KARACHI, Oct 17: Lahore High Court Wednesday disposed off a petition against former coach Javed Miandad on grounds of a written statement by the defendant, court sources said.

“In the language of the court, the petition was disposed off. There were two reasons for that,” Pakistan Cricket Board’s legal advisor Asghar Haider told SADA.

“One, Miandad told the court that he had categorically denied saying anything on match-fixing and submitted a written statement,” Haider, defending Miandad, said.

Miandad had reportedly alleged that the Pakistan team “threw matches” to lose a one-day series against New Zealand in March-April this year. Miandad later retracted his statement saying that he had been misquoted by the media.

The petitioner’s lawyer Rafiq Bajwa told SADA that Miandad on oath had denied the statement on match-fixing.

“Since Miandad has denied the statement we do not want to proceed with the case but Miandad had apologized to the court and had given an assurance that he would not give any statement on match-fixing in the future,” he said.—SADA