Ijaz Butt, chairman of Pakistan Cricket

Build withdrew his comments on Wednesday after a meeting with Giles Clarke, chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, and interviews with lawyers for the PCB in London.
Daily Telegraph - The ECB and the English team threatened to take legal action against Butt least he apologized for the comments almost canceling the last two one-day international between England and Pakistan cause.

Butt said in a carefully worded statement: "I am personally and on behalf of the Pakistan Cricket Board's comments that I made for England and Wales Cricket Board and each of the English players go who played in the NatWest One Day International at Brit Insurance Oval Vrydag 17 September.

"It is unfortunate that a misunderstanding arising from my observations. I want to make it clear that the statements I made that I never intended to regulate the conduct and integrity to challenge players in England and the ECB or to suggest that one of them was involved in corrupt practices or conspiracy against Pakistan cricket.

"In particular, I'd say I have never seen any evidence of misconduct by any player in England or the ECB at any time. I am deeply and sincerely regret that my statements were interpreted in doubt about the reputation of the players of England and the ECB and the hope that the withdrawal of public draws a line under the matter. "

The apology was accepted by the ECB and the players, while Clarke confirmed that he will continue in his role as chairman of the ICC task force in Pakistan.

degrading Climbdown Butt followed 10 days of intense political pressure from both the ECB and the International Cricket Council.

Build filed the complaint to the ICC has launched an inquiry into place fixing by Pakistan during a one-day international at the Oval after a tip-off from the sun. Build responded by saying an Indian TV station "talking loudly in the media that some bookmakers English players are paid large sums of money to lose. No wonder there was total collapse of the England side."

His comments were seen as an effort to criticizing the PCB to bend in Pakistan.

Salman Butt, one of the cricketers in Pakistan three charged with offenses related to corruption trial of the Lord, through a formal appeal against his provisional suspension.

Clarke was also chairman of a meeting of the ECB full board, which created a working group of the structure of county cricket to address. They hoped the ECB would bridge the gap between the provinces, large and small over the future direction of the Twenty20 cricket bridge, but the impasse has forced a postponement of whether the number of matches to be limited to the next council meeting on 17 November

A working group chaired by David Collier, chief executive of the ECB, will try to solve the problem of maintaining two different groups happy to solve. Ground Test counties want a reduction in the number of Twenty20 matches, but opposed by smaller countries who rely on gate revenue from the games.

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