ThePope
4 Feb 2004, 16:58
Pakistan cricket has been hit by a fresh match-fixing scandal after the leak of a confidential report from the ICC's Anti Corruption Unit (ACU) to the Pakistan board which suggested that the team may have deliberately underperformed in two one-day tournaments in 2002.
According to The News, a Pakistan daily, two letters were sent by Lord Condon, director of the ACU, expressing concern about the conduct of some Pakistan players in tournaments in Morocco and Kenya. Pakistan performed poorly in both the tri-nation tournaments: they lost three out of four matches in Morocco, and made it to the final in Kenya only because the host nation was the third team in the competition.
source: cricinfo (http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/FEB/059376_PAK_03FEB2004.html)
The Kenya tournament was Aust vs Pak vs Kenya, where we whipped them in the prelim games but the final was washed out so the "trophy" was shared. Highlights included Hayden 146 from 128 and McGrath 3/15, Dizzy's 5/22 and Lee's 4/32.
The Morocco series was RSA vs Pak vs SL.
You wonder how Hayden feels, wondering if his highest ODI score may not have been against an opponent who was trying to win? Bowling from that innings:
Bowling O M R W
Wasim Akram 10 0 62 2 (4nb, 8w)
Waqar Younis 10 0 60 1 (1w)
Abdul Razzaq 3 0 26 0 (2w)
Shoaib Akhtar 5 0 45 0
Azhar Mahmood 6 0 42 0 (3w)
Shahid Afridi 10 0 56 2 (1w)
Shoaib Malik 6 0 31 0scorecard (http://statserver.cricket.org/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2002-03/OD_TOURNEYS/TTK/SCORECARDS/AUS_PAK_TTK_ODI2_30AUG2002.html)
According to The News, a Pakistan daily, two letters were sent by Lord Condon, director of the ACU, expressing concern about the conduct of some Pakistan players in tournaments in Morocco and Kenya. Pakistan performed poorly in both the tri-nation tournaments: they lost three out of four matches in Morocco, and made it to the final in Kenya only because the host nation was the third team in the competition.
source: cricinfo (http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/FEB/059376_PAK_03FEB2004.html)
The Kenya tournament was Aust vs Pak vs Kenya, where we whipped them in the prelim games but the final was washed out so the "trophy" was shared. Highlights included Hayden 146 from 128 and McGrath 3/15, Dizzy's 5/22 and Lee's 4/32.
The Morocco series was RSA vs Pak vs SL.
You wonder how Hayden feels, wondering if his highest ODI score may not have been against an opponent who was trying to win? Bowling from that innings:
Bowling O M R W
Wasim Akram 10 0 62 2 (4nb, 8w)
Waqar Younis 10 0 60 1 (1w)
Abdul Razzaq 3 0 26 0 (2w)
Shoaib Akhtar 5 0 45 0
Azhar Mahmood 6 0 42 0 (3w)
Shahid Afridi 10 0 56 2 (1w)
Shoaib Malik 6 0 31 0scorecard (http://statserver.cricket.org/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2002-03/OD_TOURNEYS/TTK/SCORECARDS/AUS_PAK_TTK_ODI2_30AUG2002.html)