Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has claimed that he was aware of the exchange of messages between his teammates and a bookmaker before the 2010 spot-fixing scandal but then coach Waqar Younis refused to act despite being provided with evidence. The spot-fixing scandal happened in August 2010 during Pakistan’s tour of England and then captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were banned by the ICC for their involvement. Maybe they were invested in these players as their favourites and future captains...I really can’t say,” Afridi wrote in the book. Soon, word got around that something strange was happening with the cricket team.” Afridi said that the leak probably helped the reporting team of the ‘News of the World’ as well. Pakistan were playing there home series in England after the terrorist attack on Sri Lankan players in Lahore in 2009.

Source: Hindustan Times May 04, 2019 13:30 UTC