April 10, 2008	Thursday	Rabi-us-Sani 3, 1429

KARACHI, April 9: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday said its anti-corruption officer has interviewed Pakistani cricketers Younis Khan, Danish Kaneria and Umar Gul to gain “specific information” in Lahore this week.

The ICC, however, did not comment on whether the officer had also quizzed banned fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar.

The ICC said in a statement that its officer spoke to three players to seek specific information on some issue on April 5 and 6. “The interviews took place in Lahore on 5th and 6th of April. The purpose of these interviews was to seek specific information,” the statement said.

”The ACSU has confirmed that the information was provided by the players,” it said.

The ICC also clarified the interviews were not in relation to any alleged breach of the ICC Code of Conduct.

The statement said as a matter of policy the ICC does not comment on the specific details of the ACSUs investigations.

Meanwhile according to information, ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit Officer Alan Peacock had come down to Lahore to talk to Shoaib after the pacer claimed in a television interview that he was offered bagful of money several times to fix or under-perform in matches.

Shoaib mentioned the incidents taking place in South Africa and India but the Pakistan Cricket Board and other officials said the fast bowler had not reported any such thing to them as required under the ICC Code of Conduct.

Any player failing to report an approach can be banned for minimum one year and maximum five years.

—Agencies