Pakistan cricketers found guilty of spot-fixing: Court departures
Pakistan cricketers found guilty of spot-fixing: Court departures; ENGLAND: London: Southwark Crown Court:
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Salman Butt (Former Pakistan cricket captain) leaving court with others and along surrounded by press / Mohammed Asif (Former Pakistan cricketer) leaving court and ignoring questions from press, then along with car surrounded by press scrum and photographers taking pictures through windows
Sally Walsh (Crown Prosecution Service) reading statement to press SOT
- Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammed Asif deliberately and knowingly perverted the course of a cricket match for financial gain / through their actions they brought shame on the cricketing world, jeopardising the faith and admiration of cricket fans the world over / this prosecution shows that match fixing is not just unsportsman like but is a serious criminal act / the actions of these two top international players went against everything expected of someone in their position and they failed to take into account their fans of all ages and nationalities when deciding to abandon the values of sportsmanship so unconditionally / the prosecution said that Butt, Amir and Asif conspired together in August 2010 to accept money as an inducement or reward for the giving of advance information about the bowling of no-balls in the Lord's test match by Asif and Amir, the court was told these charges related to the bowling of no-balls on the 26th and 27th of August 2010 during Pakistan's fourth test at Lord's cricket ground in London / people who had paid good money to see a professional and exciting game of cricket on the famous ground at Lord's had no idea that what they were watching was not a true game but one where part of the play had been pre-determined for cash / Butt and Asif denied any wrong-doing but the jury has decided, after hearing all the evidence, that what happened on the crease that day was criminal in the true sense of the word
Matthew Horne (Detect...
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