Statement from Tim May (9 January 1999)

9 January 1999

Statement from Tim May

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The following is excerpted from a statutory declararion originally completed by Tim May on 9 April 1995 and tendered in Melbourne today before the Lahore High Court special hearing. One word has been edited due to its coarse nature:

"On the 1994 Australian tour of Pakistan I roomed with Shane Warne during the first Test in Karachi. On the night before the last day of the Test, Shane received a telephone call from a Pakistani player. He then told me he was going to see Salim Malik.

Shane returned to our room after about 10 minutes and said to me: "You're not going to believe this" and then told me we had been offered $ US 200,000 each not to bowl well the following day. I asked Shane if he had told the rat to get f****d.

We both agreed it was not the right thing to do and Shane rang Malik that night to tell him we were not interested.

I have never spoken to Malik about the issue.

Later on the tour in Rawalpindi I was at a BBQ. Warney said to me: "It's happened again" and then told me about the approach made to him and Mark Waugh by Malik at the Presidential reception earlier that night."

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