Date:10/04/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/04/10/stories/2008041060492200.htm

Sport - Cricket

Younis furious at being questioned

Karachi: Chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed had to pacifiy an “upset” Younis Khan and convince him to take the field in the first one-dayer against Bangladesh as the batsman was furious after being questioned by an ICC investigating officer just ahead of the match.

Khan had refused to take part in the ODI in Lahore after Alan Peacock of the ICC’s anti-corruption questioned Khan in connection with Shoaib Akhtar’s claims that he was offered money several times to underperform. “Younis was very upset that manager Talat Ali had allowed the investigator to question him before an international match,” sources close to the batsman said. — PTI