London: The tainted Pakistan trio allegedly involved in the 'spot-fixing' scandal is being questioned by the Scotland Yard police on Friday.
The three players - Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Test captain Salman Butt - were already questioned once prior to Friday's interrogation. Continue reading below
The players, who 'opted' to withdraw their names from the upcoming limited-over series as said by the country's envoy to United Kingdom Wajid Shamsul Hasan on Thursday, were banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) earlier on Friday.
The ICC was to explain the provisional suspensions and corruption charges hanging over them in a press conference at the "home of cricket", Lord's, in north London. The sanctions have infuriated the Pakistani authorities, with the ambassador blasting their actions as premature.
The High Commissioner said on Friday the ICC had "no business" to suspend them while the police investigation was ongoing. The trio was summoned at the embassy on Thursday for a meeting with Hasan and Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt.
Afterwards, Hasan declared they were not guilty of "spot-fixing", adding he thought they might have been set up by a British newspaper sting. "I met the cricketers for two hours, cross-questioned them, got to the bottom of it and concluded that they were innocent," Hasan told BBC radio.
(With inputs from AFP)
