Re: Super Cricket: Pakistan in England : Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:46 am  

PAUL M wrote:

England have played really well but now there are huge shadows over the matches

The history books will show a convincing series victory for England with no mention of match fixing

Re: Super Cricket: Pakistan in England : Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:17 am  

All three players caught up in the scandal will not play again in the Tour due to their "menta suffering", with Sky sources suggesting they won't play again until their innocence is proved.

The Pakistani High Commissioner has said he believes in the players' innocence.

Re: Super Cricket: Pakistan in England : Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:21 pm  

Scotland Yard to interview the 3 players aswell.

Re: Super Cricket: Pakistan in England : Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:31 am  

One thing I picked up on when looking at the pictures was were Salman Butt was looking when the no balls were bowled, each time he was looking at the bowlers feet. Surely when fielding at short mid off (or somewhere in that area) your attention would be on the batsman, especially when it's a 90mph man steaming in.

Re: Super Cricket: Pakistan in England : Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:40 am  

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:

One thing I picked up on when looking at the pictures was were Salman Butt was looking when the no balls were bowled, each time he was looking at the bowlers feet. Surely when fielding at short mid off (or somewhere in that area) your attention would be on the batsman, especially when it's a 90mph man steaming in.

Let's be honest. These guys are as guilty as sin. I find it incredible that they are even trying to fight these allegations. It was so blatant. You don't get 2nd XI village cricketers over stepping by the amounts these lads did. They should admit their guilt and hope the ICC is lenient on them.

Re: Super Cricket: Pakistan in England : Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:56 am  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

Let's be honest. These guys are as guilty as sin. I find it incredible that they are even trying to fight these allegations. It was so blatant. You don't get 2nd XI village cricketers over stepping by the amounts these lads did. They should admit their guilt and hope the ICC is lenient on them.

They've been set up. Apparently. It's so f-cking blatant I too think they should just say 'We dun goof'd' and put an end to it all

Re: Super Cricket: Pakistan in England : Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:44 am  

Bang wrote:

They've been set up. Apparently. It's so f-cking blatant I too think they should just say 'We dun goof'd' and put an end to it all

Yeah that fella yesterday was very 'Comical Ali' wasn't he. SSN saying they have been found guilty. I'd of given them 5-10 year bans if they had come clean, double that for attempting to deny it.

Re: Super Cricket: Pakistan in England : Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:52 am  

I wouldn't be quite so quick to condemn individual players. Wasim Akram had his father kidnapped in the late nineties (and death threats to his nieces) as an incentive to comply with the bookies wishes.

The 18 yr old lad, Amir - do you think he was going to say no if his agent and captain tell him to bowl a no-ball?

Re: Super Cricket: Pakistan in England : Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:43 pm  

Does make you wonder about the nature of some of the "shock" results Pakistan teams have been involved in, the 1999 World Cup defeat to Bangladesh for example...

Re: Super Cricket: Pakistan in England : Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:33 pm  

If yesterday's T20 had'nt been the most unlikely game ever to be fixed, it would have had fix written all over it. Strange tactics, slow batting, a weird batting order, terrible fielding, a winning position surrendered. If they play like that when they are trying, how would anyone know if Pakistan were deliberately trying to lose?

If the match fixing, as opposed to spot fixing, allegations are true it makes you wonder how good a team they would be if they always tried.