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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 ...
During the fourth Test of 2010 Pakistani tour of England, News of the World published a story with allegations that Mazhar Majeed and some of the Pakistani players were involved in spot fixing. [13] Pakistani players Salman Butt , Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were later jailed and banned from cricket.
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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.
Mazher Mahmood was born in Small Heath, Birmingham, on 22 March 1963, the second of two sons of Sultan and Shamim Mahmood, journalists from Pakistan who had come to Britain three years earlier. [7] Mahmood first gained employment as a journalist at the age of 18, exposing family friends who sold pirate videos.
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.