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Pakistan Cricket: 'I will reveal everything...', Pakistan's former captain will reveal all the secrets, will the dark truth come out?

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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has promised to 'reveal everything' in his biography about the match-fixing scandal that rocked Pakistan and world cricket in the 1990s. He said that his autobiography would open everyone's eyes.

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Latif will reveal all the secrets in his book.
Latif, who exposed Pakistan's dressing room corruption, said that he has started working on the biography. Latif told Geo TV, 'I can assure you that I will reveal everything and the book will open everyone's eyes.' This is the first time Latif has talked about releasing his autobiography since retiring in 2004.

Latif retired in 1994
Latif, considered one of the best wicketkeepers in Pakistan cricket history, first drew attention to the match-fixing corruption scandal in 1994, when he and Basit Ali announced their retirement during the South Africa tour. He had insisted that they could not continue playing in the current dressing room environment.

Pakistani players were involved in 'match-fixing'!

Latif explained how some players were allegedly involved in losing matches and how they were asked to 'do as they were told'. This led to a long scandal in Pakistan cricket until 2000/2001 when Justice Qayyum's judicial inquiry into the match-fixing allegations recommended a life ban on Salim Malik and fines on Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Mushtaq Ahmed, among others for not cooperating with the investigation.

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The fast bowler had given false testimony in the investigation.
Fast bowler Ata-ur-Rehman was also banned for life for giving false testimony in the investigation. Even after the Justice Qayyum inquiry released its report, the threat of corruption continued to haunt Pakistan cricket in the years to come. Danish Kaneria, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamir, Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif and some other players were either banned or fined for their role in the spot-fixing scandal.

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