http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/924349/Cricket-in-the-dock-as-we-expose-betting-scandal-England-Pakistan-Test.html


That is all.

The Sydney test was rigged...
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/924793/We-made-830k-when-Pakistan-collapsed-in-the-Aussie-match.html

Pretty pissed right now

what an absolute farce

What a bunch of tossers, lost any respect I had for these guys...they deserve to be punished big time.

Asif and Aamer two of my fave players...nooooo

And to think KAkmal dropped them from having an 'off' day.

What a bunch of greedy bastards.

Aamer has so much potential too.

sucked in, hate them all. Pakistan Cricket have done stupid things like this and when they stayed in their room when they were ball tampering against England a few years ago.

TBH, I don't think anyone is suprised that the sydney test was fixed. It was obvious.

Pakistan cricket is a joke atm and I can't see it getting any better in the coming years. I'm suprised Asif was one of them, to me he seemed like a class act.

life bans possibly on the cards? asif has already been involved in a drug scandal

Sad day for Cricket. At first it came as a big shock, but as the English commentators and most people involved in the game have said I think most Cricket fans expected it...

Where to now for Cricket in Pakistan and the game in general? Interesting times ahead.

Pakis currently 65-7 after being bowled out for 70 odd in the first innings, disgraceful.

I'm surprised they've taken the field...

Why am i looking at Rick Astley FFS

Moving on (at pace) ...Finally busted the bastards it was obvious they fixed the Sydney test also the '99 World Cup final was highly suspect....the Poms are gonna hand it to us this Summer we can't even beat the Paki's .....Sir Shane Warne Retiring has been devasting ..i knew he was the reason we were awesome as he was perfection and we would struggle a little with him gone but we suck more than i thought

I think the onlyway forward from here is life bans for all four of them. The message needs to be hammered home. Players in the passed that have been 'linked' to betting scandals have not always paid a high enough price in my opinion.

Get rid of the lot of them.

A shame really, as they are all such promising cricketers.

Yeah its is a shame, maybe these comments deserve some merrit.

Quote:

But why is it Pakistan? They seemed to have been involved recently in more than a fair share of these fixing controversies. There are a few possible reasons. Pakistan has suffered the most due to security situation with no teams willing to travel there. This has led to a drastic reduction in opportunities for the players to make money. Due to the India-Pakistan political situation, their players were not in the IPL either which would have been a huge windfall. Pakistan's Test cricketers are paid anywhere from £750 to £1,900 a month, in contrast to England stars who are on at least £10,000 a month. Or perhaps, the muscle of the mafia could be more freely exerted in Pakistan? So impressionable youngsters, while wanting to represent their country, are cajoled and perhaps coerced, in to doing some "harmless" things like bowling a no ball at a pre-determined situation to pocket a cool 10 Grand, more than 10 times the fees they gets for playing an entire month. The temptation especially for a teenager that comes from a poor background and the need to take care of his family could be a little too much to resist.

http://www.thebigtip.com.au/cricket/cancer-doubt-spot-fixing-controversy?page=0,1

Is it that bad over there, I mean not given the opportunity for up and coming players to play in the IPL would cause some stress on lucurative income

ICC should pay the Players to be honest, problem solved ....I have no ill feeling towards the Cricketers ....this goes way bigger than the Players but not much cause whats a few million to todays Criminals (it's insane.. Drug profits are like a hundred times this)