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Wajid vouches for players’ innocence
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LONDON: Pakistan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Wajid Shamsul Hasan has said the three Pakistani cricketers at the centre of alleged betting scam will defend their innocence as they considered themselves innocents. Speaking to the media outside the Pakistan Mission in Central London on Tuesday following his meeting with Salman Butt, Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Aamer, he said the players will stay in the UK until all the investigations were completed.
Reading out a statement on behalf of the players he said: "The players are extremely disturbed at what has happened in the past one week especially with regard to their alleged involvement in the scam. They mentioned they are entirely innocent of the whole episode and will defend their innocence as such. They further maintained that on account of mental torture which has deeply affected them they are not in the right frame of mind to play in the remaining matches, therefore, they have informed PCB not to consider them for the rest of the tour." -Reuters
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