<p>Butt said he was just referring to the information received from bookies relating to the one-dayer between England and Pakistan at the Oval on Friday.<br /><br />“I have never said this. If you listen to the full tape of the NDTV interview, the bookies are saying this. I am not saying this,” Butt told BBC Radio Five Live.<br /><br />The Pakistan Cricket Board chief said the five-match ODI series should continue despite all the latest controversy which erupted after England lost their third ODI at the Oval.<br /><br />A joint statement from the ECB and the England team confirmed the tour would continue with Monday's match and the final one-day international in Southampton on Wednesday. <br /><br />But it called Butt's reported comments "wholly irresponsible and completely without foundation. <br /><br />"Both the ECB and Team England view the comments made by Mr Butt as defamatory and not based in fact." <br /><br />Butt’s remarks didn’t go down well with the English cricketers and an infuriated England skipper Andrew Strauss threatened Butt with legal action.</p>
<p>Butt said he was just referring to the information received from bookies relating to the one-dayer between England and Pakistan at the Oval on Friday.<br /><br />“I have never said this. If you listen to the full tape of the NDTV interview, the bookies are saying this. I am not saying this,” Butt told BBC Radio Five Live.<br /><br />The Pakistan Cricket Board chief said the five-match ODI series should continue despite all the latest controversy which erupted after England lost their third ODI at the Oval.<br /><br />A joint statement from the ECB and the England team confirmed the tour would continue with Monday's match and the final one-day international in Southampton on Wednesday. <br /><br />But it called Butt's reported comments "wholly irresponsible and completely without foundation. <br /><br />"Both the ECB and Team England view the comments made by Mr Butt as defamatory and not based in fact." <br /><br />Butt’s remarks didn’t go down well with the English cricketers and an infuriated England skipper Andrew Strauss threatened Butt with legal action.</p>