bhasin_parveen
MPA (400+ posts)
ukhaarena kya hei age hi adha ukheda hua hei
Lord's Test at centre of fixing allegations - (All Threads Merged) (All Videos will be Added in this
awan4ever
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
Bas isi per khush rehna....ukhray huay ka bhe kuch nahi begaar saktay tum log...rotay raho gay sari zindagi...take ur proofs and shove them up your arse...coz its not going to do you any good.
Adeel
Founder
The sun alleges the first test was spot fixed and here is clear evidence
Clear video proof that this match fixer has been at it since the first test. HE DROPS A COMPLETE DOLLY! Majeed must have lined his pockets after this drop because even my goldfish would have swallowed this
WHEN WILL THE TORTURE END?
Clear video proof that this match fixer has been at it since the first test. HE DROPS A COMPLETE DOLLY! Majeed must have lined his pockets after this drop because even my goldfish would have swallowed this
WHEN WILL THE TORTURE END?
Adeel
Founder
Tariq Ali on the Fixing Scandal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/30/imran-pakistan-corrupt-leaders-cricket
Loved the last statement!
There's only one ImranWhether in cricket or in politics, corrupt leaders – bar notable exceptions – are often all Pakistan has
Tariq Ali guardian.co.uk, Monday 30 August 2010 21.00 BST
Poor Pakistan. Floods of biblical proportions; millions homeless; a president who pretends to be shocked by cricket's latest betting scandal when his own persona is the embodiment of corruption. A prime minister shedding crocodile tears because of the cricketing "shame" rather than tending to allegations that flood-relief money has gone missing. And now a sleep-walking cricket captain attempting to deny the ugly truth, but without real conviction, hoping against hope that he will ride out the crisis like others before him and that his bosses in Pakistan's cricket establishment will cast a veil over this one as well.
Even if guilty, Salman Butt and his vice-captain Kamran Akmal will try to give the appearance of having no idea of the seriousness of the allegations and will try to talk their way back, hoping, as in the past, that after a few gentle raps on the knuckles they can revert to business as usual. That would be a real tragedy, a green light to semi-legalise match fixing, and not just in Pakistan.
The Pakistan Cricket Board is a long-standing joke, its chairmen replaced with every change of government. The current boss, Ijaz Butt, is the brother-in-law of Pakistan's defence minister, a crony of President Zardari. The International Cricket Council and the England and Wales Cricket Board – somewhat pathetic bodies dominated by political and financial interests respectively – should not fudge this one. Whether Pakistan batting collapses were psychological or based on material interests we still do not know. But the moral collapse of this team stares all cricket-lovers in the face. Any perpetrators should be on the next plane home and the ringleaders given life bans. If guilty, the teenage bowling sensation Mohammad Amir should be banned for some years. His idol, Wasim Akram, is not the best role model on this front.
Some of the media comments on this affair are interesting, but irrelevant. Yes, WG Grace was a cheat on and off the field. Yes, captains of other teams – India and South Africa – have engaged in similar practices. Yes, the betting syndicates are a major part of the problem. So what? Since when has one crime justified another? How many times have I heard apologists for corrupt Pakistani politicians justifying their pillage by arguing that Europe and America also have corrupt politicians. The problem is that in Pakistan that's all we have, with few exceptions – one of whom is Imran Khan, who was also Pakistan's finest and most incorruptible captain.
The rotten core of Pakistani cricket long predates the emergence of Zardari and the present bunch of rogue politicians. There have been three semi-judicial inquiries since the 80s, the last of which, presided over by Justice Qayyum in 2000, suggested that allegations of match-fixing in Pakistan began when Asif Iqbal was captain (1979-80). He was said to have lost the toss against India, simply informing his surprised counterpart that he'd won – somethign Asif has denied.
From then onwards the cancer grew and grew. Players like Basit Ali and Rashid Latif, who refused to join the racket, testified before Qayyum as to its scale and spread. Latif, a good wicketkeeper, had taped conversations between key players and the betting syndicates. They were subsequently blackballed by the cricketing establishment. This was light punishment. A bookie who testified to the inquiry and fled to South Africa was cornered and killed in brutal circumstances.
The captain is crucial to the whole enterprise. Without him serious fixing is difficult: hence the bookies' dislike of Shahid Afridi. If the one-day series goes ahead, Afridi should insist on picking an untarnished XI, regardless of experience. Better to lose genuinely than on the say-so of the betting mafia.
Qayyum did not find the three superstars Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Inzamam guilty of specific acts, but all were criticised and fined small amounts. The genial if slow-witted Yawar Saeed, team manager during some of those scandals – and this one – was "of the view that all the members of the team showed 100% commitment and were not involved in match-fixing". It appears to be still his view. Waqar is now coach of the current team. Was he totally unaware of what was going on?
Forgiving these guys for wrecking our enjoyment of cricket is difficult enough. I now have a personal grudge as well: for the first time ever I was forced to buy and read the News of the World.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/30/imran-pakistan-corrupt-leaders-cricket
Loved the last statement!
There's only one ImranWhether in cricket or in politics, corrupt leaders – bar notable exceptions – are often all Pakistan has
Tariq Ali guardian.co.uk, Monday 30 August 2010 21.00 BST
Poor Pakistan. Floods of biblical proportions; millions homeless; a president who pretends to be shocked by cricket's latest betting scandal when his own persona is the embodiment of corruption. A prime minister shedding crocodile tears because of the cricketing "shame" rather than tending to allegations that flood-relief money has gone missing. And now a sleep-walking cricket captain attempting to deny the ugly truth, but without real conviction, hoping against hope that he will ride out the crisis like others before him and that his bosses in Pakistan's cricket establishment will cast a veil over this one as well.
Even if guilty, Salman Butt and his vice-captain Kamran Akmal will try to give the appearance of having no idea of the seriousness of the allegations and will try to talk their way back, hoping, as in the past, that after a few gentle raps on the knuckles they can revert to business as usual. That would be a real tragedy, a green light to semi-legalise match fixing, and not just in Pakistan.
The Pakistan Cricket Board is a long-standing joke, its chairmen replaced with every change of government. The current boss, Ijaz Butt, is the brother-in-law of Pakistan's defence minister, a crony of President Zardari. The International Cricket Council and the England and Wales Cricket Board – somewhat pathetic bodies dominated by political and financial interests respectively – should not fudge this one. Whether Pakistan batting collapses were psychological or based on material interests we still do not know. But the moral collapse of this team stares all cricket-lovers in the face. Any perpetrators should be on the next plane home and the ringleaders given life bans. If guilty, the teenage bowling sensation Mohammad Amir should be banned for some years. His idol, Wasim Akram, is not the best role model on this front.
Some of the media comments on this affair are interesting, but irrelevant. Yes, WG Grace was a cheat on and off the field. Yes, captains of other teams – India and South Africa – have engaged in similar practices. Yes, the betting syndicates are a major part of the problem. So what? Since when has one crime justified another? How many times have I heard apologists for corrupt Pakistani politicians justifying their pillage by arguing that Europe and America also have corrupt politicians. The problem is that in Pakistan that's all we have, with few exceptions – one of whom is Imran Khan, who was also Pakistan's finest and most incorruptible captain.
The rotten core of Pakistani cricket long predates the emergence of Zardari and the present bunch of rogue politicians. There have been three semi-judicial inquiries since the 80s, the last of which, presided over by Justice Qayyum in 2000, suggested that allegations of match-fixing in Pakistan began when Asif Iqbal was captain (1979-80). He was said to have lost the toss against India, simply informing his surprised counterpart that he'd won – somethign Asif has denied.
From then onwards the cancer grew and grew. Players like Basit Ali and Rashid Latif, who refused to join the racket, testified before Qayyum as to its scale and spread. Latif, a good wicketkeeper, had taped conversations between key players and the betting syndicates. They were subsequently blackballed by the cricketing establishment. This was light punishment. A bookie who testified to the inquiry and fled to South Africa was cornered and killed in brutal circumstances.
The captain is crucial to the whole enterprise. Without him serious fixing is difficult: hence the bookies' dislike of Shahid Afridi. If the one-day series goes ahead, Afridi should insist on picking an untarnished XI, regardless of experience. Better to lose genuinely than on the say-so of the betting mafia.
Qayyum did not find the three superstars Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Inzamam guilty of specific acts, but all were criticised and fined small amounts. The genial if slow-witted Yawar Saeed, team manager during some of those scandals – and this one – was "of the view that all the members of the team showed 100% commitment and were not involved in match-fixing". It appears to be still his view. Waqar is now coach of the current team. Was he totally unaware of what was going on?
Forgiving these guys for wrecking our enjoyment of cricket is difficult enough. I now have a personal grudge as well: for the first time ever I was forced to buy and read the News of the World.
alibhai
Councller (250+ posts)
Meetha meetha khap khap, karwa karwa thu thu
Adeel
Founder
Mushtaq Ahmed the main match-fixer: Sarfraz
KARACHI: Former Pakistan fast bowler, Sarfraz Nawaz, has once again openly blamed the match fixing mafia in the world cricket and criticised England’s spin bowling coach, Mushtaq Ahmed for his role in the scam.
While talking to a private television news channel on Sunday, Sarfraz Nawaz claimed that Mushtaq Ahmed is the main match-fixer who acts as an agent of the match-fixing cricketers.
“Who is he training in the England cricket team”, Sarfraz questioned. “England team don’t even have a single leg-spinner, so what Mushtaq is doing there. He is acting as a bridge between the cricketers and the match-fixing mafia”, Sarfraz added.
Sarfraz Ahmed, a former Pakistani fast bowler, is renowned for his hardline attitude towards the menace of match-fixing in the game called cricket and he has been blaming some of the great Pakistani cricketers of yesteryears like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younus, Inzamam-ul-Haq, and Saqlain Mushtaq, for their involvement in match fixing, spot fixing, and fancy fixing.
Sarfraz told the channel that most of the players in the current Pakistan side are part of this match fixing mafia and they every now and then earn big money by means of using spot fixing which doesn’t directly affect the outcome of the match but gives certain vibes to the bookies where they can earn millions of bucks.
KARACHI: Former Pakistan fast bowler, Sarfraz Nawaz, has once again openly blamed the match fixing mafia in the world cricket and criticised England’s spin bowling coach, Mushtaq Ahmed for his role in the scam.
While talking to a private television news channel on Sunday, Sarfraz Nawaz claimed that Mushtaq Ahmed is the main match-fixer who acts as an agent of the match-fixing cricketers.
“Who is he training in the England cricket team”, Sarfraz questioned. “England team don’t even have a single leg-spinner, so what Mushtaq is doing there. He is acting as a bridge between the cricketers and the match-fixing mafia”, Sarfraz added.
Sarfraz Ahmed, a former Pakistani fast bowler, is renowned for his hardline attitude towards the menace of match-fixing in the game called cricket and he has been blaming some of the great Pakistani cricketers of yesteryears like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younus, Inzamam-ul-Haq, and Saqlain Mushtaq, for their involvement in match fixing, spot fixing, and fancy fixing.
Sarfraz told the channel that most of the players in the current Pakistan side are part of this match fixing mafia and they every now and then earn big money by means of using spot fixing which doesn’t directly affect the outcome of the match but gives certain vibes to the bookies where they can earn millions of bucks.
It's just not cricket!
The most recent controversy surrounding cricket again besmirches the game's name.
Yawar Saeed (r), Pakistan team's manager, reads the newspaper containing allegations against Pakistani
players as the team plays England at Lord's Cricket Ground in London [AFP]
The idiom "it's not cricket" has come to mean someone doing something that is not right and suggests that cricket is somehow unique.
But the fact is that cricket has had its share of controversies, enough to take the shine off the "unique" appeal.
Here are some reactions to the arrest of a man in the UK on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers following reports of match-fixing in the just concluded cricket match between England and Pakistan.
Michael Vaughan, former England captain on social networking site Twitter
"Anger is my thought at the moment. I don't see how they can get out of this one ... it's just a great shame why this has to happen. Very sad."
Imran Khan, ex-Pakistan cricket captain
"I think there is a need to send out a message to youngsters ... that crime does not pay.
"I myself have come to know about these allegations against our players from the media. I hope they are not true but if any player is found guilty he should be made an example for future generations of Pakistani cricketers."
Allan Lamb, former England batsman
"If any player is caught, they've got to be life banned... Cricket has to go on, it can't just stop - we've got to get rid of the people involved, life ban them, and the game has to go on."
Nasser Hussain, ex-England captain
"Part of me says you've got to make a statement, and say: 'Right, ban for life'. If you come down tough maybe it says to everyone, 'Don't get involved, that's the end of your career'. "But another part of me says, 'Should you give a person another chance?'"
Richie Benaud, former Australia captain
"Sadly the people who now taint a great sport have become far more sophisticated in their ability to make dirty money out of the game... The ICC [International Cricket Council] and the administrators in various countries must act fast, otherwise cricket is at real peril."
Iqbal Mohammad Ali, chairman of the sports committee of the Pakistan National Assembly
"Enough is enough. Players have stained Pakistan's image. All those who are found guilty must be banned for life."
Iqbal Qasim, former Pakistan player and chief selector
"Pakistan cricket has seen every possible mishap, but allegations of spot-fixing is one of the greatest mishaps and it remains to be seen how our cricket comes out of it."
Sarfraz Nawaz, former Pakistan player
"The news is shocking and a great mishap ... As far as I know, players have been accused of fancy fixing, to bowl no-balls so they all must be investigated seriously and then strict action must be taken against those who are proved guilty."
Mohammad Ali Shah, sports minister of Pakistan's Sindh province
"It was because of the players' power that exists in Pakistan cricket that the PCB did not take action against the alleged players and the situation has come to a head in England."
Ehsan Mani, former ICC President
"It has come as an absolute shock to me. I don't know how this could happen. What was the Pakistan team management doing?
"I also blame the ICC anti-corruption unit, when a newspaper could uncover all this what was the unit doing, it is a shame for cricket."
It's just not cricket!
The most recent controversy surrounding cricket again besmirches the game's name.
Yawar Saeed (r), Pakistan team's manager, reads the newspaper containing allegations against Pakistani
players as the team plays England at Lord's Cricket Ground in London [AFP]
The idiom "it's not cricket" has come to mean someone doing something that is not right and suggests that cricket is somehow unique.
But the fact is that cricket has had its share of controversies, enough to take the shine off the "unique" appeal.
Here are some reactions to the arrest of a man in the UK on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers following reports of match-fixing in the just concluded cricket match between England and Pakistan.
Michael Vaughan, former England captain on social networking site Twitter
"Anger is my thought at the moment. I don't see how they can get out of this one ... it's just a great shame why this has to happen. Very sad."
Imran Khan, ex-Pakistan cricket captain
"I think there is a need to send out a message to youngsters ... that crime does not pay.
"I myself have come to know about these allegations against our players from the media. I hope they are not true but if any player is found guilty he should be made an example for future generations of Pakistani cricketers."
Allan Lamb, former England batsman
"If any player is caught, they've got to be life banned... Cricket has to go on, it can't just stop - we've got to get rid of the people involved, life ban them, and the game has to go on."
Nasser Hussain, ex-England captain
"Part of me says you've got to make a statement, and say: 'Right, ban for life'. If you come down tough maybe it says to everyone, 'Don't get involved, that's the end of your career'. "But another part of me says, 'Should you give a person another chance?'"
Richie Benaud, former Australia captain
"Sadly the people who now taint a great sport have become far more sophisticated in their ability to make dirty money out of the game... The ICC [International Cricket Council] and the administrators in various countries must act fast, otherwise cricket is at real peril."
Iqbal Mohammad Ali, chairman of the sports committee of the Pakistan National Assembly
"Enough is enough. Players have stained Pakistan's image. All those who are found guilty must be banned for life."
Iqbal Qasim, former Pakistan player and chief selector
"Pakistan cricket has seen every possible mishap, but allegations of spot-fixing is one of the greatest mishaps and it remains to be seen how our cricket comes out of it."
Sarfraz Nawaz, former Pakistan player
"The news is shocking and a great mishap ... As far as I know, players have been accused of fancy fixing, to bowl no-balls so they all must be investigated seriously and then strict action must be taken against those who are proved guilty."
Mohammad Ali Shah, sports minister of Pakistan's Sindh province
"It was because of the players' power that exists in Pakistan cricket that the PCB did not take action against the alleged players and the situation has come to a head in England."
Ehsan Mani, former ICC President
"It has come as an absolute shock to me. I don't know how this could happen. What was the Pakistan team management doing?
"I also blame the ICC anti-corruption unit, when a newspaper could uncover all this what was the unit doing, it is a shame for cricket."
It's just not cricket!
Ehsan Mani, former ICC President
"It has come as an absolute shock to me. I don't know how this could happen. What was the Pakistan team management doing?
"I also blame the ICC anti-corruption unit, when a newspaper could uncover all this what was the unit doing, it is a shame for cricket."
I wonder if England would have been playing in Pakistan, would our police have dared to enter in English players rooms?
"It has come as an absolute shock to me. I don't know how this could happen. What was the Pakistan team management doing?
"I also blame the ICC anti-corruption unit, when a newspaper could uncover all this what was the unit doing, it is a shame for cricket."
I wonder if England would have been playing in Pakistan, would our police have dared to enter in English players rooms?
Both parties to be punished?
The world news paper's managment should be punished. They force the cricters to commit crime giving them bribery. Who knows, that reporter and their managemnet built the pressure on Cricters. It was all set up and that is a crime that some video tap and record your voice with the informning the 2nd party.
The world news paper's managment should be punished. They force the cricters to commit crime giving them bribery. Who knows, that reporter and their managemnet built the pressure on Cricters. It was all set up and that is a crime that some video tap and record your voice with the informning the 2nd party.
And the other thing is that why Majeed has been released without any charge? Headlines has been made and damage has been done but where is prudence gone?
Adeel
Founder
Imran Khan fears for cricket in Pakistan
By Shahid Hashmi (AFP) 7 hours ago
KARACHI Pakistan cricket great Imran Khan on Monday said the sport was headed for crisis with the careers of top players in jeopardy over their alleged involvement in a gambling scam.
Seven members of the Pakistan team are facing a police investigation over claims they colluded with a middleman in a the scam during their England tour, in a sting by a British Sunday tabloid.
The scandal has cast a pall over the national sport, which has been dogged by "fixing" allegations since the 1990s as well as charges of ball-tampering.
The News of the World said it paid fixer Mazhar Majeed 150,000 pounds (230,000 dollars) for advance details of three no-balls by bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif in the fourth and final Test between Pakistan and England.
"I hope that it?s not true," Khan told AFP. "If, God forbid, it turns out to be true then it will be the biggest setback for Pakistan cricket and, probably, end the careers of the two best bowlers in the world," he said.
"To me Aamer is potentially the best young talent in the world and I feel sad for him."
Pakistan's government has launched an investigation into the claims while British detectives have questioned the Pakistani players and released on bail the alleged middleman, 35-year-old bookmaker Majeed.
But the allegations alone have hit morale hard in Pakistan, which is reeling from devastating floods that have affected 17 million Pakistanis over the past month.
"I think demoralisation has reached the point of extreme in the last two days. The general feeling is that it's one thing after another," said Khan, a former captain of Pakistan and swashbuckling all-rounder.
"First we were called a terrorist country because a dictator pulled us into someone else?s war," said cricketer-turned-politician Khan, referring to former leader General Pervez Musharraf and the US-led war in Afghanistan.
"Then there were the floods which have left millions of people homeless... and suddenly this cricket controversy comes up. This has shattered everyone in Pakistan."
Khan said the lack of good role models for the country's youth was a problem, but said he felt sorry for accused captain Salman Butt.
"Butt obviously looked like a bright captain, and if he is ousted then it will create another captaincy crisis for the team," said Khan, following the removal of previous skipper Younis Khan.
The scandal follows an investigation by the International Cricket Council into Pakistan's loss in Sydney earlier this year, when wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal dropped four catches.
"(Fans) will always be in two minds whether a defeat is genuine or not... so this will put players under huge mental pressure," said Khan.
By Shahid Hashmi (AFP) 7 hours ago
KARACHI Pakistan cricket great Imran Khan on Monday said the sport was headed for crisis with the careers of top players in jeopardy over their alleged involvement in a gambling scam.
Seven members of the Pakistan team are facing a police investigation over claims they colluded with a middleman in a the scam during their England tour, in a sting by a British Sunday tabloid.
The scandal has cast a pall over the national sport, which has been dogged by "fixing" allegations since the 1990s as well as charges of ball-tampering.
The News of the World said it paid fixer Mazhar Majeed 150,000 pounds (230,000 dollars) for advance details of three no-balls by bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif in the fourth and final Test between Pakistan and England.
"I hope that it?s not true," Khan told AFP. "If, God forbid, it turns out to be true then it will be the biggest setback for Pakistan cricket and, probably, end the careers of the two best bowlers in the world," he said.
"To me Aamer is potentially the best young talent in the world and I feel sad for him."
Pakistan's government has launched an investigation into the claims while British detectives have questioned the Pakistani players and released on bail the alleged middleman, 35-year-old bookmaker Majeed.
But the allegations alone have hit morale hard in Pakistan, which is reeling from devastating floods that have affected 17 million Pakistanis over the past month.
"I think demoralisation has reached the point of extreme in the last two days. The general feeling is that it's one thing after another," said Khan, a former captain of Pakistan and swashbuckling all-rounder.
"First we were called a terrorist country because a dictator pulled us into someone else?s war," said cricketer-turned-politician Khan, referring to former leader General Pervez Musharraf and the US-led war in Afghanistan.
"Then there were the floods which have left millions of people homeless... and suddenly this cricket controversy comes up. This has shattered everyone in Pakistan."
Khan said the lack of good role models for the country's youth was a problem, but said he felt sorry for accused captain Salman Butt.
"Butt obviously looked like a bright captain, and if he is ousted then it will create another captaincy crisis for the team," said Khan, following the removal of previous skipper Younis Khan.
The scandal follows an investigation by the International Cricket Council into Pakistan's loss in Sydney earlier this year, when wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal dropped four catches.
"(Fans) will always be in two minds whether a defeat is genuine or not... so this will put players under huge mental pressure," said Khan.
Jang News published on 27 JULY 2010 about Our CRICKET big Cheaters
Jang News published on 27 JULY 2010 about Our CRICKET big cheaters
Remember the world showed this by the end of August but Our own people exposed this long before....
I do believe that our players are involved and they all should get punishment.( After investigation )
http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/jul2010-daily/27-07-2010/sports.htm
Jang News published on 27 JULY 2010 about Our CRICKET big cheaters
Remember the world showed this by the end of August but Our own people exposed this long before....
I do believe that our players are involved and they all should get punishment.( After investigation )
http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/jul2010-daily/27-07-2010/sports.htm
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