Tag: Fixing

Match-fixing rocks cricket again

Police in Bangladesh have arrested a Pakistani man on suspicion of spot-fixing during a key match in the country's inaugural Twenty20 cricket league, officials...

Not a meek coach

Considering how he has formulated a winning team Tactical nous seems to be underrated, or at least not talked about as much, in cricket. Perhaps...

England on top as fixing still haunts cricket

Cricket and controversy, never far apart, were closely linked in a year where England finally achieved their long-held objective of climbing to the top...

Education key to beat fixing, says Gillespie

New Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie believes it’s part of his job to advise his players against the dangers of match-fixing. Although more commonly associated...

Azharuddin rubbishes Kambli’s claim

Former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin on Friday lashed out at Vinod Kambli for hinting that India’s 1996 World Cup semifinal match could have been...

Butt and Amir appeals to be heard next week

Britain’s top judge will next Wednesday hear appeals by Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir against their sentences for spot-fixing, a judicial official...

Zaka asks ICC to take PCB on board in fixing probe

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Zaka Ashraf made it clear Thursday that he wanted the International Cricket Council to take the PCB on board in...

Fixing a global problem

Pakistan’s former captain Shahid Afridi said Friday that match-fixing was a global phenomenon. “It’s not only in Pakistan, it happens in other countries too...

Aamer didn’t do it for money

Mohammad Aamer had called his family in Lahore on Wednesday evening to ask them to pray for him and after the verdict his brother...

Another court awaits trio

A local court in Lahore ordered authorities to register a criminal case against former cricket captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir. The...

Veena says no to Asif

Four days before the British courts declared former Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Asif guilty of match-fixing, on October 28, Pakistani actress Veena Malik received a...

Timeline

Jan 2010: Investigations editor of the News of the World, Mazher Mahmood, is contacted by a source within the management of the Pakistan team...

Judge permits majority verdict

The judge in the spot-fixing trial of former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif told the jury Monday he would...

Jury to resume deliberations on Monday

The jury in the spot-fixing trial of former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif will continue their deliberations for a...

Amir and Majeed involved: judge

Justice Cooke began his summing-up of the alleged spot-fixing trial and directed the jury to deliberate for a verdict on the basis that agent...

I was approached by Majeed: Afridi

Former Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi has said that he was also approached by agent Mazhar Majeed but did not give details. Talking...

The captain knows: Asif

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif highlighted the involvement of his former skipper Salman Butt while in the witness stand during day 13 of the...