Shame: Pakistan again in match fixing quagmire

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SA 'reluctant' to play Pakistan due to match-fixing row: Report
LONDON: Rattled by the match-fixing allegations against Pakistani cricketers, the South African team is reportedly reluctant to play against them in a series in Abu Dhabi and Dubai next month.

According to a report in 'The Daily Telegraph', senior South African cricketers are considering making themselves unavailable for the series. The Proteas are due to play five ODIs, three Tests a couple of Twenty20s against Pakistan next month.

"To say we are reluctant is an understatement," one senior player told the newspaper.

"Nobody knows what the hell is going in Pakistani cricket and we feel that playing such a high profile series right now - especially in the middle east - is asking for trouble.

"Maybe it's time for the ICC to step in, or for Pakistan to withdraw from the international game for a year until the mess can be cleaned up and people can start to believe in the game and develop a bit of trust," the player said.

The South African Cricketers Association chief executive Tony Irish also conceded that "many players" have reservations but didn't say whether there had been talk of pullouts.

"The fact that there are now further incidents under investigation is not good news. This all needs to be dealt with urgently in order to ensure that a heavy cloud of suspicion and doubt doesn't hang over our series against Pakistan," Irish said.

Asked whether senior players were considering not participating in the tour, Irish said: "Let's hope it doesn't come to that."

Pakistan have been rocked by a series of corruption allegations, the latest of which came on Saturday when the ICC launched an investigation into the team's third ODI against England after a tip-off from a British tabloid revealed suspicious scoring patterns in the match.


Read more: SA 'reluctant' to play Pakistan due to match-fixing row: Report - The Times of India SA 'reluctant' to play Pakistan due to match-fixing row: Report - The Times of India
 

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I am also not going to see any Pakistani cricket matches.

One never knows who will now do a spot fix on the spectators, since cricket spot fixing will get tough in doing, as to how many times they will take off their cap in the 12th over or how many times he has a Coke in the 15th to 20th over!

And then all will be on that spectator like a ton of bricks!
 

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Conspiracy to defraud Pakistan cricket - Ijaz Butt

PCB chairman Ijaz Butt has said the board is investigating a conspiracy, involving "august cricket bodies", to defraud Pakistan and Pakistan cricket and will soon reveal the names of those allegedly involved. In an astonishing, prepared statement read out to ESPNcricinfo a day after the ICC started a formal investigation into Pakistan's win in the third ODI at The Oval, he also launched thinly-veiled attacks on the ICC, some cricket boards and the media.

"This is not a conspiracy to defraud bookies but a conspiracy to defraud Pakistan and Pakistan cricket," Butt said. "We have taken it in hand to start our own investigations. We will shortly reveal the names of the people, the parties and the bodies involved in this sinister conspiracy and we also reserve the right to sue them for damages.

"We feel the media in certain countries is biased and not fair. We feel august cricket bodies are also involved in this conspiracy, which will damage the great game of cricket."

The statement is an extension of the one the board released late on Saturday indicating its unhappiness with the way the ICC handled the Oval allegations. Nobody in the Pakistan board was informed by the ICC that an official investigation was being launched; the chairman, the team manager and the captain only learned of it through media reports.

An ICC spokesperson told ESPNcricinfo they tried to contact Butt all through Friday but his phone was unavailable. "On Saturday morning [after the ICC press release was sent out] we came to know that Mr Butt was in Dubai. Haroon Lorgat [the ICC chief executive] sought out and met Butt in Dubai on Saturday evening and discussed matters of mutual interest," he said.

However, there is no indication that the ICC tried to contact anyone else in the PCB, nor tried to reach Butt - who was in New Delhi meeting the ICC president Sharad Pawar - through any number other than his Pakistan mobile.

The PCB also seems unhappy with the official implication that Pakistan's batsmen were under the scanner. Though the ICC didn't point the finger at Pakistan in their statement - though The Sun did so in their report - the subsequent statement from the ECB confirmed that no English players were involved.

"One statement from a very august official of the ICC said no, only Pakistan players were involved," Butt said, though he refused to elaborate.

Butt also refused to give more details of the nature of the board's investigation, though he said it had already begun. "I will be revealing names of people and organisations who are involved in this, so I don't want to comment more on the investigations just now. Details will come out only once our investigations are complete."

Butt's comments may well signal the final nail in the coffin of the PCB's relationship with the ICC, if they have not completely broken down already. Under Butt's tenure, the two have clashed consistently. In 2009, the PCB threatened to take the ICC to court after Pakistan was removed as a venue from the 2011 World Cup, following the Lahore terror attacks on Sri Lanka in March. The dispute was resolved out of court but tensions have simmered consistently since.

They boiled over again in the aftermath of allegations of spot-fixing during the fourth Test at Lord's. The ICC provisionally suspended the three players at the centre of the scandal, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, after the Pakistan board refused to do so. At a press conference in Lahore soon after he returned, the board chairman expressed his unhappiness with the ICC's decision while a police investigation was still ongoing against the three.

Butt then went to Delhi to discuss the investigation and allegations with Sharad Pawar, the ICC president. He travelled on Saturday to Dubai, the ICC HQ, though it is unclear whether he has met with officials there. He said, however, that he would raise these issues at the next ICC meeting, on October 11.

Pakistan in England 2010: Conspiracy to defraud Pakistan cricket - Ijaz Butt | Cricket News | England v Pakistan 2010 | Cricinfo.com


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Just incase you were wondering if Pakistanis have not used the conspiracy theory option yet, the above is the answer.
 

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Conspiracy to defraud Pakistan cricket - Ijaz Butt
there is some thing for sure cooking up there. ijaz comes to india delivers sharad pawar some message that no one else could have delivered nor could it have been done through the phone, then this new allegation erupts or am i reading too much there :D
 

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SA 'reluctant' to play Pakistan due to match-fixing row: Report
LONDON: Rattled by the match-fixing allegations against Pakistani cricketers, the South African team is reportedly reluctant to play against them in a series in Abu Dhabi and Dubai next month.
Dubai been the HQ of match fixing & batting ,plaiyng at Abu Dhabi and Dubai would be safest for the pakistan ...
 

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So now this fool Ijaz Butt is turning on the ECB which helped out his country by hosting them and even hosted an Australian series for them.

Gratefulness is never a quality yu can associate with such fools, backstabbing and biting the hand that feeds them is something always expected.
 

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Pakistan cricketers to face UK criminal charges


LONDON: Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer will face criminal charges in Britain over allegations they conspired with bookmakers to fix a match last year against England.

The trio have protested their innocence to the International Cricket Council but Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said on Friday they and their agent have been summoned on charges of conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments and conspiracy to cheat.

The players have been suspended from all cricket since Sept. 3 after a British tabloid alleged they bowled no-balls at prearranged times during August's fourth test at Lord's to fix spot betting markets.

It was alleged 150,000 pounds ($241,000) was forwarded through businessman Mazhar Majeed.

CPS head Simon Clemence said the organization, which was responsible for prosecuting criminal cases investigated by British police, believed it had sufficient evident to convict the players.

Butt, Asif and Aamer, who has apologized for bowling five overs in a friendly last week, will be subject to extradition proceedings if they do not return to Britain next month.

An ICC anti-corruption tribunal, which questioned the players over 45 hours in Doha last month, is expected to deliver its own verdict on Saturday on the sport's biggest fixing scandal of the past decade.

The Pakistan Cricket Board says it might consider the three players for the World Cup if they are exonerated, but lengthy bans are possible.

 

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ohhh they r banned ohhh its RAW conspiracy ohhh. India asked UK if u want eurofighter to be MMRCA than banned these pakiz
 

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they should have banned PCB too for supporting this trio
They should've. But I am told Haroon Lorgat has a soft-spot for the PCB, and for other subcontinental nations.
 

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Employer sacks banned Pakistani trio

KARACHI, Feb 14 (PTI): Banned Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammed Aamir have been sacked by their employer – National Bank – one of the leading teams in the country's domestic circuit.
The three players had their contracts terminated by the bank in backdate recently.

"Their contracts ended on 31st December, 2010 and we waited until February 5 for the decision of the International Cricket Council (ICC) anti-corruption tribunal to come out before sacking them in backdate," said Iqbal Qasim, a former Test spinner and sports head of the bank.

Qasim said the bank had waited until the decision came from the ICC tribunal before releasing them. "Once they were found guilty of being involved in spot-fixing we had no choice but to release them from their contracts," he said.

Qasim, who also served as chief selector until last year, said it was a tough decision for the bank as the trio had always been cooperative and done well for the bank.

"It was a sad decision to take but once they were found guilty the bank rules say you can't employ such persons," he said.

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now these buggers will cry hoax and say because of this they will be forced to turn in to terrorists (as if they are not still). So IPL should allow them to play or pay the money so that they don't turn in to terrorists
 

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PCB tells banned trio to fight on its own in UK

KARACHI: Banned by the ICC and facing criminal charges in England, the trio of Salman Butt, Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Aamer have been dealt another blow with the Pakistan Cricket Board asking them to fight their legal battles independently.

Butt, Asif and Aamer have been given clear indications by the board that it can't help them out in fighting their case in the magistrate's court in Westminster on March 17 - the date the three have been asked to appear to face the charges.

The Scotland Yard has charged the trio with accepting bribes and trying to commit fraud and the Crown Prosecution Office has sent the case for regular hearing after finding enough evidence to support the allegations.

"The PCB has nothing to do with this case as well as the three are now banned by the ICC and the PCB being a full member of the ICC has to follow the rules and regulations and can't provide them with any help or assistance at all in this case," a board official said.

He pointed out that the PCB had initially provided legal assistance to the players in London when the Scotland Yard first charged them last year in September and the ICC also suspended them on spot-fixing allegations.

"But now since the three have been banned and found guilty by the ICC tribunal the PCB can't do anything. We had even tried to send our observer to the hearing of the tribunal in Doha but this request was not accepted by the ICC under its anti-corruption code," he said.

He made it clear that the players would have to hire lawyers on their own to defend themselves in the magistrate's court next month in London.

"We had hired British barrister, Elizabeth Robertson last year to assist them but now if they want they can hire her independently," he added.

Butt, Asif and Aamer were banned on February 5 by the ICC tribunal and have to file an appeal against their bans with the international court of arbitration for sports in Geneva by February 26.

But sources said the trio's lawyers had tried to approach the ICC tribunal to extend the deadline of 21-days to after the magistrate's hearing in London on March 17.

"So far it is not confirmed if they have got any extension on filing their appeals against their bans," one reliable source said.

The tribunal banned Butt for 10-years (five years of suspended sentence), Asif for seven years and Aamer for five years.

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