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Butt/Amir/Asif - Spot Fixing Trial
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Burgey
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I don't know if you could do that based on this. As I read the article these are things he said on tape, not in court.
flibbertyjibber
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Pretty amazing revelations about Australia. Surprised the 5-0 ashes wasn't mentioned too.
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centurymaker
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my dad's always said to me that fixing exists everywhere, particularly in team sports.
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Is there any chance of this player agent being questioned in court? Would be interesting to see if he'd be prepared to back all of his claims on the tape.
It seems a bit dodgy that the former Pakistani players can have their reputations sullied in such a manner, as specifically named individuals.
It seems a bit dodgy that the former Pakistani players can have their reputations sullied in such a manner, as specifically named individuals.
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It may explain our selection policy in recent years
Xuhaib
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imo he was just BS'ing to impress the potential client doubt he will back it up in court.
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If so, by implication, all of the Victorian batters who've been ignored were obviously too honest to participate in the Test team.It may explain our selection policy in recent years
I don't want to live in this world any more.
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Even our selectors wouldn't be so stupid as to pick a litany of Victorian batsmen.
The rules are the rules. No more than one Victorian at a time int eh Test side. Preferably named Warne.
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I saw Pitt in Oceans 11...can't wait for the **** to take the stand and explain himself.I specially loved it when the douche boasts about knowing Brad Pitt and Federer.
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It's the only rational explanation for us losing to England.
Happy to run with it
Massive can of worms opened though. Even if it is bull**** which most of us see it as there will now always be a few who will question it.
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Cricket Australia slams “outlandish” match-fixing allegations
MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland says claims made in a London court over Australian match-fixing are “outlandish and made by a person of dubious repute.”
On Monday, the player agent at the centre of the Pakistan spot-fixing allegations, Mazhar Majeed, named in recordings played in court several high-profile ex-Pakistan internationals as well as unnamed Australians as being involved in corruption.
Sutherland said Tuesday that ”these sweeping statements unfairly malign Australian cricketers,” but if there was any evidence of wrongdoing, Australian officials would investigate.
”These would appear to be baseless allegations,” Sutherland added, saying that he would have been made aware by the International Cricket Council if Australians were involved in any match-fixing.
The recordings were made by the prosecution’s chief witness Mazhar Mahmood, the undercover journalist who was working for the now-defunct British tabloid The News of the World. The recordings were played at London’s Southwark crown court on the fourth day of the trial.
Majeed accused Australian players of being the ”biggest” match-fixers in world cricket, although he never backed his claim up with any evidence.
Majeed told Mahmood that Australian players would fix ”brackets,” a set period of a match on which gamblers bet, for example, on how many runs will be scored.
”The Australians, they are the biggest, they have 10 brackets a game,” Majeed said on the tape played to the court.
Sutherland said Tuesday that the ICC attends all international matches with its corruption unit and “there is nothing I have heard to suggest that there are Australian players who are of interest to them”.
“If there is any issue or there is any concern, we will investigate them”, Sutherland added. ”If we charge players and we find them guilty we will have no qualms about issuing a life sentence on players who are found guilty of match-fixing.”
Australian Cricketers’ Association chief executive Paul Marsh said Majeed was unreliable and his evidence should be considered in context.
”I don’t think he’s got a lot of credibility,” Marsh told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio. ”I found it very interesting that he was prepared to name the names of some Pakistani players but no Australian players.
”Our players are paid very well, they’re educated very well, and I think our guys understand the consequences of getting involved here in this space. It’s just not in the Australian culture.”
In London, former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammed Asif are facing charges of conspiracy to cheat, and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments.
Butt, Asif and Pakistan teammate Mohammed Amir are accused of conspiring with Majeed to bowl deliberate no-balls in the fourth test against England at Lord’s in August of last year.
Butt and Asif deny the charges. Majeed and Amir are not required to appear in court.
MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland says claims made in a London court over Australian match-fixing are “outlandish and made by a person of dubious repute.”
On Monday, the player agent at the centre of the Pakistan spot-fixing allegations, Mazhar Majeed, named in recordings played in court several high-profile ex-Pakistan internationals as well as unnamed Australians as being involved in corruption.
Sutherland said Tuesday that ”these sweeping statements unfairly malign Australian cricketers,” but if there was any evidence of wrongdoing, Australian officials would investigate.
”These would appear to be baseless allegations,” Sutherland added, saying that he would have been made aware by the International Cricket Council if Australians were involved in any match-fixing.
The recordings were made by the prosecution’s chief witness Mazhar Mahmood, the undercover journalist who was working for the now-defunct British tabloid The News of the World. The recordings were played at London’s Southwark crown court on the fourth day of the trial.
Majeed accused Australian players of being the ”biggest” match-fixers in world cricket, although he never backed his claim up with any evidence.
Majeed told Mahmood that Australian players would fix ”brackets,” a set period of a match on which gamblers bet, for example, on how many runs will be scored.
”The Australians, they are the biggest, they have 10 brackets a game,” Majeed said on the tape played to the court.
Sutherland said Tuesday that the ICC attends all international matches with its corruption unit and “there is nothing I have heard to suggest that there are Australian players who are of interest to them”.
“If there is any issue or there is any concern, we will investigate them”, Sutherland added. ”If we charge players and we find them guilty we will have no qualms about issuing a life sentence on players who are found guilty of match-fixing.”
Australian Cricketers’ Association chief executive Paul Marsh said Majeed was unreliable and his evidence should be considered in context.
”I don’t think he’s got a lot of credibility,” Marsh told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio. ”I found it very interesting that he was prepared to name the names of some Pakistani players but no Australian players.
”Our players are paid very well, they’re educated very well, and I think our guys understand the consequences of getting involved here in this space. It’s just not in the Australian culture.”
In London, former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammed Asif are facing charges of conspiracy to cheat, and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments.
Butt, Asif and Pakistan teammate Mohammed Amir are accused of conspiring with Majeed to bowl deliberate no-balls in the fourth test against England at Lord’s in August of last year.
Butt and Asif deny the charges. Majeed and Amir are not required to appear in court.
Outswinger@Pace
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Am I the only one who thinks that there is some scope for reading between the lines here?
Burgey
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There already is a group which does. This won't change that.
Massive can of worms opened though. Even if it is bull**** which most of us see it as there will now always be a few who will question it.