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LAHORE - Fixing tainted fast bowler Mohammad Amir has apologised from the Pakistan Cricket Board for violating the instructions of the ICC regarding his suspension. The bowler participated in a practice match at a Rawalpindi ground at a time when the verdict in to the spot-fixing saga was expected on Feb 5 and till then Aamir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt cannot take part in any cricket related activity.
An official of the PCB said that Amir apologised from them for breaking his

LAHORE - Pakistan batsman Younis Khan, captain Misbah-ul-Haq and fast bowler Umar Gul have moved up in the ICC Player Rankings after showing good performances in the Wellington Test against New Zealand which ended in a draw on Wednesday.
Younis, who surged to the top of the batting table after his Karachi triple-century against Sri Lanka a couple of years ago, has climbed five places to 14th position in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after his scores of 73 and

KARACHI - Day-night test matches moved a step closer to acceptance after cricket's governing body endorsed a trial first class match in Pakistan held under lights with a coloured ball.
"I don't see any problems with the behaviour of the ball or playing under lights. This match would help us in our proposal to see test cricket under lights," International Cricket Council general manager of cricket affairs Dave Richardson told Geo news channel. Richardson watched some of the

DUBAI - ICC chief executive Harron Lorgat Saturday said that all the details of the Pakistan spot-fixing investigation will be revealed once the verdict is announced on February 5.
The six-day tribunal in Doha concluded without a final decision and it was revealed two Tests were now under scrutiny. The key development over those days, where information was scarce and carefully controlled, was the charges brought against Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt in relation to

DOHA - The International Cricket Council (ICC) tribunal will give its verdict on the three Pakistan players accused of spot-fixing on February 5, tribunal Chairman Michael Beloff said on Tuesday. Salman Butt, Muhammad Amir and Muhammad Asif will remain suspended.
"The tribunal is determined to continue its deliberations until February 5 this year. Until that date all three players will remain suspended," Beloff said in a statement. The players face lengthy bans if they are found

LAHORE - Pakistan coach Waqar Younis gave evidence to the independent anti-corruption tribunal hearing in Doha, Qatar.
Three leading players, former Test captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif are expected to learn their fate overnight (NZT) following the conclusion of a six-day hearing.
The trio, all frontline players, have been charged with offences relating to alleged activity surrounding the Test against England at Lord's in August. A British Sunday

LAHORE - The ICC's ant-corruption tribunal hearing the spot-fixing charges against Pakistan trio of Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt sought statistical probability of three separate no-balls in a specified period in a match.
The experts told the tribunal members that a statistical probability would be 1.5 million to one. According to Sky News, Three Pakistan players facing the hearing are alleged to have conspired to bowl deliberate no-balls on the orders of alleged

CAPE TOWN - Indian bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth lost 10 percent match fee for kicking the boundary rope while the entire team have been fined separately for slow over rate, the International Cricket Council said on Thursday. The temperamental paceman incurred the individual fine after pleading guilty to a charge that related to "abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings",
the ICC said in
a statement.

LAHORE - Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi and head coach Waqar Younis will testify before the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption tribunal in Doha next week. There decision to testify before the ICC tribunal came after Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi met PCB chairman Ijaz Butt on Monday morning.
It was learnt that statements from Waqar and Afridi could deal a serious blow to Salman Butt's case. "I had a very positive meeting with the chairman and I hope the team

LAHORE - The International Cricket Council has summoned Pakistan coach Waqar Younis and ODI captain Shahid Afridi to appear before the ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal. The ICC made a request to the PCB to direct Afridi and Younis to appear before the ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal.
Suspended Test captain Salman Butt and pace bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir are due to appear before the three-member tribunal in Doha from January 6 to 11. The Pakistan Cricket Board said in a

LAHORE - The ICC on Friday made it clear that it has not received any complaint from Cricket South Africa against umpire Steve Davis, reportedly spotted drunk by South African players on the eve of the second Test against India in Durban. "No allegations have been made. The CSA hasn't told the ICC anything. It's all nonsense," Colin Gibson, ICC's head of media and communications, is reported to have said.
CSA's media officer Michael Owen-Smith also confirmed that CSA has not

DURBAN - The International Cricket Council should take responsibility for implementing the umpire review system itself and remove the right of Test teams to opt out, South Africa captain Graeme Smith said on Wednesday.
Smith and his team were frustrated by a number of decisions the captain called unlucky as India beat them by 87 runs to square the three-match series 1-1.
The Umpire Decision Review System, designed to eradicate clear umpiring mistakes, is not in use in the

LAHORE - The International Cricket Council and Pakistan Cricket Board have rubbished reports stating Pakistan's suspended batsman Salman Butt may face a seven-year ban while his team-mates, Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Aamer, could escape with two year bans respectively. A report on Friday said that Butt is likely to be banned and slapped with a heavy financial penalty. But ICC spokesperson, Sami-ul-Hasan, clarified "the report is completely untrue and speculative".
He said: "The

LAHORE: The International Cricket Council on Wednesday rejected Salman Butt's request to delay the spot fixing hearing after holding a teleconference with the lawyers of other suspended players Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir.
The hearing will take place from January 6 as scheduled. Butt had sought delay in the appeal
Salman's lawyer had pleaded that since the Scotland Yard was yet to announce its decision or level any charges in the spot-fixing scam, the hearing of the

LAHORE: The lawyer of teenage pace bowler Mohammad Amir insists he has faith in the ICC-appointed tribunal which will decide the fate of his client and two other players implicated in the spot-fixing scandal.
Amir, along with Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt, will face an ICC hearing in Doha starting on January 6. At present the trio has been barred from playing competitive cricket with the Pakistan Cricket Board suspending their central contracts.
The three cricketers face

DUBAI: Prolific Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has closed in on Kumar Sangakkara at the top of the ICC test rankings and can overtake the Sri Lankan captain with a good showing in the remaining two tests against South Africa. Second placed Tendulkar hit his 50th test century in Centurion and while it was not enough to avert India's embarrassing innings and 25-run defeat against South Africa, the batsman moved to within two rating points of Sangakkara in the latest ICC rankings

KARACHI - Former Pakistan cricket team captain Salman Butt said on Tuesday that he asked an anti-corruption tribunal to put off a hearing next month so he can deal with any possible criminal proceedings in London.
Along with pacemen Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, the 26-year-old cricketer was provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on charges of spot-fixing during Lord's Test against England in August.
The trio faces an ICC tribunal in Doha from