Pakistan in England

[brod]

England v Pakistan
NatWest Series Game 4
Lords

PAKISTAN WON BY 38 RUNS

Pakistan 7/263
Mohammad Hafeez 64 (100)
Abdul Razzaq 44* (20) MAN OF THE MATCH
Shahid Afridi 37 (22)
GP Swann 4/37 (10)
England 227 (46.1)
AJ Strauss 68 (72)
SM Davies 49 (61)
Umar Gul 4/32 (8.1)
Shoaib Akhtar 3/59 (10)

[brod]

In an extraordinary outburst, PCB chairman Ijaz Butt has pointed a finger at the English cricketers for their role in the batting collapse that cost England the ODI at Oval and said the board was investigating a conspiracy, involving "august cricket bodies", to defraud Pakistan and Pakistan cricket.

"This is not a conspiracy to defraud bookies but a conspiracy to defraud Pakistan and Pakistan cricket," Butt said. "We have taken it in hand to start our own investigations. We will shortly reveal the names of the people, the parties and the bodies involved in this sinister conspiracy and we also reserve the right to sue them for damages.

"There is loud and clear talk in bookie circles that some English players have taken enormous amounts of money to lose the match [the third ODI]. No wonder there was such a collapse."

[brod]

The England & Wales Cricket Board has announced that it will be taking legal action against Ijaz Butt, the chairman of the PCB, after describing his allegations that England's players accepted a bribe to lose the third ODI at The Oval as "wholly irresponsible and completely without foundation".


However, in a strongly-worded statement on behalf of the ECB and the England team, it was announced that the final two matches of Pakistan's tour would go ahead as planned. "It remains in the best interests of world cricket, the players and in particular of cricket supporters that the tour should continue, and it would set a dangerous precedent to call off a tour based on the misguided and inaccurate remarks made by one individual."

[brod]

England v Pakistan
NatWest Series - Match 5
Southampton

ENGLAND WON BY 121 RUNS

England 6/256
EJGM Morgan 107* (101) MAN OF THE MATCH
Shohib Akhtar 3/40 (10)
Pakistan 135
Kamran Akhmal 41 (53)
SCJ Broad 3/25 (8)
GP Swann 3/26 (9)

PLAYER OF THER SERIES - AJ Strauss

[Media Park]

The England & Wales Cricket Board has announced that it will be taking legal action against Ijaz Butt, the chairman of the PCB

That is a big move...