The Pakistan Cricket Board is furious with a New Zealand beverage company's ad campaign in which Kiwi player Darryl Tuffey claims that Pakistani players are "match-fixers".
 The PCB is furious with a New Zealand beverage company's ad campaign in which Kiwi player Darryl Tuffey claims that Pakistani players are "match-fixers". © AFP |
The ad campaign has also drawn a strong reaction from the Pakistani
community in New Zealand and sources said it was former Test player and
coach Khalid Ibadullah who drew the attention of the board towards the
campaign.
The commercial, which features Tuffey, is for a beer brand and in it
he claims that Pakistani players are match fixers and while New Zealand
win matches, the Pakistanis take home cash cheques.
"We are looking into the matter and will want to have a look at the
commercial first before we proceed further. But so far from what we have
heard it is offensive to Pakistan cricket and players," a senior PCB
official told PTI.
The company has defended the commercial pointing out that Pakistan
cricket has been hit hard by match fixing allegations and that three of
its top players - Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir - were in
fact banned by the ICC for spot-fixing last year.
The board official said while it was true that the three players were
banned for spot-fixing but that didn't give the company the right to
cast slurs on Pakistan cricket.
"The act of a few individuals cannot mean anyone has the right to
make offensive remarks about the entire Pakistan cricket team or
players," the official said.
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