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I had access to Yuvraj and Bhajji, claims Mazhar Majeed LONDON: Mazhar Majeed, the Pakistani players agent at the heart of the spot-fixing scandal, bragged to the undercover reporter, Mazhar Mahmood of the now defunct tabloid News of the World, that he had access to Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh. Majeed also dropped the names of West Indies Chris Gayle and Australias Ricky Ponting and Brett Lee. He did not elaborate on what he meant by this. Mahmood had recorded this conversation, which was re-played on the fourth day of the trial of Pakistani cricketers in the Southwark Crown Court. Majeed was also heard describing the former IPL commissioner, Lalit Modi, as a good friend. In the tapes heard in the court on Monday, Majeed has described Mike Gatting, Phil Tufnell, Geoffrey Boycott and Imran Khan as good friends. In this series of name-dropping, Majeed has also mentioned a discussion with Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt about setting up a Twenty20 tournament in Pakistan. Mahmood, the undercover journalist who carried out the sting operation that resulted in spot-fixing charges being levelled at three Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, gave evidence as a prosecution witness. He described in detail and played tapes of his encounters with Majeed. Back |
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