Pakistan cricketers, agent jailed over fixing scam

Pakistan crickerters Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif and agent Mazhar Majeed were all jailed on Thursday for their parts in fixing parts of a Test match against England. Cricket agent Majeed, 36, from Croydon in south London, received the harshest penalty with a sentence of two years and eight months, Judge Jeremy Cooke [...]

Explosive claims as sentencing looms in fixing case

Explosive claims about wider corruption in the Pakistan cricket team stunned a London court Wednesday as three guilty players and their agent traded accusations over their roles in the fixing scandal. Pakistan's former Test captain Salman Butt, fast bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif, plus their agent Mazhar Majeed, whose guilty plea can now be [...]

Disgraced trio ”shamed Pakistan”

On a day when Salman Butt should have been celebrating the birth of his new son with friends and family in Lahore, the former Pakistan captain was left to contemplate a possible jail sentence and the death of his cricket career after being found guilty of spot fixing in a British criminal court.  Butt and [...]

Pakistan spot-fixing scandal Timeline

Timeline of the Pakistan corruption scandal which resulted in former test captain Salman Butt and pace bowler Mohammad Asif being found guilty of corruption in a British criminal court on Tuesday. A third player, Mohammad Amir, pleaded guilty before the start of the trial.  Aug. 29 2010 – Police confiscate the trio's mobile phones after [...]

Butt, Asif found guilty of spot-fixing

Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif were found guilty Tuesday of involvement in a spot-fixing betting scam during a match against England last year. At Southwark Crown Court in London, Butt, 27, was found guilty of conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments and conspiracy to cheat at gambling. Asif, [...]