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PAKISTAN’S shamed skipper Salman Butt has been clobbered with a 10-YEAR ban from cricket
Butt and team-mates Mohammed Amir and Mohammed Asif were today found guilty of spot-fixing charges at an ICC anti-corruption hearing in Qatar. Asif and Amir were handed bans of seven years and five years for their parts in the cricket scandal. The trio were caught arranging to bowl no-balls for fixer Mazher Majeed in last [...]
Pakistan focussed on cricket – Alam
Pakistan will be focused on the cricket and not distracted by the spot-fixing controversy, team manager Intikhab Alam has insisted. The Pakistan squad arrived in New Zealand today for a tour that includes three Twenty20s, two Tests and six ODIs. Alam said the team was geared up for the challenge even as three of its [...]
ICC eyes June 2013 for first World Test Championship
The International Cricket Council is eyeing June 2013 for the inaugural Test world championship and will use current rankings to decide the four playoff spots, CEO Haroon Lorgat told Australian radio on Sunday. Test cricket, which has struggled to maintain its profile since the advent of Twenty20, currently has a rankings system but no tournament [...]
PCB wants Arthur to provide match-fixing evidence
The Pakistan Cricket Board asked former South Africa coach Micky Arthur on Friday to provide evidence for raising match-fixing suspicion against Pakistan in a one-day series in 2007 or face legal action. Arthur told one South African website last month that his team suspected match-fixing when Pakistan collapsed dramatically to lose the fifth and decisive [...]
ICC trying to corner Pakistan, says angry Salman Butt
Suspended Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Aamer accused the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday of treating them unfairly and said it had no evidence against them regarding spot-fixing allegations. The two players have returned to Lahore from Dubai where their appeals over their provisional suspensions were rejected by the chairman of the ICC [...]
Salman Butt vows to fight charges
Suspended Pakistan batsman Salman Butt Saturday vowed to prove his innocence over allegations of spot-fixing on the recent tour of England. The 26-year-old was suspended along with bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer after they were charged with offences under the anti-corruption code of conduct last month. The International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended them following [...]
ICC makes PCB issue Code of Conduct
The 30-day deadline by the International Cricket Council (ICC) was definitely a good carrot and stick approach as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has finally issued a revised Code of Conduct. The newly-implemented code is basically a revised one and includes suggestions put forth by the ICC with special emphasis on tackling issues related to corruption [...]
Shahid Afridi issues apology on behalf of Pakistan’s scandal-hit trio
Pakistan’s one-day captain, Shahid Afridi, has issued a remarkable public apology on behalf of the three players at the centre of cricket’s betting scandal. “I think it is very bad news,” he said. “On behalf of these players – I know they are not in this series – but on behalf of these boys I [...]
Match Fixing Scandal: Tainted Pak Trio Will Meet Scotland Yard Today
Match Fixing Scandal: Tainted Pak Trio Will Meet Scotland Yard Today: Pakistan’s tainted trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir will on Wednesday face another round of questioning from the Scotland Yard for their alleged involvement in the ‘spot-fixing’ scandal that has rocked international cricket even as England’s Players’ body demanded their ouster [...]
Pakistan name Shoaib Akhtar in Asia Cup squad
The 34-year-old has not played for Pakistan since the limited-overs series against Australia last May, and his recall comes as a surprise after he had been overlooked for a central contract in March. Former captain Shoaib Malik was also named in the 15-man squad after his successful appeal last Friday against a one-year ban imposed [...]
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