Butt, Asif And Amir All Guilty Of Match Fixing

[Ljp86]

Pakistan players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have all been found guilty of match fixing after deliberately bowling no-balls in a test match against England last year. Butt and Asif were found guilty by a jury while Amir pleaded guilty to the charge at a pre-trial hearing. All three players faced charges of conspiracy to cheat, and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments, following the Lord's Test during which they allegedly conspired with agent Mazhar Majeed and other people unknown to bowl pre-planned no-balls.

The trio were previously suspended by the ICC for a minimum of five years each and will be sentenced today.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/538662.html

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/538829.html

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/538962.html

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It's about time someone disciplined Pakistan's out-of-line players once and for all. Many have done so in the past only to go back on their word time and time again. Hopefully this will stand the test of time and these three are rubbed out of the game for good. Cricket in general needs to take a stand and stamp out cheating and match fixing for good as this does the game no harm in a period of uncertainty at the moment.

 

[Ljp86]

Well, all three players and agent Mazhar Majeed were gaoled yesterday. As captain, Butt recieved a 30-month gaol sentence with Asif getting a 12 month term of imprisonment. Amir received a six month term with agent Majeed getting 32 months behind bars. All four will have to serve at least half of their sentence before becoming eligible for parole.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/539063.html

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A sad day for international cricket but in terms of justice it was a great one. No more will fixing be tolerated at the highest level. The only downside is Asif didn't get more time behind bars the dirty, cheating thug.

 

[Beeswax]

Asif would have a tough time getting a game even if his ban was lessened by half after the prison sentence. He can't play in the country that their 'home' stadium is in, can he? And Pakistan probably will never be allowed a neutral venue in England again.

He's such a crook and yet such a dream of a bowler. Horrendous waste.

 

[Ljp86]

Dirty, cheating thug is the perfect desription for him. Should have been rubbed out years ago.