Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has said thousands of pounds of cash discovered in police searches of his hotel room during spot-fixing inquiries was all part of his legitimate tour allowances.

Butt says 'fixing' cash was part of allowances

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Butt says 'fixing' cash was part of allowances

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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has said thousands of pounds of cash discovered in police searches of his hotel room during spot-fixing inquiries was all part of his legitimate tour allowances.

Butt and pacemen Mohammad Asif and Mohammed Aamer were all provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) following allegations resulting from a 'sting' operation conducted by Britain's News of the World newspaper that they'd all conspired in the bowling of deliberate no-balls. There were subsequent newspaper accusations that police had discovered 15,000 pounds in marked notes in Butt's hotel room.