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Mark Waugh Statement recorded on 9th April,1995
1. On the Australian Tour of Pakistan in 1994 I attended a Presidential reception on the night before the One Day International at Rawalpindi. 2. I was standing with Shane Warne when I was approached by Salim Malik. 3. Malik said he wanted to talk to me about my arranging four or five Australian players to perform below their best and lose the game the next day in return for $US 200,000. He said he wanted to talk to me about it later. 4. Subsequently that same evening Malik spoke to me again. He said I could have the money at my hotel that night. 5. I thought about Malik’s offer and then told him I didn’t think it was a good idea. I told him Australians did not play their cricket that way, we play to win for our country all the time. Once I had said that Malik walked away. 6. After the game the following day (which Australia lost) I saw Malik very briefly. He laughed at me and said that I should have taken the money. AND I MAKE this solemn declaration
conscientiously believing it to be true.
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