Pakistan’s performance during their disastrous tour of Australia

Pakistan series loss to Australia under investigation

Pakistan’s performance during their disastrous tour of Australia is being investigated by the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit.
A leaked tape is said to show tour officials saying the defeat in the second Test was not just poor play.
Lord Paul Condon, chairman of the unit said: “We are satisfied that was a totally dysfunctional tour.”
Pakistan lost every match on tour – three Tests, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 contest.
Australia won by 36 runs in the Sydney Test despite conceding a 206-run first-innings deficit.
The whitewash prompted the Pakistan Cricket Board to hold its own investigation.
We exist to pursue rigorously the policy of zero tolerance on corruption. We cannot be complacent and I will not be
Sir Ronnie Flanagan
The board banned former captain Younus Khan and Australia tour captain Mohammad Yousuf for an indefinite period, while former captain Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan were banned for one year and fined heavily.
Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi and Umar Akmal were also fined heavily.
But the PCB said there had been no “match-fixing” and that the players had been banned and fined for “infighting and breach of discipline”.
Lord Condon, chairman of the ICC’s anti-corruption and security unit (ACSU), told a press conference at Lord’s on Thursday: “That has been an ongoing investigation since the time.
“It is a match and series that worried us, we spent a lot of time talking to the players and PCB. The challenge is finding where is the solid fact.
Shoaib Malik
Former Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik was banned for one year
“What you have there is a lot of strife within the team and Pakistan politics with rivals camps making allegations.
“The dysfunctionality in the dressing room led to players not performing well, to maybe players potentially underperforming deliberately.”
Condon has spent 10 years in the role and will hand over to Sir Ronnie Flanagan, the former Northern Ireland police chief, when he retires at the end of June.
“My personal message is that if anyone is thinking about fixing, we will find them and deal with them,” Flanagan said.
“My message is to forget about it. We exist to pursue rigorously the policy of zero tolerance on corruption. We cannot be complacent and I will not be.”