Tag: Spot fixing
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‘Fixer’: Sarfaraz Ahmed takes a dig at Salman Butt
Former captain of Pakistan cricket team Sarfaraz Ahmed responded to former cricketer Salman Butt’s criticism by calling him a ‘fixer’. Following Quetta Gladiators’ defeat against Multan Sultans in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL), Butt heavily criticised Sarfaraz and his behaviour towards players. During the course of the game, the Gladiators’ skipper was seen lashing…
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Zimbabwe’s Brendan Taylor ‘blackmailed to spot-fix matches after cocaine use’ by Indian businessman
Former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor says he was blackmailed into accepting a bribe to spot-fix international games but he never went through with it. Taylor, 35, said he was threatened by a businessman and his colleagues in India in October 2019 to spot-fix at international matches after they filmed him taking cocaine. He said he…
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Umar Akmal apologises for not reporting corrupt approaches
Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal has apologised for not reporting corrupt approaches last year, which led to him being banned for 12 months. Akmal, 30, was suspended last year by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for not reporting spot-fixing approaches made to him before the start of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020. “Seventeen months ago,…
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‘Match fixers should not be allowed to play again’: Abdul Razzaq
Former cricketer Abdul Razzaq has said in an interview that match fixers should not be allowed to play for their teams again. On Geo News show, ‘Jashan-e-Cricket’, Shahzad Iqbal questioned if it is true that Razzaq had noticed Salman Butt’s incompetent performance in one of the matches, which was also mentioned in Shahid Afridi’s book.…
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PCB rejects Umar Akmal’s appeal of paying fine in installments
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has rejected cricketer Umar Akmal’s appeal of paying his fine in installments, ARY News has reported. The 30-year-old cricketer is bound to pay a fine of PKR4.25million, imposed on him by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) on February 26. Umar told PCB that due to financial difficulties he…