England pacer Liam Plunkett has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the International Cricket Council (ICC) following allegations that he might have tampered the ball during the second ODI against Pakistan played at Southampton.
In the video that did the rounds on social media, Plunkettappeared to be scratching the ball at The Rose Bowl on Saturday.
However, on Sunday, the ICC came out with a statementsaying: “The ICC has confirmed that the match officials are comfortablethere was no attempt by Liam Plunkett to change the condition of the ball orany evidence of this on the over-by-over examinations of the ball throughoutSaturday’s ODI clash in Southampton.”
It is understood that Plunkett himself had raised the issuewith officials after becoming aware of the allegations.
England defeated Pakistan by 12 runs at Southampton to go1-0 up in the five-match series after series opener at The Oval was washed outon May 8.The two teams will next face each other inBristol on Tuesday.