DISGRACED former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt was under anti-corruption surveillance during a Twenty20 World Cup match involving Australia, it has been revealed.
The International Cricket Council's full judgment on Butt and teammates Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir - who were banned for five years for spot-fixing - suggests Butt was under investigation long before the News of the World broke the story of the team's endemic corruption, the BBC reports.
Discussions between Butt and his agent, Mazhar Majeed, during the Twenty20 tournament did not form part of the evidence that resulted in Butt's ban for their roles in spot-fixing in Tests against England last year.
But the BBC said the ICC tribunal's judgment shows earlier texts and phone calls between Majeed and Butt had already alerted ICC anti-corruption investigators.
Matches that aroused suspicion at the Twenty20 World Cup included a group game between Pakistan and South Africa on May 10, when Pakistan won by 11 runs, and Pakistan's semi-final defeat against Australia when Mike Hussey hit three sixes in four balls to pull off a dramatic victory.
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