Gaji
He is dismayed by the conviction of three Pakistan cricketers in the spot-fixing scam but former head coach Waqar Younis hopes it would prove helpful to the game in the long run.
"I hope that the outcome of the trial would prove helpful to cricket in the future and also serve as prevention to other players," Waqar said from Dubai.
The former Test captain, who submissive as coach in September after the Zimbabwe tour due to individual and health reasons, said for him the spot-fixing scandal had been one of the darkest chapters of his cricket career.
Waqar was the coach when the disgrace first broke out last September resultant in bans on the concerned three Pakistani players, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer by the ICC's Anti-corruption court and jail terms by the Southwark Crown Court in London after a criminal trial.
The court hand out a 30-month sentence to Butt, who was Test captain on the England tour, Asif was given a one-year jail term and 19-year-old Aamer was asked to spend six months in a youth confinement and correction centre.
Waqar said for him and Pakistan cricket, the spot-fixing scandal and following developments connected to it had been torture.
"I salute our team which in spite of this dark episode kept on focusing on the game and drama well even though there was so much pressure and spotlight on the team because of the scandal," Waqar recall.
"The scandal I consideration overshadowed the appearance of our team in England as a fighting combination," he added.
Waqar said while he felt sorry for the trial the families of the players have to go throughout but there is no understanding for the jailed offender as they had let the team and nation down.
"I just hope they regret what they have done and improvement themselves. But the episode also shows the ICC and member boards need to much more to fight corrupt elements in the sport."
Waqar said Aamer had bowled one of the three prearranged no-balls during the Lord's Test at the request of Butt.
Waqar said when he asked him about it, it was Butt who spoke out and said he had instructed the pacer to bowl it due to some strategic reasons during the course of the Test.
Waqar said he had knowledgeable the ICC anti-corruption about this when he gave his statement as a witness during the investigation into the matter.
0 comments:
Post a Comment