Pakistan great Shoaib Akhtar hit Asif with a bat, but did Afridi leak it?

Shoaib Akhtar hit Mohammad Asif with a bat, but did Shahid Afridi leak it Pakistan cricket

Shoaib Akhtar: “It’s unfortunate that the news (about hitting Asif with the bat) was leaked. Afridi confessed he didn’t say it. Maybe if I was there, we could have won the World Cup. Maybe. But Allah didn’t want this to happen”

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Ex-Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar admitted that it was “unfortunate that the news” about him hitting fellow seamer Mohammad Asif with a bat was leaked.

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Leaked ECB document portrays Pietersen as troublemaker

The dossier revealed that Pietersen wanted to return home if England found themselves 3-0 down in the last Ashes series

The dossier revealed that Pietersen wanted to return home if England found themselves 3-0 down in the last Ashes series

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Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been portrayed as a troublemaker in a leaked England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) document that was marked “strictly privileged and confidential”.

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‘I’m obviously disappointed’ that my testimony to the ICC was leaked, says Brendon McCullum

"How the leak happened, I'm not sure but I have confidence in them"

“How the leak happened, I’m not sure but I have confidence in them”

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New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has admitted that he was “disappointed” when he found out that his testimony to the International Cricket Council (ICC) about match-fixing was leaked to the media.

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‘The ICC considers any leak of any kind of information to be an extremely serious matter’, says David Richardson

"He is to be commended for his actions and we deeply regret that aspects of his statement are now in the public domain"

“He is to be commended for his actions and we deeply regret that aspects of his statement are now in the public domain”

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International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson has announced that the global cricketing body will “urgently investigate” how New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum’s testimony against match-fixing got leaked to the press.

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Cricketers need to report being approached immediately, says Iain O’Brien

"We need to talk about it, we need to realise how entrenched and how shadowy that this all is"

“We need to talk about it, we need to realise how entrenched and how shadowy that this all is”

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Former New Zealand pace bowler Iain O’Brien has announced that cricketers need to report being approached by illegal bookies immediately instead of waiting for months or years before working up the courage to do so.

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