Pak Match-fixing Scandal

• Pak match-fixing scandal: ICC provisionally suspends tainted Pak trio

  The International Cricket Council (ICC) has provisionally suspended and charged three tainted Pakistan players under its anti-corruption code in the wake of the match-fixing scandal during the team's tour of England.(Watch: Did Pakistan fix these matches? | Pak players caught on tape)A statement issued by the ICC confirmed that Salman Butt, Mohamma...

• Dawood's bookie in Pak match-fixing scandal?

  A report published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday morning suggested that two Australian cricketers, Shane Watson and Brad Haddin, were approached by an Indian bookie, a suspected Indian gangster with links to illegal bookmakers. This allegedly happened during Australia's tour of England last year and then the T20 World Cup.The newsp...

• Pak cricketers quizzed, 'voluntarily' drop out

  The three Pakistani cricketers accused of the no-ball conspiracy maintain they're innocent, said the Pakistan High Commissioner in London, Wajad S Hasan. Indicating that he believes them, he added that the three men have voluntarily dropped out of the one-day series against England."We are extremely disturbed with what has happened in the past one ...

• Pak match-fixing scandal: Butt, Asif, Amir to face Pak Cricket Board today

  Pakistani captain Salman Butt and fast-pacers Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Amir will face their cricket board's internal inquiry today at the Pakistan High Commission in London. The three players were pulled out of practice in Taunton on Tuesday and asked to report to London to be questioned by Scotland Yard investigators for a second time in connect...

• Match-fixing scandal: Pakistan Cricket Board won't drop players without proof

  The substantial charges of corruption against members of the Pakistani cricket team have become a national embarrassment and crisis. Pakistan's Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, is personally supervising an inquiry into allegations that players collaborated actively and frequently with middlemen on details of play - like when to bowl a no-ball - dur...

• Pak match-fixing scandal: 'Bookie' named by Asif's ex-girlfriend Veena Malik denies allegations

  The alleged bookmaker named by Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif's former girlfriend, Veena Malik, has denied having any role in the latest match-fixing scandal.Veena, a popular Pakistani actress, had claimed on Monday that she has proof of Asif's involvement in spot-fixing and that he has been in touch with bookmakers in the recent past.She had a much...

• ICC's Haroon Lorgat on Pak controversy

  ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat on Monday issued a statement in the light of the ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption during the England vs Pakistan Test match at Lord's, which concluded on Sunday.Mr Lorgat said, "The International Cricket Council (ICC), England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are co...

• No Indian involvement in match-fixing: Pawar

  The Pakistani team left by bus for Taunton early on Monday evening for a one-day warm up match against Somerset on Thursday, before the start of the one-day series against England. The hundreds of reporters outside suggested just a sliver of the scrutiny the team is under after a tabloid on the weekend provided hidden camera evidence that some Paki...

• Pakistan match-fixing scandal: More trouble ahead

  In fast-paced revelations, the focus in the Pakistan team match-fixing scandal has now shifted to allegations that Pakistani players fixed the first Test against England in the series just ended. (In Pics: Pakistan's endless 'fixing' saga)Also, a latest video released by British tabloid The News of the World is perhaps the most shocking one yet. Af...