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Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat, 5th ODI: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi

England 8/0 after 1 overs,

End of the day one and Pakistan is now 42/0 after 9 overs, Mohammad Hafeez 18(21) Taufeeq Umar 20(36) Suranga Lakmal 0/0, Dhammika Prasad 23/0

Former Pakistan skipper Salman Butt told a jury at the alleged spot-fixing trial on Tuesday that he had no knowledge of any discussions to arrange pre-determined no-balls at the Lord's Test last year.

His lawyer, Ali Bajwa QC, quizzed him on the build-up to the now-tainted game last August and also on what happened during the match when three no-balls were delivered at exactly the time when agent Mazhar Majeed had predicted to an undercover News of the World journalist.

Salman Butt, the ex-Pakistan Test captain accused of being involved in spot-fixing, said on the tenth day of the trial in London that he "misjudged" his former agent Mazhar Majeed, labelled corruption in cricket "terrible" and admitted to "suspicions" about Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif after the no-ball scandal was revealed.

"I didn't realise what kind of man he was," Butt told the court on his current feelings towards Majeed, as his lawyer Ali Bajwa QC neared the close of his opening defence.

"But now with the things that have come out I think I have misjudged somebody completely. I just took his word and trusted him. I knew him for a long time and never thought there would be another side to him that would be this bad."

Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif are facing charges of conspiracy to cheat, and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments, following the Lord's Test in August last year when they allegedly conspired with Majeed, teenage fast bowler Mohammad Amir and other people unknown to bowl pre-planned no-balls. Butt and Asif deny the charges.

Butt admitted he was suspicious of his former team-mates honesty in the Lord's Test when the News of the World published their expose. "The suspicion was there but I never wanted to believe it," was as much as Butt would say.

When Bajwa inquired as to Butt's feelings on what he was accused of, he said: "I would never do that. Cricket is my passion. Look at what I am getting accused of (£2,500 of News of the World money found in his room). I'm earning every match nearly four times that. It's a very bizarre thing.

"I have always played my cricket with passion and I try to do well, to win. Players in the sub-continent know what the difference is when we do well and when we don't do well. If we do well it's really good and we have all the luxuries available. But if we don't do well the reaction is not like people in the west know about. "

When Bajwa prompted Butt for his thoughts about corruption in cricket generally, he replied: "It's a terrible thing to do. It's not very good for the game or for the country. And it speaks of the man's character himself."

The case continues.

Shahid Afridi has withdrawn his international retirement and says he is available for selection for Pakistan in the limited-over formats. Afridi had announced a 'conditional' retirement from international cricket in May, after having been stripped of the ODI captaincy, saying he would return if there were changes in the PCB and the team management.

Since then, Waqar Younis has quit as coach of the national team and Ijaz Butt has been replaced as PCB chairman by Zaka Ashraf. Afridi said he had not really retired but had only said he wouldn't play under the previous (Ijaz Butt-led) board.

"I didn't as such retire," Afridi told reporters in Karachi on Tuesday. "I only said I would not play under the previous board but now the people are changed - exactly as I had wanted - so I am available for selection for the country."

His return to the team may not be immediate though, as Pakistan's interim chief selector Mohammad Illyas said there would be protocols to follow for the PCB to clear Afridi for selection. "He [Afridi] is good enough to play for Pakistan," Illyas told ESPNcricinfo. "But he needs to have clearance from the PCB before being available for selection. We will then seriously consider his selection for the team.

"I can't say that he is an automatic selection for the team but at the same time we never questioned his abilities as he has played an ample amount of cricket for Pakistan. We know that he still has cricket left in him. For the PCB, he was a retired player and wasn't available for selection. Today I learned through the media that he has withdrawn his retirement but as a selector I will have to check his status."

Pakistan will select their ODI squad for the series against Sri Lanka in the UAE after the second Test.

Afridi was speaking at the Karachi University Sports ceremony, where he was the chief guest, and was in a pleasant mood. He said he had remained match-fit, and was ready to return under whoever was captain. "I am fit and have continued my individual fitness routine to maintain both the form and fitness required for international cricket. As far as captaincy is concerned I never ran after it and I am ready to play under any captain."

Zaka Ashraf, the new PCB chairman, is a reputed banker in Pakistan, and Afridi said he was looking forward to a professional regime. "I took the decision not to play under the previous board on principle and still stand by it. Now, the management has changed. I learned that the new PCB chairman is very professional and I believe he can handle the PCB's functioning in a similar fashion to the way he has worked in the cooperate sector."

Afridi's issues with the previous board began during Pakistan's tour of the West Indies in May when he was involved in a spat with then coach Waqar Younis. Afridi spoke publicly about the feud, and was charged with a violation of the code of conduct by the PCB. Subsequently, Afridi was replaced as captain in the limited-over formats by Test captain Misbah-ul-haq, with Ijaz Butt saying the board had "solid reasons" to sack Afridi, which he would reveal when the time was right.

Afridi quit international cricket but played for Hampshire in the Friends Life t20 in England. He had maintained throughout that he wanted to play for Pakistan and would make himself available should there be changes in the board.

Sri Lanka squandered away what seemed to be an inviting proposition in the morning - being put in to bat on a flat wicket under the hot sun against inexperienced bowlers - by refusing to score and ultimately succumbing to the pressure that the relentless Pakistan attack built.

Pakistan's bowlers were almost sold short by their captain at the toss who thought that any chance of taking wickets lay in utilising the scant moisture on a benign and deceptively green-tinged pitch. With a large heart and perseverance, though, they prised out six wickets in the second session after Lahiru Thirimanne's guide to slip off Saeed Ajmal had given them an opening on the stroke of lunch.

Aizaz Cheema epitomised Pakistan's hunger with a relentless spell of 9-4-20-1 either side of the break, that claimed Kumar Sangakkara cheaply and troubled Mahela Jayawardene with consistent pace and zip off the placid surface. Jayawardene managed to survive Cheema's spell but soon joined Tillakaratne Dilshan back in the pavilion. The Sri Lanka captain briefly breathed life into the doddering innings as soon as he arrived, cover-driving his first ball for a boundary before being wrongly adjudged caught-behind off Saeed Ajmal by umpire Tony Hill as Sri Lanka slipped to 112 for 4.

It became 112 for 5 when Jayawardene went in the next over, prodding at Junaid Khan outside off stump and edging to slip. Junaid capitalised on the panic in the line-up to claim Prasanna Jayawardene and Rangana Herath with full deliveries but the fight had gone out of the Sri Lanka innings some time ago.

Cheema, 32, displayed the tireless zeal of a player made to wait almost ten years for his Test debut. He was at Sri Lanka throughout his spells, even hitting Jayawardene on the helmet grill when the batsman failed to get out of the way of a short one. Cheema's aggression was in contrast to the way Thirimanne and Tharanga Paranavitana added 26 runs came in the first hour, treating the benign Sheikh Zayed Stadium surface with the extreme respect that an overcast Headingley morning would deserve.

Though the three Pakistan fast bowlers, Gul, Cheema and Junaid Khan - chosen ahead of the quicker and more experienced Wahab Riaz - ran in with heart, they were rendered ineffective in the first session by the lack of life in the pitch.

The openers' approach, however, bordered on the extreme of being over-cautious. The first boundary came in the 14th over from Paranavitana off the part-time offspin of Mohammad Hafeez, who came on to bowl as early as the eighth over. Having played sedately all morning, Thirimanne guided Ajmal straight to slip in the penultimate over before lunch. Sri Lanka had managed only 50 runs in the session.

Cheema struck with the first ball of the second over after lunch, getting Sangakkara to edge behind for Adnan Akmal to take a flying one-handed catch in front of first slip. Paranavitana contrived to survive longer with his defensive mindset but the manner of his dismissal - gloving an attempted pull to the wicketkeeper off a Gul short ball down the leg side - showed that patience without purpose inevitably comes unstuck against sustained pressure, as this innings did.

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