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Akmal's were always whispered about. But Riaz? The guy seemed good. Guess money has ensured another casualty.
Wasnt he the one with the jacket? But this is nothing new, NOTW had already named these guys but there was no evidence against them. The trial is only for the trio
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Wasnt he the one with the jacket? But this is nothing new' date=' NOTW had already named these guys but there was no evidence against them. The trial is only for the trio[/quote']
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Pakistan cricket is a perennial LoLfest. But it makes for good entertainment for the rest of us. :D
Nothing beats #1 team getting spanked in Eng.
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Nothing beats #1 team getting spanked in Eng.
I bet India will never be Australia's bi@tch for more than a decade or go without a series win for three yrs or thereabouts. But hey, whatever makes you happy :two_thumbs_up:
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BTW why did these fixers bother going to UK for the trials ? Couldn't they just say NO ? Its not like they were going to be extradited for spot fixing. The way Asif avoids UAE, he could avoid UK as well.

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BTW why did these fixers bother going to UK for the trials ? Couldn't they just say NO ? Its not like they were going to be extradited for spot fixing. The way Asif avoids UAE' date=' he could avoid UK as well.[/quote'] cricket is small world, if these trio avoided the Trail, their presence in the Pakistan team would be met with derision from opposition teams, fans, and media, and similarly players like Asif and Amear still harbour hopes of earning big bucks in the IPL. Hence, better to clear your name, or hope and pray if found guilty the punishment isn't too harsh (i.e. 4 years in prison or something)
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I had access to Yuvraj and Bhajji, claims Mazhar Majeed

LONDON: Mazhar Majeed, the Pakistani players' agent at the heart of the spot-fixing scandal, bragged to the undercover reporter, Mazhar Mahmood of the now defunct tabloid News of the World, that he "had access" to Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh. Majeed also dropped the names of West Indies' Chris Gayle and Australia's Ricky Ponting and Brett Lee. He did not elaborate on what he meant by this. Mahmood had recorded this conversation, which was re-played on the fourth day of the trial of Pakistani cricketers in the Southwark Crown Court. Majeed was also heard describing the former IPL commissioner, Lalit Modi, as a "good" friend. In the tapes heard in the court on Monday, Majeed has described Mike Gatting, Phil Tufnell, Geoffrey Boycott and Imran Khan as "good friends". In this series of name-dropping, Majeed has also mentioned a discussion with Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt about setting up a Twenty20 tournament in Pakistan. Mahmood, the undercover journalist who carried out the sting operation that resulted in spot-fixing charges being levelled at three Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, gave evidence as a prosecution witness. He described in detail and played tapes of his encounters with Majeed. Mahmood, who had posed as an Indian businessman in the sting operation, was in court shielded behind a blue screen to protect his identity from the public. Majeed claimed he had been "fixing" matches for two and a half years and confirmed that he controlled several Pakistani cricketers for this purpose, including Butt, Pakistan's Test captain at that time, and pacemen Asif and Aamer. The first two have pleaded "not guilty". Aamer appears to have entered a "guilty" plea, but this cannot be officially stated as there are reporting restrictions imposed by the presiding judge, Mr Justice Cooke. Previously, jurors were shown footage of Majeed being handed Ž£140,000 cash in batches of Ž£50 by Mahmood on the eve of the Lord's Test match last year. The former lined these up on a table in front of him, and counted one of the bundles. Thereafter, he told the journalist when precisely three no-balls would be bowled by Aamer and Asif the next day. Mahmood's testimony is crucial to the prosecution argument. He lured Majeed into allegedly agreeing to a plot during Pakistan's 2010 tour of England, to get the three Pakistani cricketers to bowl pre-determined no-balls. Aftab Jafferjee, the prosecuting barrister, highlighted that point - in one instance, Majeed phoned Aamer at 1.30am, 3am and 6am on the first day of the Test. The jury was shown tapes of the action from Lord's, pausing to see Aamer's "enormous" overstepping of the popping crease and Asif's no ball. It also emerged that Majeed was not only dealing in no-balls with the undercover tabloid journalist, but also at least three other underworld figures, trying to fix other events during the match. One of these was referred to in the court as the head of a "shady" Indian syndicate. Majeed made dozens of calls to the unidentified man, and claimed that "my guy in India makes Ž£40-50,000" on every fixed no-ball. Jafferjee remarked: "It is as if the sport simply is there as a vehicle with which money is to be made by fixing aspects of the game." As the details were read out, Butt sat pensively in the dock, watching proceedings, his arms folded.
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Players, Cricket Australia reject Majeed's allegations NEW DELHI/MELBOURNE: The cricket world was hit by allegations of nexus between players and bookies but the two Indian players -- Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh -- who were mentioned in the reports as also Cricket Australia rubbished suggestions of any wrongdoings. Pakistani players' agent Mazhar Majeed reportedly made the claims that he had "access" to Yuvraj and Harbhajan along with several other international players during his conversations with the now-closed 'New of the World' undercover reporter Mazhar Mehmood. The recording of the conversation were played to a jury and the judge at Southwark Crown Court in London during the criminal trials of Pakistani cricketers, accused of spot-fixing. While Harbhajan threatened action, Yuvraj simply ridiculed the report and Cricket Australia said the claims "appear to be outlandish and made by a person of dubious repute." "I don't know who this person is, I have never met him. We will definitely take some action against him. I don't know whether it will be a legal action or whatever," Harbhajan said in Nagpur, where he is playing in the Challenger Series. "But I will definitely bring it to BCCI's notice and I am sure that they will take right kind of action against these kind people who are trying to spoil the game," he added. Yuvraj took to Twitter to rubbish the report. "...And who is majid!! absolute rubbish! Don't know never met!" he wrote. "The problem in India is if someone says a rooster has given an egg it will become news!! Whether its true or not its doesn't matter," he fumed. According to media reports, Majeed named the two Indian cricketers along with a host of other international players, who have also rejected the reported claims. The name-droppings took place during the fourth day of the trial of former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pacer Mohammad Asif, who are alleged to have bowled predetermined no balls for cash. Both the players have denied the charges. Cricket Australia said the claims made by the alleged bookie seem "outlandish" as had there been any truth in them, CA would have known and acted. "According to Majeed, Australian players were notorious for betting on 'brackets', periods of matches in which some bookmakers accept bets about how many runs would be scored," media reports said. "These would appear to be baseless allegations, but at the same time cricket needs to stand very firm in its conviction against corruption in our sport. If there are allegations that have any sense of credibility around them then it's very important we take all of the necessary action to investigate," CA CEO James Sutherland said. "If we charge players and find them guilty we will have no qualms about issuing a life sentence on players who are found guilty of match fixing," Sutherland added. Sutherland said he would get in touch with the ICC to take stock of the match-fixing investigations. "In my dealings with the ICC I'm very confident I would know and understand if there were concerns about Australian players, allegations about players or investigations afoot in regards to Australian players. I have heard none of that." Meanwhile former Australian captain Ricky Ponting's manager dismissed Majeed's claims of having access to him while pacer Nathan Bracken has threatened legal action after their name also cropped up in the spot-fixing trial. Bracken's manager Rob Horton said, "What a load of garbage, we have never heard of this guy. We have never met him. Nathan would never ever be involved in anything like that at all. He's thinking of taking legal action in London to protect his reputation," Horton said. Ponting's manager, James Henderson, also dismissed Majeed's claim. "We have never heard of him," Henderson said. Meanwhile, former Pakistan pacer Waqar Younis also denied any involvement in match fixing. "There's nothing in it (the allegations)," he said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/10314802.cms

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