Dr Abdul Wahid Soomro (MNA Pakistan Peoples Party)

LAHORE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has issued charge-sheets to two of the leading Pakistani cricketers after finding their replies to the show-cause notices served on Aug 21 as unsatisfactory.
Well-informed sources in the PCB told Dawn that the two players are Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal who recently received the charge-sheets issued by the ICC.

“The ICC had issued show-cause notices to both players on Aug 21 and asked them to reply within 14 days. As per the notices, the players were asked to provide their mobile phone numbers which they had used during the World T20 in the West Indies besides some other information,” the sources claimed.

Both the players submitted their replies to the ICC but finding them unsatisfactory, the game’s governing body handed charge-sheets to the two which were delivered at their personal addresses and not through the PCB, sources claimed.

LONDON: Pakistan bowler Danish Kaneria has been cleared of criminal charges on allegations that he was involved in spot-fixing in an English county match.


Essex police released Kaneria from his bail conditions without charge after four months of investigations into what they called ''cricket-match irregularities.''
The Pakistan spinner and Essex teammate Mervyn Westfield were arrested in May on suspicion of fixing in a match against Durham last year.
Kaneria was released from the touring Pakistan squad after defeat to England in the first test.
Kaneria played for Essex while under investigation. Three of his Pakistan teammates have been suspended by the ICC while they are investigated for fixing in the fourth test against England.
@Sources