The International Cricket Council has met wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider and says it'll help the Pakistan Cricket Board in a probe into his sudden exit to Britain where he is seeking asylum.
The 24-year-old flew to London this week and said yesterday he was seeking asylum because he feared for his safety after being ordered to cooperate with match-fixers.
Zulqarnain also announced his international retirement after saying he was approached by a person who asked him to fix the recent fourth and fifth one-day internationals against South Africa.
ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat says this is a team matter for Pakistan cricket but the ICC is willing to provide assistance to the PCB and the player.
Zulqarnain, who hit the winning runs in the fourth one-day match on Friday, left the Pakistan team hotel shortly before the fifth game on Monday which was won by South Africa to clinch the series 3-2.
He landed in London hours after leaving Dubai and spent almost four hours locked in discussions with immigration authorities.
Zulqarnain was a member of the Pakistan squad whose tour of England this year degenerated into chaos when test captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were suspended following spot-fixing allegations.
