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 | | Tuesday, 6 November, 2001, 12:46 GMT Bacher urged to give evidence  Bacher has yet to respond to the commission's request Former South African cricket chief Dr Ali Bacher has been asked to be a witness in Pakistan's latest match-fixing inquiry. Mr Justice Karamat Bhandari is investigating claims that the team's defeats by Bangladesh and India during the 1999 World Cup in England were due to match-fixing. The allegations surfaced last year when Bacher told the King Commission in Cape Town that Majid Khan, a former chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board, had informed him that the two matches were fixed. Majid has repeated his allegations to the Khandari inquiry and his view was supported by former fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz. Current captain Waqar Younis and teammates Saeed Anwar, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Moin Khan have all insisted, however, that the two games were properly contested. Akram yet to testify Bacher stepped down as head of the United Cricket Board of South Africa in January to concentrate on his role as chief organiser of the 2003 World Cup. He has been sent a letter on behalf of Justice Bhandari asking him to provide the inquiry with any relevant information. "Dr Bacher is a very important figure in this inquiry," commission registrar Kzaim Ali Malik told the Reuters News Agency.
"The commission would like to hear from him personally, but so far we have not received any answer to our letter. "What the commission wants is to hear Dr Bacher so it is in a better position to reach a conclusion." All-rounder Wasim Akram, who was Pakistan skipper during the World Cup, and spin bowlers Mushtaq Ahmed and Saqlain Mushtaq are due to give evidence before the inquiry is wound up. Akram has already insisted his conscience is clear. He told BBC Sport Online last month that he was confident the allegations would be found to be "baseless". Life bans He added: ""We lost the World Cup games to teams who were better on that day. "South Africa, one of the best teams, also lost to Zimbabwe but no one raised a finger about that. One-day cricket is circus where the team playing good on that day emerges the winner. "It's not like Test cricket when well-prepared teams can bounce back and make amends for first innings failure. You play bad on that day and you lose, it's as simple as that." The current inquiry is the second to be conducted at the behest of the Pakistan Cricket Board. Former skipper Salim Malik and seam bowler Ata-ur-Rehman were banned for life after the first, conducted by Mr Justice Qayyum. He also recommended fines for Akram, Younis, Mushtaq Ahmed, Anwar and Haq for failing to co-operate fully. | |
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