/ 13 June 2000

BANGLADESH DENY MATCH-FIXING

A BANGLADESH official on Monday denied any knowledge of alleged match-fixing during the 1999 World Cup in England. South African cricket chief Dr Ali Bacher told a government inquiry in Cape Town on Monday he had learned World Cup matches between Pakistan and Bangladesh and Pakistan and India had been fixed. Bangladesh beat Pakistan in the first round. “We do not know or believe it. We played our game and won the match against Pakistan,” said Syed Ashraful Huq, general secretary of Bangladesh Cricket Board. Bacher said he had been given the information by former Pakistan international player Majid Khan at last year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament.