Hussey plays down Pakistan match fixing

Perth, Aug.31 (ANI): Australian batsman Mike Hussey has played down the latest allegations of match fixing against Pakistan, and does not believe the Sydney Test in January this year was fixed.

“They were certainly going very hard to get the wickets out there,” the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Hussey, as saying of the Pakistan players

He added: “I know they were going hard at me and they were certainly going very hard at Peter Siddle as well. I think they used the tactic of trying to get me off strike and Peter Siddle on strike.

“They were probably a little bit more defensive on the last day, but I didn’t think there was anything untoward going on, I just thought their tactic was to try to get Peter Siddle on strike and keep me off strike,” Hussey said.

Hussey scored a match-winning 134 after being dropped thrice, and now he says there was nothing untoward about the grassed catches.

“With those sort of catches they either go in or they don’t. I don’t think you can try to drop those,” Hussey said, adding that the cricketing world had to be careful not to make assumptions over the alleged match fixing of Pakistan.

“We have to be careful not to start making our own conclusions from things that are just alleged at this stage. But if the allegations are proved correct, then yeah, it’s definitely disappointing, very sad for the game of cricket,” Hussey said. (ANI)