Spot-fixing/Match-fixing scandal

[SummerWine]

Pak have beaten Somerset in a tense finish, now what to make of this victory? Still fight left in this tem?

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

Pak have beaten Somerset in a tense finish, now what to make of this victory? Still fight left in this tem?

Why not? Pakistan team is still one of the best teams of this world.

 

[SummerWine]

Why not? Pakistan team is still one of the best teams of this world.

Thanks ..... such words lift the moral

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

Thanks ..... such words lift the moral

Bhai...even if two three players are not in your team,your team still has enough talented players to fill the gap.

I think if your team plays seriously..it is unbeatable.

Only coz of indiscipline your team loses....but talent is 100% there.

 

[WAQAS119]

Mohammad Hafeez 0
Shahzaib Hasan 105
Azhar Ali 0
Mohammad Yousuf 26
Fawad Alam 140
Shahid Afridi* 2
Abdul Razzaq 2
Kamran Akmal† 12*
Umar Gul 0
Saeed Ajmal 0
Shoaib Akhtar 4

 

[Gentle Typhoon]

Haha, Umar Akmal is wearing a Manchester United sweatband?

Ooooopsssss...

Source: Please do check.

Mazhar Majeed with Salman and akmal brothers - PakPassion - Pakistan Cricket Forum

 

[Gentle Typhoon]

Bro it was not about result, what matters is the damage to the integrity of the Pakistan cricket.

Boycott the games as cricket fans if You care. I intend to if this matter too is brushed under the carpet.

Thanks ..... such words lift the moral

 

[WAQAS119]

Players innocent until proven guilty - Pak envoy

Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, the three players at the centre of the spot-fixing controversy, will play no part in the limited-overs leg of the England tour, after extensive talks between officials from the ICC and PCB led to the announcement that they had pulled out of the squad due to "mental torture".

While their absence will go some way towards defusing the controversy surrounding the series, Pakistan officials confirmed that the three players had not been suspended, and offered a public defence of the players, saying they were innocent until proven guilty. The defence came from Pakistan's high commissioner to the UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, who spoke to the media after meeting the players at his London office.

"The three players have said they are extremely disturbed with what has happened in the past one week, especially with regard to their alleged involvement in the crime," Hasan said. "They have mentioned that they are entirely innocent of the whole episode and shall defend their innocence as such. They further maintain that on account of the mental torture that has deeply affected them, they are not in the right frame of mind to play the remaining matches, therefore they have requested the PCB not to consider them until their names are cleared.

"They are innocent until proven guilty. They are under interrogation so they have to defend themselves. They are bright young men, one of them has just broken a world record, and we will go to a court of law to defend them."

Cricinfo understands that the decision to omit the players only came about after extensive meetings between Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, and Haroon Lorgat, the chief executive of the ICC, which went on past midnight on Wednesday evening. The PCB's position had been one of reluctance to act before the investigations had run their course, but with the integrity of the sport at stake, Ijaz was finally persuaded to back down.

A source close to the investigation told Cricinfo that the players will, in all probability, be meeting Scotland Yard for further questioning in the next day or so, although no time has yet been set. In the meantime, a local legal firm has been appointed, with the PCB's legal advisor, Taffazul Rizvi, also in London assisting the case.

The source denied that any pressure had been applied from the Pakistan government, but added that the deputy attorney general of Pakistan was in London and had attended the meeting with the high commissioner.

The players, who arrived at the high commission in a car with blacked-out windows, were escorted by 10 police officers past a media scrum, involving up to 20 photographers and reporters, as they entered the building.

Earlier in the day team manager Yawar Saeed announced the players' exclusion from the squad in Taunton, where the Pakistan team is playing a warm-up game. "The T20 squad will remain what it is here this morning, i.e. 13 people," Saeed said. "When we play the one-day internationals we will be asking for replacements to make the squad up to 16."

The ECB, whose stance on the omission of the players has been clear from the start, estimates that an income of approximately £10 million hinges on the successful staging of this series and the chairman Giles Clarke said "he welcomed the decision". He said he looked forward to the series being playing "in the spirit" that matches between England and Pakistan are always played in.

"I look forward to working with Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, and Ijaz Butt, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, and everyone involved in Pakistani cricket in taking forward cricket in Pakistan so that a proper plan exists for the whole of Pakistani cricket," Clarke added.

Alan Hamer, the chief executive of Glamorgan, also welcomed the news of the trio's omission ahead of the county's hosting of the two Twenty20 matches on Sunday and Tuesday.

"This is definitely the right decision going forward into the series," Hamer told Cricinfo. "The week leading up to the matches has felt like a department store in the lead-up to Christmas, with no-one coming through the doors. It has been clear from our initial market research that many people have been waiting for clarity on the allegations before committing to buying tickets, so hopefully with this decision, the emphasis will now shift back to the cricket, and a contest between the past and present World Twenty20 champions."

 

[riju78]

Pakistan Diplomat: Cricket Trio 'Set Up'

4:55pm UK, Thursday September 02, 2010
Graham Fitzgerald, Sky News Online
The three Pakistan cricketers at the centre of spot-betting allegations were "set up", according to the country's top diplomat in London.

High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan was speaking after Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif pulled out of the rest of the team's England tour.
The decision was revealed after a meeting in London with Pakistan officials at which all three apparently maintained their innocence and vowed to clear their names.

Speaking immediately after the talks, Mr Hasan said the players were withdrawing from the tour because of the "mental torture" of the scandal.
"The three players have said that they are extremely disturbed by what has happened in the past week, especially in regard of their alleged involvement in the crime," he told reporters.
"They mentioned that they are entirely innocent in the whole episode and shall defend their innocence as such.
"They maintain that on account of the mental torture which has deeply affected them, they are not in the right frame of mind to play the remaining matches."
Asked if he believed the trio were innocent, Mr Hasan replied: "Yes, I believe in their innocence."

Later, when pressed by Sky News' sports correspondent Ian Dovaston to explain why, he suggested the video evidence against the men may not be genuine. "Were the videos timed, were they dated... do you have the answers to these questions?" he asked.
Dovaston said: "Are you saying these players have been set up?"
Mr Hasan replied: "Yes, I would say that."

The Sunday paper, which broke the story, immediately dismissed the claim, saying: "The News of the World refuses to respond to such ludicrous allegations. Watch this space."
It had already been announced Butt, Amir and Asif would miss Pakistan's match against Somerset, a warm-up for the Twenty20 matches against England starting on Sunday.
The trio were questioned at the Pakistan High Commission over a claim Mazhar Majeed, a 35-year-old agent for several Pakistan players, took £150,000 to arrange deliberate no-balls.
The News of the World said Mr Majeed arranged for the no-balls to be bowled at precise points in last week's Fourth Test against England.
The information would be of enormous value to the spot-betting industry, where money is wagered on specific incidents in matches.
After the story came out, Mr Majeed, who also owns Croydon Athletic Football Club, was arrested by Scotland Yard detectives and later released on police bail.
The three players were questioned by police at the weekend at their London hotel.
The England and Wales Cricket Board is understood to have lobbied for the players to be stood down, by whatever means, from the forthcoming limited-overs matches.
England's players meanwhile are reportedly reluctant to line up against a Pakistan team containing the men, the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers' Association said.
"The England players understand it is important the games go ahead and they will be professional but they would or will find it really difficult to play against the guys directly implicated," Angus Porter told the Daily Telegraph.


Haroon Lorgat, of the International Cricket Council (ICC), said he hopes there will be "some sort of a conclusion" to its own investigation by the weekend.
He said "prompt and decisive action" would be taken against anyone who sought to harm the game's integrity and they could be thrown out of the sport.
However, he said "a couple of individuals that might have got caught up in corrupt practices" should not bring the entire game to a standstill.
The claims are the latest in a string of match-fixing allegations to dog the Pakistan team since the 1990s.
Three people have also been arrested by customs officials in connection with betting allegations against Pakistani players.
Two men and a woman, all from London, were questioned on Monday as part of an investigation into money laundering before being released on bail, HM Revenue and Customs said.

Accused Pakistan Cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir And Mohammad Asif Set Up Claims Diplomat | UK News | Sky News

 

[Super Falcon]

so sitting in his car make them guilty and these photos can be made today with technology bro even i can post you photo with them standing with them so it will make you a fixer too

 

[SpArK]

so sitting in his car make them guilty and these photos can be made today with technology bro even i can post you photo with them standing with them so it will make you a fixer too

Yes unless and until somebody posts pictures/ videos (genuine) of him taking money by hand let us all assume him innocent.

 

[Gentle Typhoon]

Yes it makes them guilty, you are totally ignoring that agent is a crook.

I think Aamer was lured into this by Salman.

so sitting in his car make them guilty and these photos can be made today with technology bro even i can post you photo with them standing with them so it will make you a fixer too

I agree with you, they are innocent until proven guilty. But seriously think why these players allowed everyone to play with their and nation's reputation, Ijaz Butt proved himself as the stupidest person and adminstrator of them all. Something is fishy.

 

[WAQAS119]

I can see the desperation among Indians to prove these players guilty even when many around the world are admiting that their is not enough evidence against them and these players are just fallen victims to a Tabloid.

Why till now Scotland yard has not been able to answer a simple query? When this video was shot? As explaind by Asim Aquil Earlier, it is not that hard, just obtain original storage media on which video was originally recorded and forensic experts can easily tell you the date and timings of the video.

But I guess indians are not understanding this simple logic! Is this that difficult?
They just want to lynch Pakistani players and this is not strange to us or any other.

 

[Speaker]

Doesn't really matter. This is not conclusive proof in this case.

Asim Aquil i also think there is consiperacy against pakistan as it is even easy to let us know that video was made before or after but seems like scotland yard making it even more complicated than it is and i also believe there is indian hand also involved as no one will invest that much money in story how did they asim aquil thanx for info on majeed's wife where she belongs too

most of indian members making fun of pakistan we will make sure in future we will return your investment with profit

Nonsense. It has been repeated time and again that the PCB is too insignificant for the BCCI to be bothered about, let alone the Indian government or 'RAW'. Now unless you have been blatantly oblivious to cricket affairs of the past 20 years, or have an IQ below 50 to comprehend facts, you will realize that the PCB and BCCI have been on good terms for multiple reasons. The line in red is the biggest lapse of logic there can ever be.

Now since you seem to love conspiracy theories, here's one for you: It is no secret that Pakistan has many indisciplined cricketers not willing to support their captain, and wanting to play politics. So this video could have been created by someone who wanted to overthrow Butt with aspirations for test captaincy. He could have well paid Majeed this money to 'act' in the video. Makes sense? Probably not, but it is more plausible than the 'Indian' hand.

I think Aamer was lured into this by Salman.

Stop defending Amir's character. If he is guilty, he should be punished. If his name is cleared, he must be given all the honors due. But for god's sake, do not paint the picture of an innocent victim. He is old enough to vote, have *** and drive around in his own car. If he is an idiot, it is his own fault.

 

[Jackdaws]

Apparently all India does 24x7 is try giving Pakistan a bad name. What a futile exercise given the excellent reputation Pakistan enjoys in all fields - Politics, International Relations, War and Cricket.