11-15-2010, 06:09 PM
Zulqarnain Haider, Pakistan's wicketkeeper, will give the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit useful evidence when they interview him again this week, following his flight from Dubai last week. Haider, who fled to London last Monday, following death threats when he refused to fix two matches against South Africa, will name the coach who he claims forced him to stand down from the captaincy of Lahore Eagles for their 50-over match against National Bank of Pakistan on March 28 2009, which ended in one of the most astonishing results ever recorded.
Lahore Eagles scored 122 from 40.3 overs. NBP, who had to win convincingly to improve their net run-rate to qualify for the semi-finals of the Royal Bank of Scotland Cup, replied with 123 for no wicket off 6.1 overs. Salman Butt, the suspended Pakistan captain, scored an unbeaten 92 off 25 balls. Kamran Akmal was the NBP captain, and Wahab Riaz and Mohammed Amir were also in the winning team.
Haider recalled the incident in his uncertain English: “One night before – I was captain for my team – they gave the captaincy to another player and said 'you are not able to do captaincy’.”
Lahore Eagles scored 122 from 40.3 overs. NBP, who had to win convincingly to improve their net run-rate to qualify for the semi-finals of the Royal Bank of Scotland Cup, replied with 123 for no wicket off 6.1 overs. Salman Butt, the suspended Pakistan captain, scored an unbeaten 92 off 25 balls. Kamran Akmal was the NBP captain, and Wahab Riaz and Mohammed Amir were also in the winning team.
Haider recalled the incident in his uncertain English: “One night before – I was captain for my team – they gave the captaincy to another player and said 'you are not able to do captaincy’.”