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The Bookmaker Scandals
Pakistan Cricket hearing adjorned as players failed to appearLAHORE, Jan 16 (AFP) - A judicial commission inquiring into the controversy of match-fixing and betting in Pakistan cricket adjorned a crucial hearing Saturday after skipper Wasim Akram and several other accused failed to reach Lahore, sources said. Lahore High Court judge, Malik Mohammad Qayyum, who is heading the commission, said despite the adjournment he would submit his report on January 27, sources said.Saturday's hearing was considered vital as Wasim, Salim Malik, Mushtaq Ahmed, Waqar Younis, Ejaz Ahmed and Moin Khan -- accused of involvement in match fixing and betting -- were to face their accusers. [More] The story so far Australian players Mark Waugh and Shane Warne were paid for giving information to an illegal Indian bookmaker during the Australian tour of Sri Lanka in September 1994. After an investigation the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) fined the two players and reported the matter to the ICC. But the ACB did not mention the disciplinary action to the media, which has prompted accusations of a cover-up. In October Waugh and Australian captain Mark Taylor testified that former Pakistan captain Saleem Malik offered bribes to Warne, Waugh and May when they toured Pakistan in 1994-95, but made no mention of the incident in Sri Lanka. A judicial inquiry lead by Lahore High Court Judge Malik Mohammad Qayyum is investigating these accusations and is due to deliver a verdict this month. International cricket has been plagued by accusations of match fixing in recent years but so far nothing has been proven. The latest revelations may cause cricket fans to reasses the apparently unblemished records of both Warne and Waugh, and will certainly have an impact on Judge Malik Mohammad Qayyum's inquiry. ICC news releases
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