Pakistan players to meet with PCB officials

Pakistan captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif will travel to London tomorrow to meet with Pakistan officials in the wake of match-fixing allegations.



Team manager Yawar Saeed made the announcement in the team hotel today and said Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ejaz Butt and the country's high commissioner will attend the meeting.



Saeed says the three players are expected to return to the squad.



British newspaper The News of the World reported Sunday that Pakistan's bowlers were paid to deliberately bowl no-balls on Thursday's opening day of the fourth test against England at Lord's. The three players and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal were implicated in the story.



Asif, Amir and Butt had their mobile phones confiscated by police, who also searched hotel rooms and questioned players late Saturday as part of an investigation also involving the International Cricket Council's (ICC), Anti-Corruption and Security Unit.



Pakistan's cricketers held a closed training session today, locked away from a media circus seeking to uncover if the players illegally fixed or manipulated matches.



Pakistani and ICC officials are due to meet to decide if the implicated players should be suspended from the two 20/20 games and five one-day internationals against England starting from Sunday.



England won the match by an innings and 225 runs to take the series 3-1.