PCB stress inquiry beside Raza



The Pakistan Cricket Board believed Akram Raza's case necessary a full-scale query even as the off-spinner plead blamelessness in the illegal gambling case.

A senior official tell PTI that the board will have to assessment whether to employ Raza to the umpires' panel for the approaching Pakistan 'A' and Afghanistan series in view of the betting case next to him.

Raza, a former off-break bowler who played nine Tests and 49 One-day Internationals, was under arrest on Saturday with six others after a police raid on a plaza in Gulberg area for running a gambling row.

Police have exciting seven people, counting Raza for taking against the law bets on the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches.

Raza, who is at the moment a first-class umpire, got bail on Monday but will have to come into view before a court next week in link with the case.

Sultan Rana, who head the domestic cricket section in the PCB, said that it was too early to say whether Raza was blameless or not.

"Definitely the case warrants an investigation and we will decide on that soon. It is a serious thing because of the sensitivities occupied in fixing issues," he said.

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