Ijaz Butt has no intentions to step down

Sports

Ijaz Butt has no intentions to step down

Close

09 September,2010 09:43 pm

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt on Thursday made it clear that he had no intentions of stepping down even if the players under investigation for spot-fixing in England were found guilty in the investigations. Butt said the board was now taking number of steps to ensure similar incidents do not happen again. One of the immediately steps was that in future all players would have to appoint agents and business managers with the approval of the board. Butt said that Scotland Yard had not charged any of our players and he would like the suspended players to travel back to Pakistan within the next few days. Butt said Wahab Riaz will be interrogated by police on Tuesday in relation to match-fixing allegations. The PCB chairman admitted that during the police search of players rooms in the aftermath of the newspaper allegations, 2,500 pounds sterling ($3,850) were found in Salman Butts room and 1,500 pounds ($2,300) in Amirs room. But he said Salman Butt was paid the money by his agent as an advance for making an appearance at the opening of an ice cream parlour in England. Similarly Butt said that Amir had already declared that he had 1,500 pounds in his possession. Butt did not elaborate on the details of money which was found from Amirs room.