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TAUNTON, England - The three Pakistan cricketers at the centre of a betting scandal have been released from the squad for the remainder of the tour of England, team manager Yawar Saeed said Thursday.
Speaking to reporters ahead of Pakistan's one-day game against Somerset, Saeed said Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif had been dropped from the two upcoming Twenty-Twenty games.
Pakistan would also seek replacements for the five one-day limited overs games against England, Saeed added, denying the trio had been suspended.
"The T20 squad will remain what it is here this morning, that is: 13 people," Saeed said. "When we play the one-day internationals we will be asking for replacements to make the squad up to 16.
"The (three) players have not been suspended."
Butt, Aamer and Asif were named in a report by Britain's News of the World tabloid, which alleged the players conspired to arrange for deliberate no-balls to be bowled at precise points in last week's Test match against England.
- AFP/ir
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