Salman Butt, Muhammad Amir and Muhammad Asif suspended by ICC
Pakistani cricket has always been in the headlines whether it’s ball-tempering claims or doping scandals, security issues or terrorist attacks on visiting teams. All these intrigues in the past few years resulted in a volatile cricket culture in Pakistan without severely affecting the fame of cricket among the Pakistanis. But the recent match fixing scandal that revolves around three Pakistani players look set to stretch that loyalty to its limits.
On 29th August News of the World claimed Pakistan’s new-ball pair of Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif delivered three intentional no-balls in the ongoing Lord’s Test against the hosts England as predicted by the alleged fixer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-c75448 Majeed.
The bookmaker allegedly received £ 150,000 from the undercover reporters of the tabloid who posed themselves to be members of a gambling cartel. Initially seven Pakistani Players were alleged of being involved in the match-fixing scandal. 24 years old Salman Butt, who was handed captaincy of the side just a month before, was also a name among the alleged Pakistanis who have come up in the tabloid’s tingle.
Former cricketers of Pakistan fear that the latest match-fixing scandal might be a last blow to the already plunging game of cricket in Pakistan. Aamir Sohail, former test captain of Pakistan bashed the cricket system of Pakistan saying the country has one of the worst cricket systems in place yet the Pakistan cricket team is surviving in the international arena just because of the interminable support of passionate Pakistani fans.
No case has been made against the any of the alleged players so far and only inquiries are being carried out by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board and the cricketers. The board is also in contact with the Home Department and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Kamran Akmal, who was at the centre of the storm after winless tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 earlier this year, was also among the four names that got the initial news headlines after the News of the World alleged Pakistani players. But now the wicketkeeper is out of the picture as far as allegations are concerned. Akmal was initially involved in the qualms but neither his mobile was taken away by the investigators nor was he invited to London to meet the PHC (Pakistan High Commission) that means the keeper has been cleared of match-fixing suspicions.
Senior detectives from Pakistan’s FIA (Federal Investigation Agency) are also conducting their own investigations in London about the spot-fixing scandal exposed by the NOTW on Sunday, 29th August.
BoomBoom suspended relationship with Amir
Alongside the whole Pakistani nation, the kit suppliers of Pakistan, BomBoom, have also been shocked by the recent scandal and in a protest to the incident the suppliers have suspended their relations with the teenage pacer of Pakistan Mohammad Amir. Few months back, BoomBoom signed a deal with the Pakistan cricket as its official kit supplier. 18years old Amir, being one of the highest profile players of Pakistan team, had an individual deal with the supplier.
The managing director of the company, Ali Ehsan, revealed in a statement that the company cannot allow its brand to be associated any suspicion of foul play.
"We cannot allow our brand to be associated with any whiff of corruption or suspicion of foul play. While the suspension of our commercial involvement with Mohammad Amir is not a step we take lightly, we nevertheless feel that it is the right thing to do while a judicial process unfolds and innocence or guilt is established”
The MD BoomBoom further revealed that the company is also reviewing its deal with PCB as the official Kit supplier.
After days of speculation and denials, the PCB has finally decided to drop the three alleged players – Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir- from the rest of the tour of England. This means that the three Pakistani cricketers will not be a part of the T20 and one-day series against England.
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