt, Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Amir during a series with England.
He was banned for five years for bowling two no-balls for a betting syndicate which was exposed by an English newspaper.
