KARACHI: Pakistani officials submitted a report Monday into former wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider's dramatic escape to London, abandoning his team ahead of a match with South Africa, the cricket board said. The 24-year-old fled the team hotel in Dubai on the morning of the fifth and final one-day against South Africa on Nov. 8, claiming he received death threats from unknown persons to influence the results of matches. After flying into London, Haider retired from international cricket and sought asylum in Britain. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) terminated his contract and formed a three-man committee, headed by team manager Intikhab Alam, to establish the facts surrounding Haider's disappearance. The committee finalized and submitted its report to the Pakistan Cricket Board, the board said, declining to make any further comment Monday. Team security manager Khawaja Najam and Pakistan Cricket Board official Subhan Ahmed were the other two members of the committee. On Sunday, Haider posted a message on Facebook, threatening to name several players in the next five days who took money to fix matches. His family in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore have told local media that they received death threats. The International Cricket Council (ICC) said its anti-corruption staff met Haider in London and offered support to the former wicketkeeper. Haider faces severe punishment for violating the International Cricket Council ethics by not telling the council he was asked to influence match results for money. Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt says the board's decision on the Haider affair will be based on the committee's report. New Test and ODI events The International Cricket Council (ICC) hopes to finalize plans for its new Test and One-Day International tournaments in their chief executives' committee meeting in Dubai Tuesday. Agreeing the rules for the league-style tournaments and considering the new Future Tours Program (FTP) agreement for an eight year period from 2012 would be the “main objective” of the panel's quarterly meeting, the ICC said in a statement. “The restructure of international cricket has been a significant and strategic piece of work which now requires a new Future Tours Program agreement incorporating league rules and regulations to be discussed and approved,” ICC Executive Haroon Lorgat said. The top four teams of the proposed Test league will qualify for a playoff, to be held once every four years to determine the Test champion team. The One-Day International league, separate from the World Cup, is proposed to run from 2011-2014, culminating in the crowning of a champion. The chief executives will also be updated on the final plans and preparations for next year's World Cup to be jointly staged by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
