I was also asked to fix matches: Aaqib Javed

Former pacer Aaqib Javed has once against jolted pillars of Pakistan cricket by opening another fixing scam.

According to local media, the 47-year-old has claimed that players were offered lavish cars and millions of rupees in return for fixing matches.

“Lavish cars and millions of rupees were handed over to a cricketer,” claimed Javed. “I was also asked to fix matches and was told that if I did not comply, my career would be finished.”

The pacer, who represented Pakistan in 22 Tests and 163 One-day-internationals, claimed that bookies approach players through former cricketer Saleem Pervez.

“Players were approached with match-fixing offers through a former cricketer named Saleem Pervez,” Javed said about Pervez, who played his only ODI against West Indies in 1980 and passed away in April 2013.