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- ↑ Wisden 1978, page 1024
- ↑ "Global T20 Canada 2019: Former Pakistan cricketer Mansoor Akhtar approaches Umar Akmal for match-fixing". CricTracker. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
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