Pakistan may be involved in T20 World Cup match spot fixing

[Indiafan-Hyd]

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 KARACHI: The Anti-Corruption Unit of the International Cricket council (ICC) is investigating a match spot-fixing scandal in the Twenty20 World Cup played this year in the West Indies. Sources told Geo News that the ICC Anti-corruption Unit is probing the involvement of one or two Pakistan players in a match spot-fixing during the tournament. The match was played between Pakistan and South Africa on May 10, 2010. In the match Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. There are reports of alleged spot-fixing in the first 10 overs of the match. The sources further informed that under investigation players in this scandal had planned for alleged spot-fixing through mobile phones. The numbers on which contacts were made are of England, West Indies and Dubai series. The sources told that the ICC’s Anti-corruption Unit has interrogated two Pakistani players in this regard, and players had accepted that these numbers belong to them More details regarding the match and the players involved in spot-fixing are expected in next 24 hours. http://www.geo.tv/11-16-2010/74387.htm

[Desi Cartman]

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[Nova]

T20 World cup: ICC acquits Salman, Kamran of spot-fixing charges LAHORE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has cleared two Pakistani cricketers, Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal, from all charges for their alleged involvement in a spot fixing scandal during T-20 World Cup 2010, a private TV channel reported on Tuesday. According to the ICC sources, the two Pakistani cricketers were accused of being involved in spot-fixing during the T-20 World Cup, 2010, after which the ICC suspended their contracts and started collecting evidence, including phone call records. The Anti-Corruption Unit of ICC investigated the charges, the channel reported. On the other side, Salman Butt said that the ICC had already cleared him of the charges three weeks ago and the officials had also sent the clearance e-mail to the players. He also said that he was already cleared of the charges, but the ICC was just formally investigating the call records and other evidences regarding the scandal. He said that it was the requirement of the ICC to obtain the record of phone calls of players, the channel said. daily times monitor. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\11\17\story_17-11-2010_pg7_8 :dontknow: wtf is going on.. Is this credible?

[hari504504]

It is the same players : Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal. No big news really..