Spot-fixing/Match-fixing scandal

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Btw, this was one of the methods how execs of Enron were busted and convicted.

 

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Again the question comes who is Mazhar Majeed? Does he represent the players or sponsors? Is he authorized agent of the players because I don't think bank will give a check of such huge amount just to anybody. There's plenty of room to doubt that the deal is indeed murky. So suspension is justified isn't it?

What does that saying go like, it's better to let go 10 guilty persons free than to convict 1 innocent man.

 

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What evidence is 'sufficient'? Isn't the purpose of the yet to be complete SY investigation precisely to weight the evidence and come to a determination of whether the concerned individuals are guilty or not?

If so, then how has the ICC managed to obtain 'sufficient evidence' before the SY investigation is even complete, and without even interviewing/questioning the main parties involved?

Precisely, somehow, I feel it in my bones, just doesn't cut it in a case such as this.

 

[LaBong]

What does that saying go like, it's better to let go 10 guilty persons free than to convict 1 innocent man.

The players are not proven are said to be guilty. Period.

Probationary suspension is on as they have criminal charges on them and an investigation being carried out against them.

 

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The precedent this sets out is that every tabloid in the world can start accusing players of having cheated, everybody would get suspended.

If not proven then a sorry would be given and life goes back to normal.

You can't do anything to the tabloid. Remember the parent company of NOTW owns WSJ as well. It has enough money to drag on any case by somebody like Salman Butt indefinitely till they agree to settle outside of court.

 

[LaBong]

The precedent this sets out is that every tabloid in the world can start accusing players of having cheated, everybody would get suspended.

If not proven then a sorry would be given and life goes back to normal.

You can't do anything to the tabloid. Remember the parent company of NOTW owns WSJ as well. It has enough money to drag on any case by somebody like Salman Butt indefinitely till they agree to settle outside of court.

Well I do think ICC could have been more lax to their decision as PCB already removed the players from their playing eleven. But legally speaking ICC has all the authority to do whatever been done and there's noway one can nail Lorgat or ICC for that matter.

But then again when someone of stature as high as High-Commissioner coming up with conspiracy theories then ICC had to make it's presence being felt.

 

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Well I do think ICC could have been more lax to their decision as PCB already removed the players from their playing eleven. But legally speaking ICC has all the authority to do whatever been done and there's noway one can nail Lorgat or ICC for that matter.

But then again when someone of stature of High-Commissioner coming up with conspiracy theories then ICC had to make it's presence being felt.

Yes but if I can hire private investigators, I'd investigate if he had ulterior motives in jumping the gun a bit here, if the players are found not-guilty.

 

[Marxist]

New York: Maintaining that the three tainted Pakistani cricketers have not been punished in the spot- fixing scam, the ICC on Sunday said that an independent commissioner will be appointed to go into the whole issue and the players will be able to put their views before him.

The International Cricket Council would appoint an independent commissioner to look into the charges and any action would be taken on recommendation of the appointed commissioner, ICC president Sharad Pawar said.

The players -- Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer -- have a right to contest their provisional suspension and a further opportunity to defend the charges at a full hearing before an independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal in accordance with Article 5 of the code.

"We have not punished anybody yet," Pawar said. He noted that under the ICC anti-corruption rules, the suspected players needed to be notified and an investigation conducted.

Pawar's comments came close on the heels of Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK Wajid Shamsul Hasan terming the trio's suspension as a "conspiracy" and blaming the ICC president for it.

"We have to send a notice to that particular player but that notice is not a final decision. It is a means of giving him (player) an opportunity to explain his position," Pawar said.

"This is not an action (the suspension), this is a sort of notice to them and an opportunity to explain," he said. "If he (the player) is not guilty then certainly he has the right to put his views," said Pawar.

The Pakistani High Commissioner, earlier, tried to insinuate that Pawar may have had a hand in getting Butt, Asif and Aamer suspended, claiming that ICC was trying to make Pakistan a "scapegoat" for its inefficiency.

In a statement, ICC confirmed that the 'cash-for-no-ball' accused "have been officially notified of the offences they are alleged to have committed and have been provisionally suspended pending a decision on those charges."

"In accordance with the provisions of the code, this means they are immediately barred from participating in all cricket related activities until the case has been concluded," the ICC statement said.

"We will not tolerate corruption in cricket," ICC's Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said, adding "we must be decisive with such matters and if proven, these offences carry serious penalties up to a life ban."

The ICC will do everything possible to keep such conduct out of the game and will stop at nothing to protect the sport's integrity, he said.

"While we believe the problem is not widespread, we must always be vigilant," Lorgat added.

ICC to appoint independent commissioner to probe spot-fixing| news - CRICKET NIRVANA - Soul of Indian Cricket

 

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Pakistani cricketers are not saints. They caught red handed with hard cash on video cam. ICC did a good job by suspending them.

It is like this. There was murder with knife and one person near the dead holding knife and caught on cam. What police will do? Police will arrest him and start investigation.

 

[LaBong]

This is from Dawn.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/cricket/70900-spot-fixing-match-fixing-scandal-60.html

Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir have now been officially charged by the International Cricket Council of conduct unbecoming and their inclusion in the T20 and one-day matches would have cast a shadow over the whole team and rendered the rest of the series entirely meaningless. Headed by the hopelessly inept Ijaz Butt, the Pakistan Cricket Board resisted for as long as it could — insisting that no player accused of wrongdoing would be dropped — but was compelled to change tack when the

ICC pressed charges. The England and Wales Cricket Board had also been requesting its Pakistani counterparts, and rightly so, that players currently under a cloud of suspicion should be excluded from the rest of the tour. Only then could cricket be played for cricket’s sake, if that is at all possible even now. In the end it was largely the PCB’s intransigence that forced the ICC’s hand.

The intent here is not to pass judgment. Messrs Salman Butt, Asif and Aamir have only been charged with spot-fixing and remain innocent until they are proven guilty, even if the evidence at hand seems damning. At the same time, however, it should be remembered that they are accused of serious crimes and their innocence cannot be taken for granted. There is a lot of misguided patriotism in the air on this count. Many in this country are being made to believe that our cricketers were set up in a conspiracy designed to malign the nation. Pakistan’s high commissioner to the UK personally gave the trio a clean slate on remarkably dodgy grounds: he had spoken to them and they said they were innocent. They might well be but let’s reserve our verdict for the time being.

 

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Pakistani cricketers are not saints. They caught red handed with hard cash on video cam. ICC did a good job by suspending them.

It is like this. There was murder with knife and one person near the dead holding knife and caught on cam. What police will do? Police will arrest him and start investigation.

They were not caught with hard cash on cam.

 

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Pakistan cricket team rocked by fresh fixing claims

A fourth Pakistan cricketer is being investigated by cricket's governing body, claims the News of the World.

Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir are already the subject of police and International Cricket Council (ICC) investigations over a betting scandal.

The paper says the ICC is investigating an unnamed fourth man over match-fixing claims - a more serious charge than the spot-fixing claims faced by the trio. But the cricketing body said it did not comment on ongoing investigations.

A spokesman said: "We are making no comment regarding the suggestion that the ICC is probing a fourth player.

"We do not comment on ongoing investigations, we will not revealing any details about the charges [faced by Butt, Asif and Amir]," added the ICC spokesman after the News of the World reported that the three men were facing a total of 23 charges.

The Metropolitan Police said it is not investigating a fourth player, while the Pakistan Cricket Board was not immediately available for comment ahead of Sunday's first Twenty20 international between England and Pakistan in Cardiff.

Test skipper Butt and fast bowlers Asif and Amir have been suspended and charged by the ICC.

In a separate development, the BBC understands that wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has been contacted in writing by the ICC, though there is no suggestion that he is the fourth player and it is not in relation to incidents in the recent fourth Test at Lord's.

During that match, Asif and Amir are alleged to have bowled three no-balls between them at pre-determined times to facilitate betting coups after "middle-man" Mazhar Majeed was reported to have accepted £150,000 from an undercover reporter from the News of the World, who published the story on 28 August.

BBC Sport understands that serial numbers on bank notes seized by the police from the cricketers' hotel rooms tally with those recorded by the tabloid given to Majeed.

In its latest revelations, the News of the World also claimed that batsmen Yasir Hameed spoke to the newspaper about other Pakistani cricketers' involvement in match-fixing.

However, Hameed denied speaking to the tabloid, although the News of the World has since published a video interview with the Pakistan batsman.

Former Pakistan batsman Younis Ahmed insists greed could be the only possible motivation for any of his country's stars to become involved in corruption.

He told BBC Radio 5 live: "I can tell you they are paid handsomely and they are all living well. They all drive four-by-fours, they have got their homes and they have invested money - they are not short of money, believe me.

"Some of them are getting a bit greedy to make a quick buck."

Younis said the reports had been greeted with anger in Pakistan, which has been ravaged in recent weeks by floods that have claimed many lives.

"Pakistanis are totally furious and very disappointed by what they have read in the papers and the way this is being reported in the media," he added.

"All the floods that Pakistan had - 16 million people without their homes, belongings, their livestock destroyed and their livelihoods at stake - this was the last thing they were expecting."

Meanwhile, Croydon Athletic - the football club co-owned by Majeed, has announced that manager Tim O'Shea and his Assistant Neil Smith have left with immediate effect.



BBC Sport - Cricket - Pakistan cricket team rocked by fresh fixing claims

 

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Hahaha Yasir Hamid denied that he didnt give any interview !! Geo Tv lol

 

[Marxist]

Ahead of his team's T20 and ODI matches against hosts England, Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi on Sunday (September 5) indicted the tainted trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir and added that the tour will go on.

Speaking to Geo News, Afridi said, "The tour of England will go on despite the ongoing situation. The trio should stay away from the dressing room. keepin them out of the team is for our best interest. The trio will have to face the consequences despite it being a difficult time for the players."

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