"The ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) not only
wants an unconditional apology from Butt but also financial compensation for
(damaging the reputation of) its players," the source said on Saturday.
"The letter states that the PCB should also compensate
the ECB for the damages it suffered during the ODI series after Butt's
remarks." The source added that the PCB Chairman was adamant he would not
apologize for his remarks - in which he said there had been "loud and
clear talk in bookies' circles that some English players were paid enormous
amounts of money to lose (the third one-dayer) — and told his legal advisors
the PCB would not pay any compensation to the ECB.
Butt made the allegations after the International Cricket
Council said it was investigating the third ODI for suspicious "scoring
patterns" by the Pakistan team.
PCB media manager Nadeem Sarwar told the "Jang"
newspaper that there was no question of Butt apologising because he had not
accused the English players of match fixing.
"Everyone should listen carefully to what the chairman
said in his interview he never directly accused anyone of match fixing,"
Sarwar said.
The ECB could not be reached for comment.
Pakistan test captain Salman Butt and his teammates Mohammad
Amir and Mohammad Asif had been suspended after an investigation into a
newspaper report that they had arranged for no-balls to be deliberately
delivered in the fourth test at Lord's.
