Pakistan gave their 100 per cent against us: Hussey

By Rahul Bajaj
for Cricketain.com

Published: October 8, 2009

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Melbourne: Australian middle order batsman, Michael Hussey, has come out in support of the under fire Pakistan team who are being accused of throwing away their Champions Trophy match against Australia, saying that the accusations against Younis Khan and his team are “false” as he didn’t sense anything fishy in the last ball thriller.

Pakistan’s cricketers were accused of “deliberately underperforming” in the match to keep India out of the tournament by parliamentarian Jamshed Dasti, who is also the chairman of the Standing committee on Sports in the Lower House.

“They lost to Australia just to keep India out of the tournament,” Dasti had said.

But Hussey insisted that Pakistan did everything they could to win that match. “I batted for quite a bit of that game and I can tell you they were going at 100 per cent,” Hussey, who made 64 from 87 balls in that match, was quoted as saying by The Australian Associated Press.

“They were charging around and really keen to get the wickets and then try to win the game. From my point of view, where I was sitting, it’s definitely false accusations,” he said.

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