Ijaz's Butt apologises for match-fixing comments

[Rajan]

This is interesting. the infamous cornered tiger is poised to strike and is roaring:hysterical: Conspiracy to defraud Pakistan cricket - Ijaz Butt Osman Samiuddin A day after the ICC launched a formal investigation into Pakistan's win in the third ODI at The Oval, Ijaz Butt has hit back at what he believes to be a "conspiracy to defraud Pakistan and Pakistan cricket". In an astonishing, prepared statement read out to ESPNcricinfo, the board chairman also indicated that suspicion should be cast on England players from that loss and that the PCB will soon reveal the names of those parties allegedly involved in the conspiracy. "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." When asked by this reporter whether the board had any proof of the allegations regarding English players, Butt responded with a question: "Did you ask the other people who made allegations against our players whether they had any proof? What did they say? We have thought about this properly and we have positive proofs here before us just like they say they have also." Butt then concluded his statement: "We feel the media in certain countries is biased and not fair. We feel august cricket bodies are also involved in this conspiracy, which will damage the great game of cricket." The statement is an extension of the one the board released late on Saturday indicating its unhappiness with the way the ICC handled the Oval allegations. Nobody in the Pakistan board was informed by the ICC that an official investigation was being launched; the chairman, the team manager and the captain only learned of it through media reports. An ICC spokesperson told ESPNcricinfo they tried to contact Butt all through Friday but his phone was unavailable. "On Saturday morning [after the ICC press release was sent out] we came to know that Mr Butt was in Dubai. Haroon Lorgat [the ICC chief executive] sought out and met Butt in Dubai on Saturday evening and discussed matters of mutual interest," he said. However, there is no indication that the ICC tried to contact anyone else in the PCB, nor tried to reach Butt - who was in New Delhi after meeting the ICC president Sharad Pawar - through any number other than his Pakistan mobile. The PCB also seems unhappy with the official implication that Pakistan's batsmen were under the scanner. Though the ICC didn't point the finger at Pakistan in their statement - though The Sun did so in their report - the subsequent statement from the ECB confirmed that no English players were involved. "One statement from a very august official of the ICC said no, only Pakistan players were involved," Butt said, though he refused to elaborate. Butt also refused to give more details of the nature of the board's investigation, though he said it had already begun. "I will be revealing names of people and organisations who are involved in this, so I don't want to comment more on the investigations just now. Details will come out only once our investigations are complete." Butt's comments may well signal the final nail in the coffin of the PCB's relationship with the ICC, if they have not completely broken down already. Under Butt's tenure, the two have clashed consistently. In 2009, the PCB threatened to take the ICC to court after Pakistan was removed as a venue from the 2011 World Cup, following the Lahore terror attacks on Sri Lanka in March. The dispute was resolved out of court but tensions have simmered consistently since. They boiled over again in the aftermath of allegations of spot-fixing during the fourth Test at Lord's. The ICC provisionally suspended the three players at the centre of the scandal, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, after the Pakistan board refused to do so. At a press conference in Lahore soon after he returned, the board chairman expressed his unhappiness with the ICC's decision while a police investigation was still ongoing against the three. Butt then went to Delhi to discuss the investigation and allegations with Sharad Pawar, the ICC president. He travelled on Saturday to Dubai, the ICC HQ, though it is unclear whether he has met with officials there. He said, however, that he would raise these issues at the next ICC meeting, on October 11. http://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/current/story/477814.html ====================== This is hilarious. Butt seems to suggest that ECB , ICC who went out of the way to arrange a task force to get pakistan more international cricket , are actually conspiring against pakistan cricket!!! as per the tradition of favourite pakistan hobby of blaming india with out any proof for all its troubles, I would not be surprised if Ijaz Butt brings BCCI or India in this "conspiracy to defraud " a already fraud PCB! sit back and enjoy!:hysterical:

[Zap_Brannigan]

Holy ****..the douchebag just said that many English players took a lot of money to lose the 3rd ODI...this is the end of PCB

[Roshanrocks]

:ohmy:

[Sachinism]

Ijaz Butt :adore: This is gonna be awesome. Can't wait

[EnterTheVoid]

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[Roshanrocks]

he has no proof , no evidence... :headshake: ECB will ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ijaz Butt will say he read the wrong speech reminds me of the movie 3 idiots when Amir Khan had changed CHatur's speech.... :cantstop:

[Clarke]

All hail the mighty Oracle that has spoken :haha:

[Shakthi]

Pakistan cricket board is in big trouble may be Ijaz Butt thought Best form of defense is offense but i expect ECB to hit back bring it on PCB lets see how far this board will go with denial.

[Shakthi]

Ijaz Butt himself is a conspiracy for PCB y need outsiders when u have own theives in u r board.

[King Tendulkar]

The victim mentality of pakis in all things from cricket to the weather is ridiculous:hysterical: They have the biggest victim mentality ever seen, this leads to crazy conspiracy theories on anything bad by pakis. Why dont they realise that their country is pants and the people are pants. Thus they keep shooting themselves in the head with their actions and then have the cheek to blame other for their actions as a conspiracy to defame their crappy country.:hysterical:

[Rajan]

there is one silver lining in this sad episode for the Pakistan cricket- at last, after all these years, now Ijaz Butt will finally be forced out from PCB. No way, he can continue after this.ECB may even send them back. to restore the relationship with ICC, Zardari has to sack Butt. a blessing in disguise.good for Pakistan cricket.

[ZodiaC]

ECB totally deserve this for co-opearting with p@kis and hosting their matches.. Now hope every nation learns from this and stop playing matches wid p@kis..

[King Tendulkar]

They cant sack Butt. I will be devestated, the entertainment this guy gives is epic:hysterical: His NDTV interview was hilarious, did not stop laughing all the way through

[The Outsider]

Ijaz Butt displayed some classic Paki josh, jazbaa, abd junoon. Listen here, the fool is actually accusing England of having fixed the 3rd ODI. I am pretty sure he was drunk while giving this interview : http://bit.ly/brSzE0

[siddhu]

Senior Buttaaah... is an idiot of the highest level. This is kind of a pattern for him. When he is under pressure, he will stay quite for some time and then suddenly starts lashing out with the weirdest of theories. it doesn't matter whether he has proof or not.. Seems like this is going to be the end of PCB. Who would want to waste their own resources to frame and defraud Pakistan and Pakistan Cricket. They are doing a very good job on their own...

[saneindian]

And the ECB was trying to help pak cricket!! Time the ICC banned this circus called PCB and ended this tamasha.

[coffee_rules]

[Shakthi]

ECB totally deserve this for co-opearting with p@kis and hosting their matches.. Now hope every nation learns from this and stop playing matches wid p@kis..

i hope Pakistan gets banned from ICC about time all nations get united and stop playing with them who knows they might accuse other teams too for playing with them. ECB did so much for pak team this is how they pay back .

[Shakthi]

what evidence do u think Butt fatt got ?

[Pak_Forever]

Good work. Ijazz Butt just gave ICC the taste of its own medicine. Now you can see how a non-sense random accusation without any proof looks like. Why retards at ICC made it public based on some trashy newspaper of England? Why bw the tour accuse the team and let the investigation run for months to defame the team further. Pakistan played so awesome and International Clown Council had guts to give out ridiculous statement to the world wide media? NOTW had some shocking stuff which so far seems real, but this Sun one is all smoke and no fire. If you want to investigate then investigate England for throwing the game away. They are corrupt to core and have lost it too. ICL, Standford, are few examples. Go on Butt keep throwing random names and accusations. Atleast you got something right.