Pakis - Match fixing in England Test
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Corruption is rife everywhere including European countries, worse in places like pakistan where its obviously infiltrated cricket and other sport!
But in places like the UK and Ireland and other European countries and indeed the US we are supposed to lead the way arent we? If we in the so called developed nations cant even depend on our politicians to put in correct expenses claims then they cant look to us for a posiive example now can they? Just some food for thought.....
But in places like the UK and Ireland and other European countries and indeed the US we are supposed to lead the way arent we? If we in the so called developed nations cant even depend on our politicians to put in correct expenses claims then they cant look to us for a posiive example now can they? Just some food for thought.....
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Having spent many years dealing with Asians, I have realised that in fact lying ( bending the truth , call it what you will ) is in fact a national trait amongst all Asian countries. While there is I am sure lying in other countries it is not as blatant as in Asia.
Sure we all have politicans and often companies who circumnavigate the law for their own ends, but it is not a national sport as it is in Asian countries, someone stated Good job Thailand doesn't play cricket, well it is good job Thailand in fact is not a major player in any sports coupled with the other Far Eastern nations with some exceptions.
Corruption can be applied to many sp[orts but it is true in the Main cricket has surmounted those problems it now looks as though Pakistan has dragged it down into the gutter. personally Pakistan should be banned from Cricket as a nation for a period of two years or more in order to get its own house in order. maybe a loss to the Cricketing world but a salutory lesson to all.
Sure we all have politicans and often companies who circumnavigate the law for their own ends, but it is not a national sport as it is in Asian countries, someone stated Good job Thailand doesn't play cricket, well it is good job Thailand in fact is not a major player in any sports coupled with the other Far Eastern nations with some exceptions.
Corruption can be applied to many sp[orts but it is true in the Main cricket has surmounted those problems it now looks as though Pakistan has dragged it down into the gutter. personally Pakistan should be banned from Cricket as a nation for a period of two years or more in order to get its own house in order. maybe a loss to the Cricketing world but a salutory lesson to all.
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Lead the way?????.....LOL
Come on Gentlemen, corruption is alive and well and huge in the U.S. government, its called LOBBYING.
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Why am I not surprised that someone can involve American politics in a thread about cricket.
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Well the subject got changed to corruption in Asian countries...so...
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So what is the update for the one dayers? Will all alleged players be told not to play due to not being mentally prepared?
Will there be betting available to bet that there will be no 'no balls' bowled by the Pakistani bowlers(what is left of them) in the first game at Cardiff? Odds on?
Will there be betting available to bet that there will be no 'no balls' bowled by the Pakistani bowlers(what is left of them) in the first game at Cardiff? Odds on?
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportFour Pakistan cricketers under investigation for spot-fixing claims are unlikely to play again on their current England tour, the BBC understands.
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I saw an article in todays paper saying they could be a lifetime ban imposed on they if they are found guilty. I cant see how they wouldnt be given the evidence! I do agree however that the whole team should be banned for a couple years at least. Bad for cricket but worse to let this crap go on.
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For anyone wondering about what they were actually involved in (I mean 3 no-balls in a Test is 3 runs & 3 extra balls, not like the shorter versions of the game). the BBC has done a piece on ''spot betting'.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11137067
A bit off topic, but maybe not as it is at the heart of this issue. The introduction of computers (& especially on line gambling) has elevated this out of all proportion to a few years ago. Up 'till a few years ago all the 1st. scorer, last scorer, half time score etc. etc. on football betting just was not available in UK as it was just too impossible for a bookie to estimate his exposure to these beys so just would not take them. That seems to have now changed..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11137067
A bit off topic, but maybe not as it is at the heart of this issue. The introduction of computers (& especially on line gambling) has elevated this out of all proportion to a few years ago. Up 'till a few years ago all the 1st. scorer, last scorer, half time score etc. etc. on football betting just was not available in UK as it was just too impossible for a bookie to estimate his exposure to these beys so just would not take them. That seems to have now changed..
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Maybe none of this alleged gambling would have taken place if the Pakistani team had decided to keep the original touring team and captain,remember one of the alleged coming late on the tour as they decided they needed another batsman and his influence,as has been mentioned on this thread,on who bowls when.
Hope the alleged now fully understand when they return to their country after the tour, how much anger it has brought to the people of Pakistan over this.
Hope the alleged now fully understand when they return to their country after the tour, how much anger it has brought to the people of Pakistan over this.
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This saga reminds me of the eastern bloc countries of the 70"s with their drug taking, and drug masking that occured, together with the Chinese swimming team that got caught in Perth , Australia years ago, with the drugs in the care of the support staff., the Tour De France , the 5 rings every 4 years. and the list goes on.
We all knew it took place, but the Ostrich syndrome by the senior levels of the sporting bodies failed to do anying about it.
I see that further arrests for money laundering have now been made with the key fixer and associates over the last 24 hrs.
The ICC have had these guys under surveilance for months now, after the Australian players reported them last summer ( Lee , Johnson )
If the ICC dont suspend them, as a country as well as the individuals, then the entire game becomes a farce.
We all knew it took place, but the Ostrich syndrome by the senior levels of the sporting bodies failed to do anying about it.
I see that further arrests for money laundering have now been made with the key fixer and associates over the last 24 hrs.
The ICC have had these guys under surveilance for months now, after the Australian players reported them last summer ( Lee , Johnson )
If the ICC dont suspend them, as a country as well as the individuals, then the entire game becomes a farce.
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You really have to chuckle at the integrity of the Pakistani Cricket Board.
This is the form (to date) of one of those in the thick of the allegations, Mohammad Asif:
This is the form (to date) of one of those in the thick of the allegations, Mohammad Asif:
And yet they have kept on selecting him.In 2006, there was a cricket controversy involving Asif, after he tested positive for anabolic steroid, Nandrolone, before having a ban imposed on him overturned on appeal. He was later withdrawn from Pakistan's World Cup squad with an unrelated injury. Further cricket controversy followed when he was detained in Dubai suspected of having drugs on his person and was then found to have tested positive for a banned substance during the Indian Premier League. In August 2010 he was accused by the News of the World of deliberately bowling no-balls in return for payment from a betting syndicates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Asif
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Interesting Pakistani journalists' view of the situation (courtesy of the BBC).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11135417
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11135417
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Just read the article Bob, Interesting indeed. These players dont even care what their fellow countrymen think of them.....Pretty Shocking and pretty shocking that bans are overturned etc etc etc. I know if I I belonged to a cricketing nation that Id protest at even agreeing to play them, whats the point?
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I find the following article very funny.....saying that the News of the World made that tape after the incident
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket ... 964408.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket ... 964408.stm
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come on pakistan stop taking the piss.the world knows you have been at it for yrs.why would the money be on the table for the world to see.1no ball ok but 3. no case to answer. high commisioner your as bent as them
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Malc, Counldnt agree more. I watch him on Sky News defending the 3 players to the hilt. Then I just read the latest story
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket ... 953417.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket ... 953417.stm
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Latest news.
Somerset beat Pakistan by 5 wickets tomorrow.
Somerset beat Pakistan by 5 wickets tomorrow.
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Well I know innocent until found guilty, but it is not looking good for the 3 of them..
And, just to make matters worse, a 4th. Pakistani player is now being investigated for match fixing.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/8969656.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11190583About £4,000 in cash, which had been paid to an agent as part of a newspaper sting operation, was found in the rooms of three Pakistan players suspected of spot-fixing in last week's Lord's Test, the BBC understands.
The cash was recovered after the hotel rooms of captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were searched by officers from the Metropolitan Police's Economic and Specialist Crime Unit.
And, just to make matters worse, a 4th. Pakistani player is now being investigated for match fixing.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/8969656.stm
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Without wishing to sit on the fence these 3 or 4 cheating slippery ragheed buggars should be banned for life and the Pakistan national side throwed out of world cricket for lets say a 5 years..........its making me wonder if this spot betting has gone on in other ports maybe betting on if theres a penalty between the 80-90th minute with the bent player pole axing an apposing player in a football match or a player being sent off ......... etc. maybe not in the top flight but lower divisions where the likes of Grimsby and Sheffield Wednesday play !!