CALCUTTA, JULY 25: The International Cricket Council (ICC) will adopt a wait and watch policy over the latest match-fixing and betting charges against senior Pakistan cricketers by an internal enquiry conducted by The Pakistan Cricket Board.``It is an internal enquiry and the ICC does not wish to comment on it right now. We are not aware of the details till now. We will wait and watch,'' the ICC president, Jagmohan Dalmiya said today.Dalmiya said that the ICC would wait for the Pakistan Cricket Board to submit its report on the findings by the Ehtesab (accountability) Bureau of Pakistan.The Ehtesab Bureau of Pakistan had yesterday ordered framing of charges against its cricket captain Wasim Akram and seven other senior players for match-fixing and betting.Akram and his seven team members were found guilty of match fixing and betting charges in an internal enquiry conducted by PCB and the bureau would start the official procedure of framing charges against these players. The other players named bythe PCB were Salim Malik, Ijaz Ahmed, Moin Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mushtaq Ahmed, Waqar Younis and Saqlain Mushtaq.``As far as the ICC is concerned, a one-man judicial commission in Pakistan is looking into the allegations and we have been assured that the commission's report would be submitted to ICC soon,'' Dalmiya said.Dalmiya said that the ICC had set up its own code of conduct commission to look into match-fixing allegations in cricket and it would review the internal enquiries of various cricket boards.The ICC had set up a nine-member code of conduct commission with Lord Griffiths as the chairman on April 30 this year and the detailed terms of reference of the commission had been approved by the member countries. The commission comprised one nominee from each Test nation.Wasim Akram heading homeLONDON: Pakistan captain Wasim Akram today refuted claims of match-fixing. Akram, commenting on the second Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's, said: ``It is a long story. I thinkwhat has happened is that in Pakistan sport has a lot to do with politics and this is more political than anything else. I am going to go back next week to sort this out.''``It is getting too much. They are ruining Pakistan cricket and the youngsters in Pakistan are scared of losing now. You won't be able to win in future.''Akram was also critical of the press for fuelling rumours.``I don't know what they are doing to their own team. I don't believe what is happening. The press in Pakistan can do anything they want. You can sue them but it takes about 100 years to sort the case out.''``They write what they want to write, whatever will sell they write, so the press and media in Pakistan have a big hand in this campaign.''``The problem in Pakistan is that everybody gambles, rich guy, poor guy, lawyer, they all gamble and when they lose they have to blame someone so they blame the Pakistan team.''A judicial inquiry in Pakistan is investigating allegations that players were involved in riggingmatches and Akram said he planned to return home next week to ``sort this out''.
