DUBAI: International Cricket Council (ICC) has opened an inquiry into third One Day International between Pakistan and England after it found some unusual betting patterns, claims Dailymail.
According to British Daily, ICC officials were tipped off after the toss in Sharjah that the illegal Indian betting market, worth billions of dollars per game, was expecting Pakistan to under-perform.
It has also emerged that officers were warned about potential corruption before the series began.
Rumours were rife among bookmakers in the country, and the ICC received intelligence that there could at least be an attempt to manipulate the betting odds in favour of syndicates who would be betting huge sums, reported Dailymail.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan used his Twitter account to question Pakistan’s performance.
He wrote: ‘3 run outs and a few iffy shots from Pakistan. Never seen that before!!’ He followed that with: ‘They must all think we are stupid.’
THE PAKISTAN COLLAPSE IN TUESDAY’S ODI
19.3 overs Pakistan captain Azhar Ali is run out after a dreadful call for a single from Mohammad Hafeez, who had pushed Adil Rashid to backward point. Azhar was comfortably beaten home by James Taylor’s return.
30.3 overs Sarfraz Ahmed throws his wicket away, slogging Moeen Ali straight to sub fielder Chris Jordan at deep midwicket. It’s the start of a collapse of 7 for 73.
32.2 overs Mohammad Rizwan pushes Ali into the leg side, then sets off for a gentle single while Shoaib Malik remains unmoved at the other end. Rizwan gets halfway down the pitch, and fails to get back before Jason Roy’s underarm throw is collected by Jos Buttler.
35.4 overs Iftikhar Ahmed pulls Chris Woakes straight to deep square-leg and is caught to leave Pakistan 145 for 6.
39.3 overs Anwar Ali slogs Reece Topley straight up in the air. Ali takes the catch: 156 for 7.
41.2 overs The third run-out of the innings. This time, Wahab Riaz and Shoaib Malik get in a muddle – with Malik beaten by Chris Jordan’s pinpoint direct hit.
Vaughan, who later deleted the Tweets, was criticised by ex-Pakistan batsman Rameez Raja.
‘Vaughan’s comments are highly irresponsible and I think he is just looking for cheap publicity to stay relevant on social media,’ Raja said.
‘Pakistan’s running has always been bad and we all know Mohammad Hafeez particularly isn’t great between the wickets. The team tends to panic whenever it’s under pressure and it is nothing new.’
An Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) source said: ‘After comments like that we couldn’t ignore it but we also had other reasons to look into it.’
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