Yasir Hameed

Disowning the startling match-fixing accusations he has made, Yasir Hameed has claimed that he was tricked into giving the statements and later blackmailed.

Categorically denying that he gave an interview, Yasir Hameed claimed that the tabloid has offered him money and British passport for not denying the story.

The player, who made damning revelations about match-fixing involving the Pakistani team, was summoned to the country's High Commission in London today.

Merely disowning spot-fixing allegations he made against his Pak teammates would not be enough for Yasir Hameed as he could be questioned by ICC's ACSU for his statements.

The PCB clarified that it has not imposed any ban on Yasir Hameed from playing in the national T20 Championship.

Yasir Hameed scored a moral victory over British tabloid 'The News of the World', which implicated him in the spot-fixing scandal, after the UK Press Complaint Commission upheld his complaint against it.

Pakistan selectors are planning to recall some discarded batsmen, including Shoaib Malik, to strengthen the national team's batting line up.

Discarded Test batsman Yasir Hameed is eyeing a return to the Pakistan cricket team after having paid a fine and served a ban for a breach of code of conduct.

Pakistan's discarded Test batsman Yasir Hameed has sought an unconditional and public apology from the 'News of the World' newspaper for dragging his name into the spot-fixing scandals.

Pakistani pacer Umar Gul has tied the knot with a Dubai-based doctor during a ceremony attended by close friends and family, family sources said.

Within a few hours after saying that his teammates were involved in fixing "almost every match", Pakistan opener Yasir Hameed denied having given any such interview.

In a bizare incident, nearly 20 Pakistani cricketers including top names like Saeed Ajmal, Yasir Hameed and Imran Farhat have been left stranded in Uganda over payment dispute with a T20 league orgainser.

Test discard Yasir Hameed has apologised to PCB for being involved in an interview, in which he was shown talking about spot-fixing and match-fixing.

The Pakistan selectors are toying with the idea of sending just two specialist openers for the series. Vice-captain Salman Butt may miss out for the five One-dayers against India.

The Pakistan camp was rocked by the statement which said that a fourth Pakistani player, not named for legal reasons, was also under investigation.

Suspicion that the Australia-Pakistan Sydney Test could have been fixed is bound to get stronger with a newspaper splashing a picture of some Pakistani cricketers with alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed.

Coming hard at the suspended trio, one-day captain Shahid Afridi said they should be kept away from the dressing room in the best interest of the team.

Sohail said during Inzamam's tenure as captain, no batsman was allowed to settle down or groomed to take over when the big guns retired.

Yasir Hameed might have backtracked on allegations of match-fixing against his Pakistan teammates but the side's captain Shahid Afridi is still livid with the opener and has ridiculed him as being mentally a teenager.

The IPL chairman Lalit Modi said no Pakistani player would be put for auction in the second edition of the twenty20 extravaganza starting from April 10.