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Jailed Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir released: Report
A person with knowledge of the situation says Mohammad Amir, one of three Pakistani cricketers jailed in England for spot-fixing, has been released. The person says the 19-year-old fast bowler was released from a young offenders' institution in Weymouth, southwest England, on Wednesday halfway through his six-month sentence because of good behavior...
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Pak match-fixing scam: More skeletons out as player claims every match was fixed
The British tabloid News of The World, which came out with the sting operation on Pakistan cricketers last week, has come out with more explosive revelations. It's running a video of the Pakistan batsman Yasir Hameed, who played in the Lord's Test, on its website where he claims there were cheats in his team.In his interview, the opening batsman sa...
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Fresh revelations by News Of The World, fourth Pak player may be suspended
The British tabloid, News of the World, has now revealed that the International Cricket Council (ICC) is investigating a fourth Pakistani cricket player in the spot-fixing controversy. They have said they will not name the fourth player because of legal implications. (See Pics: Pakistan cricket in a 'fix')Opening batsman Yasir Hameed, it is reporte...
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Pakistan blames Pawar for ICC action against tainted trio
Pakistan has lashed out at the International Cricket Council (ICC) for suspending three of its players who face "spot-fixing" charge. The Pakistan High Commissioner to UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, has sought to insinuate that ICC president Sharad Pawar has a hand in that decision. (See: Pak match-fixing scandal in pics)Salman Butt, Mohammed Asif and Mo...
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Indian bookies framed our players: Pakistan High Commissioner
Islamabad's ambassador to London, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, said on Friday that cricket's world governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), had "no business" to suspend the Pakistan players engulfed in an alleged betting scam. (See: Pak match-fixing scandal in pics)Hasan also said the ICC chief executive, Haroon Lorgat, was "very sympatheti...
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Spot-fixing cash found in Butt's hotel room: Report
Cash used in the spot-fixing scandal during last week's Lord's Test is understood to have been found in the belongings of Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt, a report said.According to a report in the Daily Mail, Scotland Yard officers would question Butt today over how marked notes were discovered from his hotel room and in his locker at the Lord's...
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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...
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Pak match-fixing scandal: Did 'Mumbai Don' approach Brett Lee too?
After Brad Haddin and Shane Watson, two more Australian cricketers have alleged that they were approached by the match fixer during Australia's tour to England last year. According to a report issued by Cricket Australia, Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson were also approached by the same Indian gangster who had earlier tried to lure Haddin and Wa...
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Pakistan match-fixing: How UK media is reporting the scandal
Irked by the slow approach of authorities in taking action against cricketers accused of spot-fixing, a British newspaper today called for the entire Pakistani team be sent home from England.The Sun, a sister newspaper of the 'News of the World' which exposed the scandal, took pot shots at ICC and PCB for doing nothing despite the sta...
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Was the England-Pakistan Test at Lord's fixed?
Ghosts of match-fixing returned to haunt the Pakistan Cricket Board. Following a British tabloid expose, the Scotland Yard arrested an alleged fixer after sordid details about corruption in the Pakistan cricket team currently facing defeat in the Lord's Test emerged.The ICC too has now risen to the issue. They have come out with a release after the...
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Jailed Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir released: Report
A person with knowledge of the situation says Mohammad Amir, one of three Pakistani cricketers jailed in England for spot-fixing, has been released. The person says the 19-year-old fast bowler was released from a young offenders' institution in Weymouth, southwest England, on Wednesday halfway through his six-month sentence because of good behavior...
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Pak match-fixing scam: More skeletons out as player claims every match was fixed
The British tabloid News of The World, which came out with the sting operation on Pakistan cricketers last week, has come out with more explosive revelations. It's running a video of the Pakistan batsman Yasir Hameed, who played in the Lord's Test, on its website where he claims there were cheats in his team.In his interview, the opening batsman sa...
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Fresh revelations by News Of The World, fourth Pak player may be suspended
The British tabloid, News of the World, has now revealed that the International Cricket Council (ICC) is investigating a fourth Pakistani cricket player in the spot-fixing controversy. They have said they will not name the fourth player because of legal implications. (See Pics: Pakistan cricket in a 'fix')Opening batsman Yasir Hameed, it is reporte...
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Pakistan blames Pawar for ICC action against tainted trio
Pakistan has lashed out at the International Cricket Council (ICC) for suspending three of its players who face "spot-fixing" charge. The Pakistan High Commissioner to UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, has sought to insinuate that ICC president Sharad Pawar has a hand in that decision. (See: Pak match-fixing scandal in pics)Salman Butt, Mohammed Asif and Mo...
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Indian bookies framed our players: Pakistan High Commissioner
Islamabad's ambassador to London, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, said on Friday that cricket's world governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), had "no business" to suspend the Pakistan players engulfed in an alleged betting scam. (See: Pak match-fixing scandal in pics)Hasan also said the ICC chief executive, Haroon Lorgat, was "very sympatheti...
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Spot-fixing cash found in Butt's hotel room: Report
Cash used in the spot-fixing scandal during last week's Lord's Test is understood to have been found in the belongings of Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt, a report said.According to a report in the Daily Mail, Scotland Yard officers would question Butt today over how marked notes were discovered from his hotel room and in his locker at the Lord's...
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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...
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Pak match-fixing scandal: Did 'Mumbai Don' approach Brett Lee too?
After Brad Haddin and Shane Watson, two more Australian cricketers have alleged that they were approached by the match fixer during Australia's tour to England last year. According to a report issued by Cricket Australia, Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson were also approached by the same Indian gangster who had earlier tried to lure Haddin and Wa...
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Pakistan match-fixing: How UK media is reporting the scandal
Irked by the slow approach of authorities in taking action against cricketers accused of spot-fixing, a British newspaper today called for the entire Pakistani team be sent home from England.The Sun, a sister newspaper of the 'News of the World' which exposed the scandal, took pot shots at ICC and PCB for doing nothing despite the sta...
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Was the England-Pakistan Test at Lord's fixed?
Ghosts of match-fixing returned to haunt the Pakistan Cricket Board. Following a British tabloid expose, the Scotland Yard arrested an alleged fixer after sordid details about corruption in the Pakistan cricket team currently facing defeat in the Lord's Test emerged.The ICC too has now risen to the issue. They have come out with a release after the...
