Overview
- Razzaq claims a London friend repairing agent Mazhar Majeed’s phone found messages outlining spot-fixing plans with three Pakistan players.
- He says he alerted Shahid Afridi, who then confronted 18-year-old Mohammad Amir, struck him after denials, and heard an admission of involvement.
- Razzaq contends some senior players urged immediate disciplinary action to send the trio home, criticizing the PCB and team management for a slow response.
- The 2010 scheme involved pre-arranged no-balls by Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif under captain Salman Butt and was exposed by a News of the World sting.
- Butt, Asif and Amir received ICC bans and later UK jail terms, with Butt and Asif never returning to Pakistan duty while Amir resumed internationals in 2016 and played through the 2024 T20 World Cup.