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ICC asks PCB to present Qayyum report

The International Cricket Council has asked to the Pakistan Cricket Board to present the Qayyum Commission report on match-fixing at its specially-convened meeting in London next week.

According to a report in the Dawn, a Lahore-based newspaper, ICC president Jagmohan Dalmiya has written to the PCB to send its representative to the meeting with a copy of the Commission's findings.

The Dawn said: ''Instructions have come directly from ICC president Jagmohan Dalmiya, making it clear to them that their representative should bring the Justice Qayyum findings with him for submission and consideration.''

The report by Justice Malik Mohammad Qayyum, which looked into charges of match-fixing and betting in Pakistan cricket, was submitted to the Pakistan government last October, but its contents have not been made public and neither has the PCB or government acted on it.

Earlier this month Justice Qayyum had said that he is convinced some Pakistani players had been involved in match-fixing and is disappointed the the PCB has not acted on the report.

''I am convinced that some of the Pakistan players are involved in match-fixing. They deliberately threw a few games,'' Qayyum said.

''I have recommended several punitive actions against those players, including life bans.''

Qayyun said that Pakistan president Rafiq Tarar had ordered him not to probe into the World Cup final against Australia and another match against Bangladesh.

"I was told not to investigate any World Cup matches," he told The Sunday Telegraph.

Qayyum was about to start inquiries into the Group B match between Pakistan and the less-fancied Bangladesh when he received the president's written orders.

Pakistan lost by 62 runs to Bangladesh in the match played at Northampton, a result that surprised cricket fans.

Qayyum examined more than 75 witnesses in his two-year investi- gation before submitting his report to Pakistan president Rafiq Tarar, who is also patron of the PCB.

South African cricket chief Ali Bacher alleged last week that two matches in last year's World Cup had been fixed. His comments followed the sacking of South African captain Hansie Cronje, who admitted taking up to 15,000 dollars from a bookmaker in January.

Agencies