PCB bigwigs summoned by Pak parliamentary committee

Chairman Ijaz Butt coach Intikhab Alam and former captain Younus Khan called for enquiry into matchfixing allegations u00a0 Pakistan wicket keeper is under the scanner for missing a controversial stumping during the Australian tourPakistan cricket is once again facing claims of matchfixing with a parliamentary committee on Thursday summoning the sports top officials to answer questions in its probe into the allegations The parliamentary standing committee on sports has summoned PCB chairman Ijaz Butt Australian tour coach Intikhab Alam former captain Younus Khan and other officials on Monday the committee said in a statement The officials have been summoned to a hearing on Monday days after video footage of a Pakistan Cricket Board PCB meeting was leaked to the media showing players and former officials raising suspicions about matchfixing during the Australia tour The footage showed Alam and his deputy Aqib Javed recording statements that wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal was involved in matchfixing in the second Test in Sydney which Pakistan lost after holding a winning position Akmal dropped Australian batsman Michael Hussey three times and missed an easy runout with Hussey going on to accumulate 138 runs not out in the second innings Pakistan chasing a modest 175 to win lost the Test by 36 runs despite leading by 206 runs after the first innings Pakistan suffered a whitewash on its DecemberFebruary tour of Australia losing all three Tests all five oneday internationals and a Twenty20 match prompting the PCB to investigate Following the PCBs inquiry the board banned Younus and Australia tour captain Mohammad Yousuf for an indefinite period while former captain Shoaib Malik and Rana NavedulHasan were banned for one year and fined heavily Kamran Akmal Shahid Afridi and Umar Akmal were also fined heavily At the time PCB said it had banned and fined the players for infighting and breach of discipline but said there had been no matchfixing However the video footage aired by local television channels showed Alam raising suspicions at the PCB inquiry about Akmals performance in Sydney I was flabbergasted when Kamran missed that runout Alam said in his statement The batsman was far from the crease and the ball was in Kamrans hands but he missed the chance I have serious doubts and have heard stories about matchfixing Javed also raised suspicions of matchfixing I have reservations over the way he Kamran Akmal missed the runout When I saw it I couldnt believe it How he could miss such a big runout I cant say 100 per cent that there is matchfixing but I have my strong suspicions Javed said in his statement Kamran Akmal in his statement denied any wrongdoing I got the ball but was totally blind and couldnt run out the batsman said Kamran PCB refused to make any comment on the leaked video footage and on the suspicions of matchfixing PCB legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi however said players were responsible for leaking the footage to the media PCB had the video recordings of the proceedings since February and there was no leakage he said But once we gave the video and audio recordings to some of the players and their legal representatives while dealing with their appeals it was leaked and its obvious who leaked it Rizvi said A oneman tribunal comprising of retired judge Irfan Qadir is dealing with the appeals On Friday Pakistan also failed to defend its World Twenty20 title in the West Indies losing to Australia in the semifinal