Match fixers are still involved with PCB- Mohammad Asif
Image : Collected
|| CF Correspondent ||
Former Pakistani pace bowler Mohammad Asif said that match fixers are still working in the Pakistan Cricket Board.
‘’Players had been indulging in fixing before me [in 2010] and even after me. But those before me are working with PCB and there are few after me still playing. Everyone was given a second chance and there are few who never got the same treatment [as me]. PCB never tried to save me regardless of the fact that I am the kind of bowler who was highly regarded by everyone in the world. But anyway I’m not sitting around brooding about the past or hung up on it,” Asif, who was one of the best fast bowlers of Pakistan during the mid-2000s but had to end his career abruptly for his involvement in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal incident, was quoted in leading cricket website.
Asif said that he is not grumbling with the attitude of PCB as he takes pride in the performances he dished out in his limited career.
“But anyway I’m not sitting around brooding about the past or hung up on it. However much I played in my career, I made it count, duniya hila ke rakh di thi (I shook up the world). That is more important for me to think about. Even today, so many years later, the best batsmen in the world still remember me and they talk about me,’’ he said.
The 37-year-old, who also failed a dope test in 2006 and served a one year suspension for it, admitted that he “should have behaved better off the field”.
“That is where I had issues. I want to give the kids this message that when you cross the boundary line into the field, your ambition should be to do well for yourself and for your team.” “I was selfish as a bowler because I wanted to take wickets, and that was to help the team win. Being selfish isn’t bad if you’re playing your part for the team,” he said.
