Tag: Spotfixing

Teenage strike bowler Mohammad Aamer pleaded guilty to involvement in a spot-fixing betting scam before the trial of his teammates, the court dealing with...

Tainted Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif have been accused of "deceit, greed and corrupt practice" on the basis of "coincidence, innuendo and...

Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt told a court in London on Monday that he had ignored requests by his agent to fix cricket...

KARACHI - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik warned the country's cricket team on Monday that they were being kept under a close scrutiny before Wednesday's World Cup semi-final against India because of the recent spot-fixing scandal.
"We are taking no risks now and we are keeping a close watch on the team for the semi-final because we don't want any more spot-fixing scandals," Malik told reporters.
Three Pakistan players have been banned for a minimum five years each

LAHORE - National Bank of Pakistan has terminated the contracts of the spot-fixing trio following the ban on players by the ICC tribunal. The three Pakistan cricketers, banned for a minimum five years for corruption, have been sacked from the bank. An official of the bank said that the contract of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were not renewed and the move came after the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption tribunal found them guilty of spot-fixing in the

LONDON - British prosecutors charged former Pakistani cricket captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Muhammad Asif and Mohammad Amir on Friday with taking bribes to fix incidents in the fourth cricket test against England at Lord's last year.
The trio is accused of arranging incidents, such as bowling no-balls at pre-agreed times, during the match. Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said the trio, along with a fourth man, 35-year-old sports agent Mazhar Majeed of Croydon,

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 players Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif have submitted different statements over the bowling of no-balls at the ICC tribunal hearing the trio's case in a spot-fixing scandal.
According to BBC, the explanation by each player widely differed from the other two when the tribunal asked them various questions.
Two players reportedly said that they did not know why the no-balls were bowled, while one said he did it by mistake.
"During this

DOHA - The proceedings of the make-or-break anti-corruption tribunal hearing the case of suspended Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer began in Doha Thursday.
The hearing, being held behind closed doors at the Qatar Financial Centre, is scheduled to run until January 11, although lawyers have indicated a verdict may come earlier. "It has started. All three players are here," an International Cricket Council official told AFP.
The three face

KARACHI - After a request from the International Cricket Council, the Pakistan Cricket Board allowed one-day captain Shahid Afridi and coach Waqar Younis to appear at a hearing into spot-fixing allegations in Doha during the coming week.
A PCB statement said that the ICC has requested the PCB to direct Afridi and Waqar to appear before the (ICC) Anti-Corruption Tribunal to determine the guilt or otherwise of the three players who have been accused of serious violations.
The

LAHORE: Pakistan's chief coach Waqar Younis wants the spot-fixing scandal to be quickly resolved so that his team can play in the forthcoming NZ series with a free mind and prepare properly for the next year's World Cup.
Waqar said that he was not clear about the availability of the players. "We need a clear picture so that whoever is eligible to play for Pakistan can focus on the job ahead," Waqar said. He added that the spot-fixing allegations surrounding Salman Butt, Mohammad

LAHORE: Pakistani batsman Salman Butt and bowler Mohammad Aamer vowed Friday to prove their innocence as they left for Dubai to appeal against their suspension over a spot-fixing scandal. The International Cricket Council provisionally suspended Salman, who was Pakistan's Test captain, Aamer and bowler Mohammad Asif after they were charged with offences under the anti-corruption code of conduct last month.
They all appealed, although Asif later withdrew his application. An ICC