Afridi ready to testify before ICC tribunal

Pakistan's limited-overs captain, Shahid Afridi, has said he is ready to testify before the ICC tribunal hearing the case of the three Pakistan players who have been provisionally suspended by the ICC for their alleged involvement in the spot-fixing controversy. Afridi had already spoken to the ICC ahead of its decision against Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt.

"I have already said what I had to say and what I saw," Afridi told Pakistani daily Jang. "I could not have lied before the ICC because they already had enough information about the case. I have a clean conscience ... I was asked about Mazhar Majeed [the central figure in the controversy] and his brother Azhar so whatever I knew I told the ICC."

The ICC's tribunal is set to hear the case in Doha from January 6-11, before delivering the final verdict on the trio's future. They have been suspended from the game since the time the controversy first erupted, after the News of the World released a sting video in which Majeed allegedly claimed to have bribed the Pakistan trio to bowl pre-planned no-balls in the final Test against England at Lord's.

Waqar Younis, Pakistan's coach during the England tour, is also set to testify along with Afridi in Doha.