Cricketer Khalid Latif, who is being investigated for his suspected involvement in a Pakistan Super League spot-fixing scandal, in a letter to a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official on Saturday agreed to appear before the body's Vigilance and Security Department (VSD) on May 2 ─ a meeting he has refused to attend in recent weeks.

Latif had earlier declined to attend the meeting, telling the PCB that he refused to appear before the anti-corruption panel as he was concerned about the fairness of the investigation.

In his latest letter, the cricketer in a turnaround agreed to attend the meeting, but expressed his concerns over the involvement of the PCB's VSD Senior General Manager Muhammad Azam Khan in the investigation, accusing Khan of "levelling false charges" against him and "misrepresenting facts".

"I hope that since I have no trust in you, you will not participate in my interview," Latif said in the letter addressed to Khan. "But if you do so, it will be a mala fide act on your part and I will participate under protest in my interview," he claimed.

Latif alleged that Khan had "twisted the facts" in a notice of demand issued to the cricketer on April 28 ordering him to appear before the vigilance board on May 2.

This is the second letter written by Latif this week. Earlier in the week, the batsman had written to the PCB saying he refused to appear before the anti-corruption panel as he was concerned about the fairness of the investigation.

However, the PCB on Saturday rejected Khalid Latif's letter calling it "frivolous, baseless, and false".

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