There’s no way to stop spot-fixing: Imran

Imran said that in 1994 when the match fixing accusations first broke out in Pakistan,he had gone to the PCB office and told the officials to take exemplary action against the players alleged to have indulged in match-fixing. “I told them this is the time to root out this disease. I think that perhaps if at that time the board had taken decisive action we would never have seen this problem again,” he said.

He also recalled how in 1988 during a tournament in Sharjah,a bookie had called him up late night and informed him that four of his players would underperform in next day’s final. “I just went out next day and warned the team I was keeping a close watch on them and if I even suspected someone had not given his best he would not only never play for Pakistan again but be put behind bars,” he said.