More embarrassment to follow: News of the week is going to publish more evidence

[younus]

Following last weekend's match-fixing world exclusive, the News of the World is to reveal sensational new revelations over 18 pages of tomorrow's newspaper.

This includes:

The News of the World publishing full details of the ENTIRE investigation starting in January this year including printing the transcripts of every meeting, conversation, email and text exchange.
An explosive claim by a member of the Pakistan touring team that some of his team-mates ARE cheats. Opening batsman Yasir Hameed tells us bent teammates were fixing "almost every match". He said: "They've been caught. Only the ones that get caught are branded crooks.
"They were doing it (fixing) in almost every match. God knows what they were up to. Scotland Yard was after them for ages.
"It makes me angry because I'm playing my best and they are trying to lose."

How the ICC are now probing a FOURTH Pakistan touring player over match-rigging claims. The News of the World is not naming this player for legal reasons.
The three suspended Pakistan players face a staggering TWENTY THREE ICC charges between them - each charge runs to six pages.
Exposing the rantings of the Pakistan High Commissioner who outrageously claimed that the News of the World had "set up" Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif. CCTV evidence proves the meeting with fixer Mazhar Majeed took place before any "no balls" had been bowled. Dated receipts and emails also prove the money handover happened BEFORE the "no balls".

Pakistan Captain Salman Butt was warned FIVE TIMES about his responsibilities to report any irregular contact with outside agencies. And investigators have recovered between 10,000 and 15,000 of marked News of the World bills from the Pakistan captain's hotel room.

source: http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/new...ing-revelations-in-the-News-of-the-World.html

 

[khudi]

Hmmm Yasir Hameed to phir agle matches me position pakki:)

 

[Alish]

This will be the Biggest Explosive in the Cricket World ! ! !

 

[Nice2MU]

These All Crooked should hanged in front of Media

These All Crooked should hanged in front of Media, if found guilty and all of their wealth should be confiscated and then donated to Flood Affecties.

And I am sure they are guilty. If they were not guilty they would come up with evidence infront of Media and would announce a SUE against NEWS of The World. While we can see neither any Pakistani Official nor Player are willing to take any action against the said newspaper. It shows their cowardness and guiltiness.

And Higher Commission is either a stupid man (that boys of his son's age have deceived him) or a Share holder in said Fixing Money along with other Board officials.

 

[Alish]

a Share holder in said Fixing Money along with other Board officials.

Exactly what i was thinking from last week.

 

[desicad]

Cash found in players' hotel rooms 'not much': Pak envoy
New Delhi: Pakistan High Commissioner in the United Kingdom Wajid Shamsul Hasan on Saturday admitted that cash was recovered by the police from hotel rooms of the Pakistan cricketers, whose performance are being probed into in the wake of a spot-fixing scandal.

"The cash was not much, around 30,000 pounds and that is not a big amount when you are in a long tour. Salman Butt's sister is getting married he could be using the money for shopping. But his mother fell ill so she could not come," Hasan said.

The envoy felt accepted that the money was given to the players - Butt and pacer duo of Mohammad Aamir and Mohammad Asif - by the alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed.

"Definitely there was money given to them (players) by Majeed. Majeed was agent of these players and thats the connection between him and the players. I did not know whether he had any links with Indian bookies or Bombay bookies," Hasan said.

"But the only question is whether they (players) declared it or not, that should be investigated," he added.

Asked about the police investigation, Hasan said that he did not have much knowledge about the progress of the probe.

"I have not talked to the police. I don't know what evidence they have got, they have not informed us so far. But I hope the investigators take a lenient view of the fact that they (players) are from a poor background and not very educated," he said.

Pakistan cricket found itself in a crisis after British tabloid 'The News of the World' broke the story about an alleged nexus between three players - captain Salman Butt and pacer duo of Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir - and Majeed.

"Majeed, I believe, was involved with some of the bookies. He was constantly in touch with some of them and had telephonic exchanges which was discovered," Hasan said.

http://www.ndtv.com/article/cricket/cash-found-in-players-hotel-rooms-not-much-pak-envoy-49635

 

[desicad]

Pak envoy blasts ICC for dropping Amir from awards list

London: Launching yet another scathing attack on ICC, Pakistan's High Commissioner to Britain Wajid Shamsul Hasan said by dropping Mohammad Amir from the list of its' annual awards nominees, the body has strengthened his apprehensions that "there is a rat in the whole affair".

In a statement issued here on Friday night, Hasan said the removal of Amir from the list of nominees for ICC's 'Emerging Player of the Year' award violates the principle of "innocent until proven guilty".

"I have learnt that ICC has taken cricketer Mohammad Amir's name off from the list of 'Players of the Year.' What happened to the general principle of law 'innocent until proven guilty'," Hasan said.

"After the shocking, arbitrary and high-handed suspension of the three Pakistani cricketers through the ICC's uncalled for action, nothing is coming to me as a surprise. Rather, my apprehensions that there is a rat in the whole affair are being strengthened. It is emerging as a fishy situation where pieces have now started falling in place to convince me that there is more than meet the eyes," he said.

The Pakistani diplomat termed the International Cricket Council's action against the tainted trio as "malafide and sinister" and said it was done to cover up its own wrongdoings.

"As I said in my Thursday's statement that after the request by the three players to PCB, through me, for their voluntary withdrawal from playing in the current tour until their names have been cleared and their honour vindicated, ICC's action was not only in a bad taste but was also self-serving, malafide and intriguingly sinister," Hasan said in the statement.

"I would rather add that ICC's hasty decision was aimed at covering up its own acts of omission and commission. Its notice to the players appears to have been aimed at influencing the legal process and to prejudice the ongoing police investigation," he said.

He said the cricketers would continue to cooperate in the investigation process but lamented that the investigators and ICC did not consider it appropriate to share the details with the Pakistan Cricket Board, which is a party to the entire matter.

"In contrast, Pakistan side has fully cooperated with the police in their inquiry and this cooperation would continue," Hasan said.

"The public declaration by ICC officials that there is a co-operation between ICC and the police under some protocol signed after the incident is strange. It is also strange that as per the ICC official's account, the police had shared evidence with ICC while ICC conducted its own investigations," Hasan said.

"This, in our view, constitutes a breach of trust and the PCB being an aggrieved party would be justified to consider the sharing of information between the ICC and the police as prejudicial to the interests of the Pakistani players," he said.

"In the interest of justice and fair play and in order to protect and respect the rights of the players no other investigation should be started until the British police, who have primacy in the matter, have completed their investigation," he added.

http://www.ndtv.com/article/cricket/pak-envoy-blasts-icc-for-dropping-amir-from-awards-list-49567

 

[rakeem]

Bring back the team, News of the world is at war with Pakistan cricket team

If PCB and Ijaz Butt have something called a spine they should've cancelled the rest of the tour and bring the team back. but I doubt that will happen only its ECB will make that call that will cause more embarassment to the board. This newspaper trying its best to get this tour wrapped up. Pakistani fans also have had enuff. Last tie in 2006 it was oval fiasco, responsible British media, after that sudden passing of Pakistan's coach Bob Woolmer which was later known as of natural causes, was made to look like a murder, British media was their to deliver their venom.
PAkistani team is now at the disposal of a tabloid newspaper which is making merry of the maligning of our cricket. Althoug I don't think that this will effect beghairat Butt but if he has little bit of shame he should ask ECB to remove the boys from tour and come back home. ECB is pushing hard to make this tour go on due to millions in revenue and Sky Tv rights contract but this weekly newspaper will keep publishing crap against PAk cricketers every week till the tour goes on.

 

[pcdoc24x7]

Can someone explain to me who in their right mind would be carrying 30,000 pounds in cash with them on a foreign tour for their sister dowry?? First of all, there was no money involved, now there are two theories: 1. The 30k pounds is not a big amount and it's acually Salman Butt's sister dowry cash or 2. The money was received from Mazhar Majeed but that was for the sponsorship as Mazhar Majeed is their agent who get them sponsorship deals in the UK. These stories are so full of loophooles ... Come on guys ... fess up to what they did and save the nation from further embarassment.

 

[yeh mera india]

Pakistan batsman says players are fixing

LONDON: A teammate of the three Pakistan cricketers suspended on corruption charges has reportedly claimed that players on his team have been fixing ''almost every match.''
The News of the World newspaper quotes opening batsman Yasir Hameed as saying Pakistan players are throwing matches.
''They were doing it in almost every match,'' Hameed was quoted as saying by the News of the World newspaper. ''God knows what they were up to. Scotland Yard was after them for ages.
''It makes me angry because I'm playing my best and they are trying to lose.''
Hameed played in last week's fourth test against England, in which Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir are alleged to have deliberately bowled no-balls in conspiracy with bookmakers.
The International Cricket Council suspended Asif, Amir and test captain Salman Butt this week while it investigates them for various offenses under the sport's anti-corruption code.
The ICC has not detailed the charges, which followed a sting operation detailed in last week's News of the World that alleged that a middleman accepted payment in exchange for the deliberate no-balls in the match at Lord's, which Pakistan lost by an innings and 225 runs for its worst ever test defeat.
The ICC has called it the biggest fixing scandal to hit cricket for a decade. The News of the World said its Sunday edition will claim that a fourth Pakistan player is being investigated by the ICC, but that he cannot be named for legal reasons.
The tabloid said Butt, Amir and Asif face a total of 23 charges from the ICC. The captain of Pakistan's limited overs teams has apologized to cricket fans for the controversy.
Shahid Afridi said Saturday that the players in the squad for the remaining two Twenty20 and five one-day matches against England were upset by the allegations.
''On behalf of these boys, I know they're not in this series, I want to say sorry to all cricket lovers and all cricketing nations,'' Afridi said.
''It's very bad news,'' Afridi said ahead of Sunday's first Twenty20 in Cardiff. ''It's a big challenge for me as captain but we're all ready. The coach and I are not talking about the issue _ we are here to play cricket.''
The trio were released without criminal charge after being questioned by London police on Friday but could be banned from cricket for life if found guilty.
The Pakistan Cricket Board's legal adviser said Saturday that Butt, Amir and Asif have denied knowledge of any alleged wrongdoing by the middleman, agent Mazhar Majeed.
''The players have informed the police that the man was their agent, but they had no knowledge,'' about his alleged wrongdoing, Tafazzul Rizvi told private television channels in Pakistan.
The News of the World has accused Majeed of acting as a middleman, accepting money in exchange for getting Asif and Amir to bowl intentional no-balls.
''I've told the boys, 'don't read the newspapers,''' Afridi said. ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said Friday the allegations that the case was the most serious case of corruption since South Africa captain Hansie Cronje was banned for life 10 years ago.
Cronje admitted to forecasting results in exchange for money from a London bookmaker, prompting the ICC to create its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU).
The News of the World said that its Sunday edition will include proof that Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan was mistaken in his assertion that the paper recorded Majeed discussing the timing of the no-balls after they were bowled on Aug. 26.
Hasan, Pakistan's top diplomat in Britain, has accused the ICC of bias for banning the players while police are still looking into the case.
''After the shocking, arbitrary and high-handed suspension of the three Pakistani cricketers through the ICC's uncalled for action, nothing is coming to me as a surprise,'' Hasan said in a statement Friday. ''Rather, my apprehensions that there is a rat in the whole affair are being strengthened.''
Lorgat has denied that the charges were evidence of bias and said the ICC was committed to maintaining the country's status as a full member of the body. -AP


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