Pakistan wicketkeeper Haider flees after match-fixer threat

Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider left the team in Dubai on Monday after a perceived threat from a match-fixer.
He failed to travel to the ground for Monday's One-Day International against South Africa and team management alerted police.
Sky Television has since broadcast images which it said were of Haider arriving at London's Heathrow airport.
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Earlier, a Pakistan team statement said: "Haider left the team hotel without informing any member of the team and the management. Haider was in possession of his passport and there are indications that he has left for London.
"A full inquiry will be held into the circumstances surrounding this incident and no further comments will be made until the facts are known."
The 24-year-old Haider was fined 500 dirhams ($135) on Sunday after he broke curfew hours imposed by the team management.
He scored a match-winning 19 not out to help Pakistan win the fourth one-day International played in Dubai on Friday which levelled the five-match series 2-2.
South Africa won the fifth match and the series yesterday.
Haider sent a SMS text message to a Pakistani journalist and posted a message on his Facebook page, which both read: "leaving Pakistan cricket because get bad msg fr 1 man fr lose the match in last game."
Haider’s family members told a local channel in Pakistan that they had no new information about him but that they were worried about his welfare.
In Pakistan, Senior Superintendent of Police Rana Faisal said security was provided for Haider’s family in Lahore.
"We have deployed a dozen police officials at Haider's residence so that they can be guarded properly if there is any threat," Faisal told local media.