Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Amir has expressed his anger at former teammate Salman Butt, saying Butt should not have ‘involved me in all this’.
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/ 10 January 2012
The MCC World Cricket Committee says lifetime bans for captains, vice-captains and coaches found guilty of corruption will help root out the problem.
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/ 1 December 2011
Pakistan cricket authorities have approved the setting-up of a ‘vigilance and security division’ to fight corruption in the game.
Salman Butt, convicted of match-fixing with two Pakistan teammates, has filed an appeal against a 30-month prison sentence handed down to him.
The Pakistan government will submit a detailed report on a recent spot-fixing case in order to repatriate three jailed cricketers.
A cricket historian says cricket administrators will have to join hands with governments across the world if they are to stamp out corruption.
The jail terms dished out to three cricket players convicted of match-fixing could deter others, and might bring back the sport’s credibility.
Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have been jailed for their roles in a spot-fixing scandal.
The three Pakistan cricketers convicted match-fixing are due to find out if they will spend time in jail for their role in the corruption scandal.
Former England captain Ian Botham says the ICC needs to cut off the head of the match-fixing snake following 11 years inactivity.
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/ 2 November 2011
Eleven years after South Africa’s Hansie Cronje was banned for life for taking bribes, the cricket world has taken another match-fixing blow.
Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif have been found guilty of involvement in a "spot-fixing" betting scam.
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/ 1 November 2011
The jury in the fixing trial of former Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif was sent home in the hope they can reach a majority decision.
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/ 1 November 2011
After an attack on Sri Lankan players two years ago, Zaka Ashraf says Pakistan has to work hard to bring international cricket back to the country.
Three Pakistan Test players are due to go on trial in London charged with spot-fixing during a match against England last year.
The world cricketers’ association says it "outright rejects" a proposal to encourage players to take lie detector tests to fight corruption.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday settled a row with the head of the Australian board over comments he made in the wake of a spot-fixing scandal.
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/ 5 February 2011
An anti-corruption tribunal of the International Cricket Council on Saturday banned former Pakistan captain Salman Butt for 10 years.
Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt have been charged with corruption offences, UK prosecution services said on Friday.
Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir are set to learn their fate on Tuesday over corruption allegations.
A make-or-break anti-corruption tribunal against Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir opened on Thursday.
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/ 14 December 2010
Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has filed a "comprehensive and hard-hitting" response to allegations of spot-fixing, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
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/ 13 December 2010
Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt says cash discovered by police in his hotel room during spot-fixing inquiries were part of his tour allowances.
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/ 4 November 2010
Pakistan cricket authorities have suspended the contracts of the players who are under investigation over spot-fixing allegations, an official said.
Three Pakistan cricketers accused of involvement in an illegal betting scam maintained their innocence on Thursday.
Three Pakistan cricketers embroiled in illegal betting allegations were axed from the team’s tour of England on Thursday.
Three Pakistan cricketers faced a grilling on Thursday over allegations they were involved in a betting scam.
Three Pakistan players embroiled in betting-scam allegations headed to London on Wednesday to face questioning.
Misbah-ul Haq led Pakistan’s charge in guiding the home team to a comfortable 102-run win in the one-off Twenty20 international at the National Stadium in Karachi on Sunday. The 33-year-old scored a career-best 87 to lift Pakistan to their record Twenty20 total of 203-5 in 20 overs.
Opener Salman Butt smashed a record-breaking century to help Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 150 runs in the fifth and final day-night international on Saturday for a 5-0 series whitewash. The left-hander scored a career-best 136 to lift Pakistan to their highest one-day total against Bangladesh of 329-9 in their 50 overs.
Pakistan marched to an easy seven-wicket win against Bangladesh in the fourth one-day international on Wednesday and stretched their lead to 4-0 in the five-match series. Pakistan’s in-form top order batting line-up — led by left-hander Salman Butt (74) — scored 212-3 in 44.3 overs.
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/ 30 January 2008
Mohammad Yousuf’s brilliant century and Shoaib Malik’s all-round contribution helped Pakistan overwhelm Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the fourth one-day match in Faisalabad on Wednesday. The win, which lifted the home team to a 4-0 lead in the five-match series, came in Pakistan’s world-record 673rd one-day match.