Scotland Yard says ‘NO EVIDENCE FOUND’, baseless allegations by 'News of the World'
In what could be termed the latest development in the world of cricket, Scotland Yard in its report has discovered that they could not find any substantial evidence linking the Pakistani players to the spot-fixing allegations. Responsible and reliable sources in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 Yard on Tuesday informed that despite the British Tabloid “The News of the World” providing the video and other "proofs", so far no credibility has been established regarding the match-fixing fiasco that has apparently caught the media by storm. Many people raised the bar of insane thinking when they stated that the Pakistan Cricket team be banned without even the findings of the report by Scotland Yard implicating any player in the case.
There has been little proof that the key scandalous and shady character of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-c75448 Majeed ever had any contacts with the fast bowlers Mohammad Asif or for that matter Mohammad Amir. The career of these players has been under jeopardy following reports of spot-fixing allegations. According to sources, Scotland Yard has thus far failed to find the video as substantial proof of spot-fixing. The video failed to display the usual time and date formats that are normally depicted in any such video formats. According to them, all the no-balls bowled by players during the final test at Lords were delivered well before they were actually inducted in the video tape by the “notorious” match-fixer.
The video is being carefully scrutinized by the Scotland Yard for further information and proof on the matter. It has also been revealed that Scotland Yard has also been “toying with the notion of a possible trap” where the British tabloid has attempted to indulge in false reporting, simply to tarnish the image of the country which is already facing a plethora of problems at home to bring a bad name to the PCB and the national cricket team. This might also be an attempt to unnerve the players ahead of the ODI series against England and affect the overall morale of the team.
Reportedly, it is also doubtful that the alleged notes as displayed in the infamous video aired on various television channels had dubious denominations were really UK 10,000 pounds at all. The amount of 150,000 pounds that the Scotland Yard would have desperately wanted to find as credible proof into the link of the players with the bookie were not found during the search conducted by them. Other objects were recovered from the possession of the players, with their cell phones being confiscated as well. However, items recovered during the raid have also failed to yield any significant results.
Another worrying question for the investigators at hand is the fact as to why the British tabloid chose to publish the report two days after they “supposedly” found out, since the no-balls were bowled on the very same second day of the Lords Test.
Pakistan cricket team has had to go through a string of massive problems, which include the death of their coach Bob Woolmer, to captaincy issue’s to rifts between the board and senior selectors. It is also important to note that if the players are cleared of all charges in this fiasco that has caught the international media by storm then it would have serious implications for the party that has levelled baseless allegations. Not only will it then mean, that these claims were an attempt to bring harm to Pakistan Cricket but also the strategic time of the accusations, when the international cricketing world sought to help Pakistan by ensuring a return of international cricket to the country that has suffered greatly due to its front line role in the war on terror in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745.
Chairman ECB Giles Clarke said that the ICC World XI would tour the country “in due course”. According to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120, "Cricket cannot abandon a nation with such a magnificent history in the game, such wonderful players and such enthusiastic and knowledgeable supporters. It will be an historic moment when international cricket resumes in Pakistan and the first ICC team walks out."
If these accusations are proven to be baseless accusations, then strict action must be taken against the British tabloid and all those parties involved in levelling such allegations which have brought great harm to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 - a country which is already suffering from a serious crisis not only in cricket but also, in the socio-economic context where the largest natural disaster in human history has displaced millions of people.
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