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No plan to summon umpires: PCB

Dunya News

The spokesperson said board would deliberate what steps should be taken before summoning umpires.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesperson said on Tuesday that the board was not planning on summoning the two umpires implicated in the match-fixing allegations made by an Indian television channel as yet, saying that it is a “sensitive matter”.Footage screened on India TV on Monday appeared to show umpires from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka negotiating deals with under-cover reporters to spot-fix matches.PCB’s General Manager Media said that the board will deliberate what steps should be taken before summoning umpires Nadeem Ghauri and Anees Siddiqui.