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Ramiz
Raja S/o Raja Saleem Akhter
(Recorded
on 26th September, 1998)
I had made
my debut as cricketer in 1981 and continued to play for Pakistan till 1996-97.
Pakistan team over the years has always struggled to maintain discipline.
One of the major issues facing Pakistan was ball-tampering. The first incident
of ball tampering took place in 1993 and all the allegations of match-fixing
surfaced during the 1994 tour, whereas the bribery scandal came to light
when Australia toured Pakistan. Later on, Rashid Latif and Basit Ali resigned
while in South Africa. The only incident in my entire career where the
players accused each other of match-fixing took place in the 1994 tour
to Sri Lanka. Players like Basit Ali, Aaquib Javed, Rashid Latif, Aamir
Sohail and Saeed Anwar came to me and expressed their apprehension. During
the tour, Intikhab Alam, who was the manager, told me that there was something
wrong going on in the team.
