Pakistan cricket cybercrime | Rizwan and Imam face heat amid Pak cybercrime probe after defeat in England Tests | #cybercrime | #infosec

Mohammad Rizwan and Imam-ul-Haq, two of the seven players sent home by the Pakistan Cricket Board after their heavy defeats in the first two Tests in England, have been questioned by the national cybercrimes investigation agency in Lahore.

The PCB will conduct its own internal investigation into the tour, amid allegations of leaks from the dressing room, and confiscated the mobile phones of at least three of the players.

It was not clear what the questioning of Imam, 30, and Rizwan, 34, was about, or whether it’s related to the PCB’s inquiry. The PCB did not name any specific players in relation to its investigation but said it had “initiated an internal disciplinary inquiry following media reports concerning discipline and conduct”.

The two were summoned for questioning by the cybercrimes agency on Thursday. One of the players is understood to have been there for hours and given a questionnaire to respond to and return. He will return to the agency’s office next week.

Imam had been diagnosed with a grade-1 tear in his left calf after the conclusion of the first day’s play at Lord’s and did not appear on the field during either of Pakistan’s innings. Aaqib Javed, the chief selector and director of high performance, publicly questioned Imam’s injury and demanded an inquiry into it.

The head of the agency is Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the PCB chairman, as well as an interior minister in the Pakistan government. Naqvi instigated the sweeping changes to the Test squad when seven players were sent home mid-tour and the head coach, Sarfaraz Ahmed, and his assistant were sacked.

There is talk that the questioning by the cybercrimes agency and the internal PCB investigation could be attempts to deflect blame for bad results onto the players and distract attention from the mismanagement in the PCB.

Both players have been barred from playing the President’s Cup, Pakistan’s first-class tournament. The PCB refused to comment.