Karachi: Former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq on Wednesday revealed that seamer Mohammad Amir confessed to spot-fixing after getting slapped by then skipper Shahid Afridi. Razzaq also said that Salman Butt was involved in corruption much before Pakistans infamous tour of England in 2010.
"He (Afridi) told me to leave the room but after a while I heard the sound of a slap and then Amir told the whole truth," Razzaq said in an interview.
Razzaq blamed the then Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) regime for bringing bad name to the sport in the country.
"I thought instead of going to the ICC to prove its efficiency, the PCB should have instead directly taken the three players to task despite their denials and sent them back home on some pretext. They should have banned them for a year or so. In the end by not doing this, the PCB spoilt the image of Pakistan cricket worldwide."
In 2011, Butt, Amir and Muhammad Asif were banned for a minimum of five years by the ICC's anti-corruption tribunal after they were first suspended in September 2010 for their role in match-fixing.