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Monday, January 03, 2011

Akmal co-operates with investigators

Kamran Akmal has co-operated fully with PCB's integrity committee in a bid to gain clearance to resume his international career.
Akmal, who along with Shoaib Malik and Danish Kaneria has been investigated over spot-fixing allegations, has confirmed he has presented full details regarding his movable and immovable properties, and activities other than cricket, to the PCB.

The 28-year-old told PakPassion.net: "Whatever the PCB integrity committee has asked for, I have provided them.

"I have co-operated fully with the committee and I have presented all of the documents that they had requested."

Akmal felt Thursday's meeting with the integrity committee was a cordial one and hoped he would now be able to continue his Pakistan career.

"The meeting was very cordial," he said. "Of course I can't go into full details of exactly what was discussed, but I hope now that this matter is behind me and that I can now be given approval to recommence my international career.

"I've always tried to give my best for my country and will continue to do so in future."

Despite not having been charged by the board, the trio have not played for their country since their summer tour of England and were left out of Pakistan's tour of the United Arab Emirates to play South Africa.

Akmal and Malik were also recently denied permission to play league cricket in Bangladesh, despite Mohammad Yousuf being allowed to play.

The PCB were supposed to announce their 30-man provisional squad for the World Cup on December 19, but asked the ICC for a later date and have been given until January 5.

The selection committee met yesterday but have agreed to reconvene on Tuesday due to the current lack of clarity regarding the availability of Akmal, Malik and Kaneria.