Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ejaz Butt will not apologize or pay any compensation for alleging that England players were engaged in match-fixing, an official source close to the chief said. “The ECB not only wants an unconditional apology from Butt but also financial compensation for (damaging the reputation of) its players,” the source said 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 the PCB Chief 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 ICC said it was investigating the third ODI for suspicious “scoring patterns”.
