PCB asks ICC to take action against Sutherland

The PCB was taken by surprise over the statement made by Sutherland in which he alleged that last summer’s spot-fixing scandal in England which led to bans against three Pakistan players — Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir — was the result of PCB’s failure in implementing the recommendations of Justice Qayyum judicial commission in 2001.

“As a member country of the ICC and holding an important position in Cricket Australia, such kind of public statement against another ICC member is highly objectionable and the PCB wants the ICC to take action against Sutherland according to the prescribed rules,” the PCB has demanded in the letter.

In May 2001, the Justice Qayyum Judicial Commission had made several recommendations to the PCB in order to check match-fixing and betting scandals in cricket.

Then PCB chairman Lt Gen (retd) Tauqir Zia in an exclusive interview to Dawn had claimed that he had implemented hundred per cent recommendations of the judicial commission, including getting the declaration of the assets of the players on regular basis. But he said he had no knowledge whether the current PCB was still implementing on that clause or not.