Akhtar blames low pay for fixing

  

"Some ar corrupt, however some cricketers ar became criminals by the system," he said.

Former South African captain Cronje, World Health Organization died in 2002, was prohibited from the sport for all times in October 2000, six months when national capital police defendant him of taking cash from a bookmaker throughout his team's Indian tour that year.
"We (in Pakistan) haven't got abundant cash in cricket. I wasn't taking part in for Asian nation you recognize. i used to be associate elite star, still when taking part in for fourteen years I solely created seven-eight large integer rupees ($1.35-1.54 million)," aforesaid Akhtar.
Akhtar, whose career was marked by allegations of misuse and ball-tampering, bagged 178 wickets in forty six Tests and 247 in 163 one-day internationals between 1997 and 2011.
"I was cleared on all drug charges," he said.

Three Pakistani stars -- take a look at captain Salman Butt and pacemen Mahound Aamer and Mahound Asif -- were imprisoned last year when being found guilty of spot-fixing throughout the 2010 Lord's take a look at against England.
It was the primary time international cricketers were handed  jail sentences, a scandal delineate by then-ICC chief government Haroon Lorgat because the worst corruption case since the Hansie Cronje episode.

Controversial former Pakistani quick bowler Shoaib Akhtar aforesaid on Friday the cricketers ar being tempted into fixing matches as a result of they're underpaid by their board.
"Fixing happens in our culture as a result of there is less cash, there ar even lesser opportunities. Cricketers put-upon by their boards come back (to the team) to mint cash," Akhtar, 37, told the Headlines these days news channel."In 2008, I had no cash to even obtain a automotive. I had to borrow cash from a devotee. I handled it, others go wide."
"Your friends ditch you, (the cricket) board does not back you. all of them run you down. thus once you come back you think that 'let Maine teach them a lesson'. Some ar corrupt, however some cricketers ar became criminals by the system."