If you look at the careers of players in the 90s, you get fights, backbiting, match-fixing, lobbying, they were very talented but their talent took them away from discipline, they were not the right ambassadors of the game: Ex-captain


Lahore (Urdu Point latest newspaper. May 31, 2023) Former Pakistan captain Muhammad Hafeez believes that the roots of the spot-fixing scandal in 2010 were not properly dealt with, due to which Pakistan cricket suffered serious damage. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Kirkweek, Mohammad Hafeez said that the 2010 incident was not the first case of fixing, pointing to the fixing scandals that rocked Pakistan cricket in the 90s. was placed.

The trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were banned from cricket after their role in spot-fixing during the Lord's Test during Pakistan's tour of England in 2010. Muhammad Hafeez said that "the incident that happened in 2010, it is not the first time, the roots of this incident are very old, unfortunately they have never been paid attention to."

Unfortunately, our system and the public have forgotten this, if you forget these incidents, they will keep happening again and again, and each time the outcome gets worse.

Mohammad Hafeez also pointed to the match-fixing scandals in Pakistan cricket in the 90s during the era of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and other big names and added that not enough steps have been taken to eradicate the problem completely. He said, "The reason we remember this incident in 2010 is because there was an era in which all kinds of things were done by players from the 90s era.

Many of our famous players [of the 90s era], if you look at their careers, they consider themselves the cricketing greats that they are and we respect them, I appreciate all their services. Yes, but they have also damaged our cricket. Mohammad Hafeez said, "If you look at his career, you get fights, backbiting, match fixing, lobbying that drove our fans away from us and it all started from this era. 

He was extremely talented. But his talent made him undisciplined and not a true ambassador for the game.
Muhammad Hafeez said, "He did not present the best image of Pakistan. He did not leave a good legacy for us to follow. If you compare his talent and achievements, you will not get much. In 1992 After winning the World Cup, what big thing have they achieved? Those roots started somewhere else and 2010 is the big version of that."