Tainted Pakistan Cricketer Saleem Malik Admits To Match-Fixing, Offers Unconditional Cooperation To PCB, ICC

Tainted Pakistan cricketer Saleem Malik has issued an apology over match-fixing after long 19 years. The former Pakistan skipper also insisted that he was ready to reveal all the secrets linked to match-fixing due to which he was banned for life.

Saleem Malik was found guilty of match-fixing and was banned for life after a judicial inquiry in 2000 in one of the most high-profile corruption cases in the game. Former Australian cricketers Shane Warne, Mark Waugh and Tim May had accused him of offering them bribes to underperform during their tour of Pakistan in 1994-95.

“I am very sorry for what I had done 19 years ago. I am ready to extend unconditional cooperation to the International Cricket Council and the Pakistan Cricket Board in this regard,” Saleem Malik said in a video message.

Appealing the authorities to treat him the same way they have treated some of the other tainted Pakistani players like Mohammad Amir, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, Salim Malik asked for forgiveness.

The World Cup-winner said under the human rights laws, he also deserved that his case be considered on humanitarian grounds as he had suffered a lot due to the mistake he committed long ago and spent 19 years of life in wilderness being away from the game.

“I did not do anything other than playing cricket which I started at the age of eight. I have played this game throughout my life, this is my bread and butter. Therefore, I appeal that under the laws of human rights I like other players [found guilty of fixing] be treated,” he said.

“Whatever [relevant] laws of the ICC and PCB are there, I am ready to fully cooperate with them.

“Mohammad Amir, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Sharjeel Khan have been playing but I have been ignored and not considered to become a coach of players,” added Saleem Malik.

Former Pakistan Captain Salim Malik has apologized for match fixing after 18 years pic.twitter.com/sRy3bcswhc

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Saleem Malik represented Pakistan in 103 Tests and 283 One-day Internationals in a career that stretched from 1982 to 1999. He was part of Pakistan’s squad that won the 1992 World Cup.

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