kashipk
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Claiming that there are some very big names involved in the match-fixing racket, Pakistan's runaway wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider said banning the three Pakistani players, Salman Butt, Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Aamir for spot-fixing is just the tip of an iceberg.
"There are some very big names involved in these illegal activities, but they are getting away with it as thorough investigations are not being carried out," Haider told Pakpassion.net website in an interview.
Haider, who is in London, waiting for the UK authorities to give a decision on his request for asylum in the country, also dismissed a statement by ICC chief executive, Haroon Lorgat that he was confident that the upcoming World Cup will be free from corruption.
"I was surprised by the statement by the ICC Chief Executive saying that the World Cup will be clean. The fact of the matter is that the three recently banned players (Asif, Amir and Butt) are just the tip of the iceberg.
"There are bigger names than the three banned players who are still involved in fixing in cricket, not only from Pakistan but from other nations as well."
Haider fled to London from the Pakistan team hotel in Dubai last November during a one-day series against South Africa, claiming he was threatened by an unknown person of dire consequences if he didn't cooperate in fixing matches in the series.
He landed in London to seek asylum but a fact-finding committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), which probed into the circumstances leading to his decision to leave the team, said it had found the wicketkeeper to be an unstable and temperamental individual.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pak-cricketer-claims-big-names-involved-in-fixing/749882/1
