Published>Sun, Sep 26 10 12:08 PM
Lahore, Sep 26 (ANI): Pakistan cricket team manager Yawar Saeed has stated that while negative issues related to Pakistan cricket are always blown out of proportion, the positives are never highlighted by anyone.
"There are people who are always trying to run down Pakistan cricket and our players, and blow things out of proportion, like it happened in England. No charge has been proved against our players, still they were deemed criminals and that is sad," the Daily Times quoted Yawar, as saying.
Admitting that the team had very few friends in the international cricket community, he rued, "No one wants to highlight the positives about Pakistan cricket."
Refusing to comment upon the spot-fixing allegations against Pakistani players- captain Salman Butt and pacers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif, he said, "If the charges against these three are proved, strictest possible action should be taken. But till then they remain innocent."
He expressed helplessness that he "couldn't do anything about Scotland Yard inspecting the players' rooms or questioning them. That was all legal. But I wouldn't like to state here the things I did to make life easier for the players."
"As regards the ball-tampering charges, they were baseless and neither the umpires nor the match referee told me anything of that sort," he added.
A British tabloid carried photographs of Akhtar tampering with the ball during the final One Day International against England in Southampton.
Admitting that the England tour was one of the toughest in his career, Yawar said that the players had shown lot of character. "I think all of us learnt from this tour, no doubt about that." (ANI)
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