Former coach Lawson bats for Pak players
SYDNEY: Former coach of Pakistan cricket team, Geoff Lawson, has come to the defence of tainted Pakistani players being accused of match fixing during the ongoing Test series in England. Geoff Lawson has made some startling revelations from times when he used to coach the embattled side. Lawson feels that even if match fixing happened, it might have nothing to do with money. He claimed that during his tenure as the Pak coach, he came across fixing which was actually based on threats issued by bookies. He is adamant that family members can be kidnapped or harmed if Pakistani players don”t co operate with bookmakers. The former Australian cricketer said that the players and their families were threatened with dire consequences if they did not play a particular way. As the ICC considers standing down players at the centre of the spot fixing scandal, Lawson believes there’’s much more at stake than just money. Lawson recalls one situation where he was being forced to pick a player because a selector’’s daughter was in danger. He says he was told unless he included the player, the girl would be kidnapped and never seen again. Lawson says the tense situation was only sorted once the Pakistan President called in his security forces to track down the kidnappers.
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Former coach Lawson bats for Pak players
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