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KARACHI. — All-rounder Shahid Afridi yesterday urged Pakistan to savour their one-day and Twenty20 wins over the West Indies and forget allegations of fixing. Pakistan beat the West Indies 3-1 in the five-match one-day series, and clinched both the Twenty20s on the tour which finished on Sunday.
But the wins were clouded by controversy after British newspaper The Mail on Sunday claimed the one-day matches could be investigated by the sport’s international anti-corruption unit.

Asked about the claims, Afridi said: “I don’t know about any allegations, but I would say ‘Savour the win when you have done well and forget any other thing’.”

Team manager Naveed Cheema denied the allegations.
“These are baseless allegations and anyone can investigate,” said Cheema. “The discipline of the players was exemplary and that showed on the results.”

Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal also urged people to give Pakistan credit.
“Sometimes they must appreciate us,” he said. “Why people take our wins lightly and allege strongly is unfathomable.”
Pakistani cricket has an unenviable history of corruption and fixing. Three international players served jail terms in England for arranging no-balls to order during the Lord’s Test of 2010. — AFP.