ACB agrees to have Warne, Waugh re-examined (17 December 1998)

17 December 1998

ACB agrees to have Warne, Waugh re-examined

By Our Reporter

LAHORE, Dec 16: In response to summons issued by the Inquiry Commission for re-examination of Mark Waugh and Shane Warne, the Australian Cricket Board has expressed its willingness to participate in the proceedings.

The PCB legal advisor Ali Sabtain Fazli said that ACB counsel Brian Ward informed him on telephone that besides the players the ACB's present and former presidents were ready to appear before the commission. Mr Fazli said that Shane Warne has agreed to come to Pakistan and Mark Waugh was expected to follow suit.

The ACB suggested three options to the PCB for holding the proceedings. It said that either video arrangements could be made whereby the commission could examine the Australians while staying in Pakistan or that the commission could travel to Australia at the ACB expenses or the Australians would come to Pakistan.

The commission consisting of Justice Malik Muhammad Qayyum on Wednesday directed the PCB legal advisor to inform it on Saturday about the possibility of conducting proceedings through satellite connection.

If this did not work out, it said that commission's registrar Abdul Salam Khawar, accompanied by the PCB legal advisor, would go to Australia and record the statements there.

The PCB said that negotiations have been started with an International company TWI for the possibility of proceedings through satellite.

A medical certificate was submitted on the behalf of batsman Aamir Sohail who was supposed to record his statement before the commission.

The commission noted that it was the second occasion that the cricketer did not come to the court. It warned Mr Aamir Sohail to ensure his attendance on the next date of hearing.

Source :: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)