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The Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal was a sports scandal that occurred during a Test match between England and Pakistan at Lord's, London, in August 2010.The scandal centered on three members of Pakistan's national cricket team, who were convicted of taking bribes from a bookmaker, Mazhar Majeed, to deliberately bowl no-balls at certain pre-arranged moments during the Test.
The 2017 Pakistan Super League spot-fixing scandal arose in February 2017 when the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) suspended several cricketers under its anti-corruption code in an ongoing investigation on spot-fixing, backed by International Cricket Council (ICC)'s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, during the 2017 Pakistan Super League. [1]
"Receiving a consideration to spot-fix" in a domestic game. [33] 2012: Mohnish Mishra: Pune Warriors India: 1 year: Bringing the game into disrepute through "loose talk and unsubstantiated bragging". [33] 2012: Amit Yadav: Kings XI Punjab: 1 year: Spot fixing and match fixing. [33] 2012: Abhinav Bali: Kings XI Punjab: 1 year: Spot fixing and ...
The Pakistan cricket team toured England from 29 July to 22 September 2010. The tour consisted of four Tests, two Twenty20s (T20) and five One Day Internationals (ODIs).. The series became infamous for the Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal during the Fourth Test match at Lord's.
While Khalid Latif was allegedly given bat grips by bookies to indicate that he would spot-fix. He was also accused of convincing three other players to participate in the fixing. [ 36 ] Both were given bans of 5 years, [ 37 ] [ 38 ] while four other players Mohammad Irfan , Mohammad Nawaz , Nasir Jamshed and Shahzaib Hasan were given bans of 1 ...
Salman Butt (Punjabi:سلمان بٹ; born 7 October 1984) is a former Pakistani cricketer and captain who played for Pakistan national cricket team between 2003 and 2010, before getting banned for five years for his involvement in a 2010 spot-fixing scandal. [1] Butt was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20.
The fourth Test of Pakistan's summer 2010 cricket tour of England contained several incidents of spot fixing, involving members of the Pakistan team deliberately bowling no-balls at specific points to facilitate the potential defrauding of bookmakers. [111] Three players were banned from cricket and sentenced to prison terms. [112]
Earlier, he came under police investigation in 2010 following reports of cricket 'match fixing' after a News of the World sting operation. [4] On Saturday 28 August 2010, he was arrested by Scotland Yard for allegedly fixing a Test match between England and Pakistan in Lord's. On 3 November 2011, Majeed was given a prison sentence of 32 months ...