LAHORE: Following the assertion of former Australian Test cricketer Dean Jones, former Pakistan Test opener Sadiq Mohammad has also claimed there was nothing wrong with the dot balls played by Sharjeel Khan during the opening match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

Sharjeel is under a spot-fixing investigation revolving around the two dot balls he played during the curtain-raiser of the second edition of the country’s glitzy T20 league between Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi in Dubai in February.

Appearing as a second witness — after Jones — in front of a three-member tribunal of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Sadiq said that the Pakistan opener played the balls purely on merit. A third expert, former Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf will also record his statement as Sharjeel’s witness.

Published in Dawn, May 26th, 2017

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