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Hi,

There is no damning proof of any sort. The pcb needs to take legal action against Haroon Lorgat---.

The punishment has to fit the crime---Lorgat is on a witch hunt---. In the court of law----no balls have no legal standing in the court---they have to show who was betting---and who benifitted. It ain't that simple.

Pak got rid of that fat umpire first---I guess it is time for Lorgat to go.

Sir I think you are wrong on the following points

1) ICC actions have no dependency on legal proceedings in UK. ICC can ban you for appealing excessively, not the court.

2) ICC suspension is no punishment, its an effort to protect the game. While a serious is cloud is there on these players, allowing them to play would be a mistake. The suspension for the period of the hearing, the punishment OR acquittal will be after the hearing.
 
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Players prepare for legal battle


LONDON: A team of legal experts is working overtime to help the Pakistan High Commission and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to prepare a strong legal defence for three national team cricketers currently embroiled in an alleged betting scam, sources told ‘The News’ here on Thursday.
Well-placed sources in the PHC said that diplomats and cricket administrators have agreed to fully back Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir — the three players at the centre of a spot-fixing scandal, who have strongly denied all charges against them.
According to the sources, senior PHC officials are confident that the three players can prove their innocence through the legal process. The High Commission, it is understood, is also helping the players to prepare a case against the News of The World, which ran a sting operation and allegedly gathered evidence against the trio of taking bribes from match-fixers.
Taffazul Rizvi, PCB’s legal advisor and KK Agha, Pakistan’s Additional Attorney General are on board but the case is being prepared by British lawyers, said a source.
“Hectic efforts are being made to prepare a defamation suit against the tabloid on behalf of the three Pakistani cricketers,” said a source. “The decision has been taken following a between the players and Pakistan’s High Commissioner,” said the source referring to a 90-minute meeting between the trio and Wajid Shamsul Hasan, Pakistan’s envoy to Britain.
Hasan is of the view that the video evidence against the players may not be genuine.
“Were the videos timed, were they dated... do you have the answers to these questions?” he asked while talking to reporters here on Thursday.
When asked whether he thought that the players may have been set up, Hasan said: “Yes, I would say that.”
However, News of The World quickly denied that it set up the players. “The News of the World refuses to respond to such ludicrous allegations. Watch this space,” it said.
 
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Pakistan 'spot-fix' trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif banned as cash is found among captain's possessions

Pakistani cricket was thrown into its deepest crisis yet as the Daily Mail revealed banknotes used in the Test betting scandal are understood to have been found among Salman Butt's possessions.

The news emerged as Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif were suspended and charged by the ICC following allegations of spot-bet fixing in last week's Lord's Test.

The Mail can reveal a bundle of notes marked by the News of the World in their spot-betting sting operation was found by the Metropolitan Police in a locker or hotel room used by Butt, the team captain, while Pakistan were in London for the Lord's Test.

The ICC said they had 'charged three Pakistan players with various offences relating to alleged irregular behaviour during, and in relation to, the fourth Test between England and Pakistan at Lord's last month.'

The tourists had earlier sought to defend the trio. Wajid Shamsul Hasan, the Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK, claimed that the accused players had suffered 'mental torture' and had been the victims of a set-up.

His position and his insistence that he would defend the players in court will have a hollow ring to them this morning.

Pakistan 'spot-fix' trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif banned as cash is found among captain's possessions | Mail Online
 
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Players prepare for legal battle
Hasan is of the view that the video evidence against the players may not be genuine.
“Were the videos timed, were they dated... do you have the answers to these questions?” he asked while talking to reporters here on Thursday.
When asked whether he thought that the players may have been set up, Hasan said: “Yes, I would say that

Classic case of three monkeys!!
 
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Spot-fixing cash found in Butt's belonging: Report



LONDON: Cash used in the spot-fixing scandal during last week's Lord's Test is understood to have been found in the belongings of Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt, a report said.

According to a report in the Daily Mail, Scotland Yard officers would question Butt on Friday over how marked notes were discovered from his hotel room and in his locker at the Lord's cricket ground.

The money is believed to have been part of 150,000 pounds handed over by an undercover News of the World reporter to the alleged fixer Mazhar Majeed, the newspaper said.

The cash, given to Majeed for fixing three no-balls of the Lord's Test between Pakistan and England, is understood to have been secretly marked so that it could be later identified by police.

According to the report, the recovered money was undergoing forensic tests to confirm police suspicions that it came from the News of the World sting.

"Early indications suggest the money found in possession of Butt originated from the sting. There are good reasons to believe this was the case," the newspaper quoted sources as saying.

The revelation came after the International Cricket Council had charged and provisionally suspended the tainted Pakistani trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, from all forms of the game pending a decision on the charges.




Spot-fixing cash found in Butt's belonging: Report - Top Stories - Cricket - Sports - The Times of India
 
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Pakistan match-fixing claims: feeble attempt to protect Butt, Amir and Asif fails

After a bizarre day that featured half-baked briefings, backstage maneouvrings and a clumsy Pakistani counter-attack, the International Cricket Council finally made its presence felt in this sad and unedifying story.

By Derek Pringle


s arrived just after nine o’clock on Thursday night that the three players at the centre of the spot-fixing scandal - Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif - had been charged with “alleged irregular behaviour” by the ICC. According to the rules, they will now be provisionally suspended and have 14 days to appeal.

The ICC’s belated intervention crashed through Pakistan’s feeble attempts at political self-defence. Much of the morning had been spent splitting hairs over whether the three players had been dropped, or suspended, or had even withdrawn under their own aegis.

Pakistan’s manager, Yawar Saeed, was careful not to use words like “suspended” or “banned” in his statement on Thursday, issued on the boundary’s edge before Pakistan’s match against Somerset at Taunton.

Later, in London, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, Pakistan’s High Commissioner, explained their absence by saying that the three accused players had withdrawn themselves due to “mental torture”. Hasan then embarked on the provocative claim that the three players had been “set up.”

The outcome was that England got what they wanted, after the Lord’s three were removed from the tour. But for much of the day, it had been clear that Pakistan’s state machinery was doing everything it could to obfuscate that fact.

Employment law has its complexities, which is why Saeed would only confirm that Butt, Amir and Asif would play no further part and that three players would replace them in the squad for the NatWest 50-over series that begins a week today.

Yet the defiant note struck by the High Commissioner, who randomly raised Imran Khan’s victory over Ian Botham in the British courts, suggested that the Pakistani authorities were reacting with their hearts more than with their heads.

'Drop the trio or get dropped from the tour’ was always the gist of the message from the England and Wales Cricket Board. Though with the diplomatic sensitivities being rubbed raw, confused messages ensued with Pakistan’s High Commissioner resolutely standing by the trio in a bizarre press conference in London.

The tipping point for England seems to have been the comments Ijaz Butt, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, made at 9pm on Wednesday. In an interview with the BBC, Butt was adamant that the three would remain part of the tour, unless they were charged with an offence. Outraged that Pakistan could be such ungrateful guests, after the summer’s mercy mission that brought them Tests against Australia, the ECB’s top brass swung into action.

Forthright talks ensued through the night, between Butt, Giles Clarke and David Collier, the ECB’s chairman and chief executive, as well as Haroon Lorgat, the chief executive of the International Cricket Council. Nobody would officially confirm the precise content of the discussions but it would have been surprising if they had not pointed out what Pakistan cricket stood to lose by playing hardball over the players given the damning nature of the News of the World’s dossier.

Clarke would have been central to Thursday’s events, as he has been since Pakistan were cast into the wilderness by the increasing terrorist activity within their borders. As chairman of the ICC’s Pakistan task team, Clarke has set aside part of the English summer to give them a regular outlet for playing their home series, as witnessed by this summer’s Tests against Australia. Next year, there is a 10-day gap in the schedule that will not be filled by England matches, thereby allowing Pakistan to play a T20 and three ODIs against either India or Sri Lanka, both sides being present to play England.

Pakistan desperately need to play international cricket to fulfil their TV deal with Ten Sports and therefore survive. Threatening to remove that window would have been a powerful bargaining chip. Another would have been asking another country to take their place. But whatever the means of persuasion, the outcome was that Butt, Amir and Asif will play no further part in the tour - the only sensible option.

Not that Clarke was crowing when he delivered the ECB’s statement. “The England and Wales Cricket Board welcomes the announcement of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s squad for the NatWest T20 and NatWest ODI series. We look forward to an extremely competitive series, full of excellent cricket and we can assure cricket fans across the country that matches will be played in the most competitive spirit long associated with contests between England and Pakistan.”

Pakistan match-fixing claims: feeble attempt to protect Butt, Amir and Asif fails - Telegraph
 
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BBC Sport - Cricket - Police question Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir

Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir is being questioned under caution by police in London over allegations of corruption.

Team-mates Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif are also set to be questioned over alleged deliberate no-balls in the fourth Test against England at Lord's.

The trio are provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council for "alleged irregular behaviour".

ICC anti-corruption boss Sir Ronnie Flanagan said the players have "an arguable case to answer".

The players were charged with various offences by the ICC following the match which England won by an innings and 225 runs to seal a 3-1 series triumph.
"They [Butt, Asif and Amir] have a really arguable case to answer in our disciplinary arena but that is not the same as coming, in any sense, to a finding of guilt on their behalf," added Flanagan.

Priority must be given to the criminal investigation."

Flanagan added that he did not see this case as a sign that cricket is rife with corruption.

"I do not see this as the tip of an iceberg but I think it is something from which we must learn," he stated.

Butt, Asif and Amir have been charged under "Article 2 of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code for Players and Player Support Personnel", and in accordance with the provisions of that code, have been barred from playing until the case has been concluded.

They have 14 days to appeal, although Flanagan conceded the complexity of the case, which he does not expect to be concluded "for weeks" could lead to the deadline being extended.

The ICC has yet to speak to the players after agreeing they would wait until given permission by the Metropolitan Police.

However, the High Commissioner for Pakistan, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, has condemned the game's governing body for charging and suspending the players without an investigation.

Hasan, who has repeatedly pleaded the players' innocence, told the BBC that the ICC's actions showed it was "playing to the public gallery".

"The ICC has done the wrong thing because when there is a live police inquiry this takes precedence," he added.

"The ICC made a mistake. It gave assurances nothing would be done until Scotland Yard had completed its investigation.

"The ICC has done this without conducting an investigation.

"To take action now is of course unhelpful, premature and unnecessary considering the players had already voluntarily withdrawn from playing, which was announced earlier in the morning [on Thursday] in the presence of the entire British media."

Asif and Amir are alleged to have bowled three no-balls between them at pre-determined times to facilitate betting coups after a "middle-man" was reported to have accepted £150,000 from an undercover reporter from the News of the World, who published the story on Sunday.

"We will not tolerate corruption in cricket - simple as that," said ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat.

"We must be decisive with such matters and if proven, these offences carry serious penalties up to a life ban.

"The ICC will do everything possible to keep such conduct out and we will stop at nothing to protect the sport's integrity.

"While we believe the problem is not widespread, we must always be vigilant.

"It is important, however, that we do not pre-judge the guilt of these three players. That is for the independent tribunal alone to decide."

Butt, Asif and Amir have been officially notified of the offences they are alleged to have committed. Any player ultimately found to be guilty of committing an offence under the code would be subject to the sanctions described in the ICC's Anti-Corruption Code for Players and Player Support Personnel.
That could mean upholding the player's indefinite ban with the possibility, at the discretion of an independent tribunal, of additional fines.

Details of the date of the tribunal hearing are still to be finalised.

The BBC's sports editor David Bond said the action taken by the ICC was "decisive and unexpected".

He added: "There is still a police investigation going on and those players will go back to Scotland Yard to be re-interviewed by them [on Friday]. We could eventually get criminal charges.

"The ICC clearly understands that cricket's credibility is at stake with this whole affair and they had to move swiftly to save the sport's reputation."

West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels recently completed a two-year ban imposed by the ICC after passing on team information to a bookmaker during a one-day series in India in January 2007, although the 29-year-old denies any wrongdoing.

Earlier on Thursday, High Commissioner Hasan had claimed that the News of the World video allegedly exposing the scandal may have been made after the incident.
But the BBC learnt that the Metropolitan Police, who are investigating the alleged case and have been working in tandem with the ICC, believe that the video evidence so crucial to the case is authentic
 
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Not just an allegation but plenty of evidence too. I think there was some allegation on Shoib Malik too in recent past, ICC didn't suspend him just for the allegation, though PCB did supposedly quoting 'infighting' as a reason.

You may be right. But from a legal perspective, this case doesn't have any strong evidence established yet. With that in mind, this is a harsh punishment.
 
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ICC: Pakistan Trio 'Have Case To Answer'
2:30pm UK, Friday September 03, 2010
Alex Watts and David Williams, Sky News Online
Cricket's governing body has pledged to stamp out corruption in the sport - as the three Pakistan cricketers caught in an alleged betting scam are quizzed by Met detectives.


Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir are understood to be answering questions at a police station in Kilburn, north London.
The International Cricket Council's chief executive, Haroon Lorgat, said the three accused players have a "really arguable case to answer".
On Thursday night the ICC suspended the trio and charged them with "various" offences relating to alleged irregular behaviour during the fourth Test between England and Pakistan at Lord's last month.
Addressing a news conference at Lord's, Mr Lorgat pledged to do "whatever is necessary to maintain integrity in the sport".
But he emphasised action would only be taken after evidence had been gathered.
He also reiterated his "extreme disappointment" at the developments, adding: "We will not tolerate any sort of corruption within cricket."
The bans follow allegations by the News of the World that a middleman accepted £150,000 to arrange for Pakistan players to deliberately bowl no-balls during the fourth Test.


The chairman of the ICC's Anti-Corruption And Security Unit, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, rejected claims the newspaper's story amounted to a failure on its part to keep tabs on potential irregularities.
"If these charges are proven, I congratulate what the News of the World has done in bringing this to light," he said in response to a question from Sky News' sports correspondent Ian Dovaston.
"They brought it to light in ways that the ICC would never have had the powers to engage in, (nor) something we would want to engage in, perhaps."
He added: "We cannot be 100% foolproof, there will always be instances of wrong-doing."

Corruption investigator Paul Scotney told Sky News it is time to establish a national anti-fraud unit with a remit to investigate all UK sports.
He said the issue needs to be taken "as seriously as doping" and called for the body to be ultimately replaced by an equivalent international agency.
Sky News' crime correspondent Martin Brunt, in Kilburn, said the three accused players are still being questioned, having arrived separately between 8.30am and 10.30am.
Brunt said the interviews are likely to last several hours, with the players expected to co-operate with the detectives.
"They do not have to (answer questions)," he said. "They can say no comment, of course. But given that they have made strong denials of the allegations that bribes were paid for deliberate no balls to be played they will be prepared to answer some questions at least."
Meanwhile, Pakistan's High Commissioner in London, Wajid Hasan, has claimed the players were "set up".


He said they have withdrawn from the current tour against England because of the "mental torture" they have suffered.
Following the News of the World story, Mazhar Majeed, 35, a cricket agent who also owns Croydon Athletic Football Club, was arrested by Scotland Yard and later released on bail.
Mr Hasan cast doubt on the News of the World's undercover video evidence when pushed by Dovaston.
"Were the videos timed, were they dated... do you have the answers to these questions?" he asked.
Dovaston asked: "Are you saying these players have been set up?"
Mr Hasan replied: "Yes, I would say that."

The News of the World's front page last Sunday
The News of the World dismissed his claims as "ludicrous", adding in a statement: "Watch this space."
The paper is apparently planning to publish further revelations this weekend.
The claims are the latest in a string of match-fixing allegations to dog the Pakistan team since the 1990s.
Three people have also been arrested by customs officials in connection with betting allegations against Pakistani players.
Two men and a woman, all from London, were questioned on Monday as part of an investigation into money laundering before being released on bail, HM Revenue and Customs said.
 
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Hi,

There is no damning proof of any sort. The pcb needs to take legal action against Haroon Lorgat---.

The punishment has to fit the crime---Lorgat is on a witch hunt---. In the court of law----no balls have no legal standing in the court---they have to show who was betting---and who benifitted. It ain't that simple.

Pak got rid of that fat umpire first---I guess it is time for Lorgat to go.

1) Realm of Court is Different from real of the Governing Body.

If I pay you $10 to drop a catch or throw away your wicket, it's not a crime as per the court of law. However, if I BET based on even smaller things like bowling a no-ball - THAT IS A CRIME. For the court, it's betting after "fixing" that's illegal.

In the realm of ICC, it's different. It's fixing that's the crime, not betting. Even in the eyes of the public. Throwing away your wicket for money is a greater crime than bowling a noball.

2) Why was the no-ball bowled? Understand that first. Say you claim to me that you can fix a match, how can I trust you? Therefore I make you "control" a small aspect of the match by "spot-fixing". Once I am convinced that you DO HAVE CONTROL - I will pay you larger amounts and fix BIGGER aspects of the match. Now that I trust you, I can BET based on those things. Let me repeat it, since you [and all the stupid people that have thanked your post] don't appear to be very bright.

a) I approach a bookie with a proposal
b) The bookie takes a security deposit [in this case 150k Pounds]and fixes a small aspect of the match, to prove to me that he can control the result.
c) I don't do ANY betting at this stage - because I don't know if the bookie has control
d) Once the fixing incident takes place, I trust the bookie!
e) I approach the bookie with a 500k deal, but pay him only 350k - since I've paid him 150k pounds already.
f) I bet a million dollars on the result of the game.
g) Profit.

In this case, everything semmed favorable to Butt and Co. Spot fixing in the test match and throw away the ODIs under Afridi. Serves two purposes - a) Win some $$$ and b) Oust Afridi in ODI as well.

3) Sports are played for entertainment of people. Governing Bodies are there to ensure to preserve the game. Whether or not betting was carried out, why should I and millions of others watch rogues like Butt and co play? As long as they are guilty of spot-fixing that's good enough for me. Whether or not any betting was carried out is immaterial.

4) Compatriots, please PLEASE stop making the rest of us look like jokers with your stupidity. Stop using terms like Racism. Stop playing a victim. You are under NO obligation to support thieves like Butt. By supporting them, you are only proving the Aussies and others right, that it's our DNA that's corrupt. By outrightly condemning them, there will be SOME room for national pride. Let the people say "All Pakistanis aren't corrupt" instead of "Pakistanis are either corrupt or live in denial."
 
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Sir I think you are wrong on the following points

1) ICC actions have no dependency on legal proceedings in UK. ICC can ban you for appealing excessively, not the court.

2) ICC suspension is no punishment, its an effort to protect the game. While a serious is cloud is there on these players, allowing them to play would be a mistake. The suspension for the period of the hearing, the punishment OR acquittal will be after the hearing.

Hi.

But court legal proceedings supercede ICC's actions---not all actions taken by corporations are legal---even though they maybe written in their charters.

Legally---icc will have issues---for pakistan---it is a must to take a strong legal action against the icc.

As for the cash----the guy was their agent---he could have paid then for anything---.

Think people think----you send your servant out to get you a pack of cigarretes and you give him a thousand ruppee bill---he brings back the change 500 ruppees now in marked bills and your pack of cigs---those bills are in your pocket now---.

Anti corruption comes in and searches you---damned you are---because you have marked bills in your pocket. Ain't that tragic.
 
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Hi.

But court legal proceedings supercede ICC's actions---not all actions taken by corporations are legal---even though they maybe written in their charters.

Legally---icc will have issues---for pakistan---it is a must to take a strong legal action against the icc.

As for the cash----the guy was their agent---he could have paid then for anything---.

Think people think----you send your servant out to get you a pack of cigarretes and you give him a thousand ruppee bill---he brings back the change 500 ruppees now in marked bills and your pack of cigs---those bills are in your pocket now---.

Anti corruption comes in and searches you---damned you are---because you have marked bills in your pocket. Ain't that tragic.


Also explain to me why Salam Butt at cover is looking at Muhammad Amir instead of the batsman when the bowl is being bowled?

While you are it, look up the word denial. I can understand your feelings bro. You WANT them to be proven innocent. But, facts are facts.
 
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1) Realm of Court is Different from real of the Governing Body.

If I pay you $10 to drop a catch or throw away your wicket, it's not a crime as per the court of law. However, if I BET based on even smaller things like bowling a no-ball - THAT IS A CRIME. For the court, it's betting after "fixing" that's illegal.

In the realm of ICC, it's different. It's fixing that's the crime, not betting. Even in the eyes of the public. Throwing away your wicket for money is a greater crime than bowling a noball.

2) Why was the no-ball bowled? Understand that first. Say you claim to me that you can fix a match, how can I trust you? Therefore I make you "control" a small aspect of the match by "spot-fixing". Once I am convinced that you DO HAVE CONTROL - I will pay you larger amounts and fix BIGGER aspects of the match. Now that I trust you, I can BET based on those things. Let me repeat it, since you [and all the stupid people that have thanked your post] don't appear to be very bright.

a) I approach a bookie with a proposal
b) The bookie takes a security deposit [in this case 150k Pounds]and fixes a small aspect of the match, to prove to me that he can control the result.
c) I don't do ANY betting at this stage - because I don't know if the bookie has control
d) Once the fixing incident takes place, I trust the bookie!
e) I approach the bookie with a 500k deal, but pay him only 350k - since I've paid him 150k pounds already.
f) I bet a million dollars on the result of the game.
g) Profit.

In this case, everything semmed favorable to Butt and Co. Spot fixing in the test match and throw away the ODIs under Afridi. Serves two purposes - a) Win some $$$ and b) Oust Afridi in ODI as well.

3) Sports are played for entertainment of people. Governing Bodies are there to ensure to preserve the game. Whether or not betting was carried out, why should I and millions of others watch rogues like Butt and co play? As long as they are guilty of spot-fixing that's good enough for me. Whether or not any betting was carried out is immaterial.

4) Compatriots, please PLEASE stop making the rest of us look like jokers with your stupidity. Stop using terms like Racism. Stop playing a victim. You are under NO obligation to support thieves like Butt. By supporting them, you are only proving the Aussies and others right, that it's our DNA that's corrupt. By outrightly condemning them, there will be SOME room for national pride. Let the people say "All Pakistanis aren't corrupt" instead of "Pakistanis are either corrupt or live in denial."

i completely agree with you sir
 
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‘Butt did a lot of talking, Asif and Amir did a lot of listening’

LONDON: Simon Hughes, a former English cricketer and now a leading journalist, has given a first-hand account of what happened last Friday — the second day of Pakistan’s fourth Test against England at Lord’s.
In his column for Telegraph on Thursday, Hughes has written how he saw Pakistan’s tainted trio — Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir circling the boundary even as their teammates warmed up before the start of play.
“I had got to the ground early on Friday morning sensing it could be Mohammed Amir’s day (there had been just 12 overs play the previous afternoon and England were one down overnight.) I was intending to watch Amir practise and then have a casual chat with him to write a column about him. Except that he didn’t practise.
“Instead he and three other team members were strolling around the boundary. They weren’t running, but walking and talking, while the rest of the Pakistan team practised elsewhere on the field. Odd. The other players were Mohammed Asif and Salman Butt. When I approached them (as I sometimes do before play) they made it patently clear the conversation was private,” he wrote.
“I kept my eye on them, imagining they were talking tactics. The particularly strange thing was they circuited the boundary three, maybe four times.
“I have never seen a group do that before. It doesn’t take that long to discuss how to take wickets (which, to be honest in those conditions required simply bowling straight and pitching it up, as Amir proved.) Butt did a lot of talking. Asif and Amir did a lot of listening.
“So as a result, a lot of questions. If they were talking tactics, why weren’t the rest of the team involved, especially other bowlers? Why wasn’t it in the dressing room? Why so early in the morning? And, of course, what were they talking about?
“This was the morning after the two alleged fixed no-balls and before Amir’s subsequent and most obvious no-ball. Unusually this no ball came on the back of an extraordinary spell of four wickets for no runs in three overs — so his bowling was exceptional ‘in-synch’ and potent.”
Hughes said that before the ‘spot-fixing’ scandal changed his views, he was ‘mightily impressed’ with the way Salman handled his job as Pakistan captain.
“I had watched and listened to his press conferences and been mightily impressed by the way he took on a difficult not to say impossible job as Pakistan captain with calm equanimity. He was proud but sensible in triumph and dignified in defeat. He gave reasoned responses to questions about England’s chances in Australia. He sounded assured and persuasive in everything he said,” he wrote.

‘Butt did a lot of talking, Asif and Amir did a lot of listening’
 
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