Overview
- Thursday, Mohammad Rizwan and Imam-ul-Haq appeared before the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency and asked for more time to respond to formal notices about data recovered from their phones.
- The Pakistan Cricket Board took custody of the players’ mobile phones after the Lord’s Test and handed the devices to authorities for forensic examination; investigators are expected to ask the players to unlock the phones.
- A third Pakistan cricketer has also reportedly received an NCCIA notice but his identity has not been publicly confirmed.
- The PCB has opened a separate internal disciplinary inquiry and on August 31 asked a selection committee member to explain the rationale for picking Rizwan and Imam for recent Test squads.
- No public evidence has linked the players to match-fixing so far and the probe remains procedural, with next steps likely to include forensic analysis by NCCIA and any further action to be taken by the PCB based on those findings.