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The Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal was a sports scandal that occurred during a Test match between England and Pakistan at Lord's, London, in August 2010.The scandal centered on three members of Pakistan's national cricket team, who were convicted of taking bribes from a bookmaker, Mazhar Majeed, to deliberately bowl no-balls at certain pre-arranged moments during the Test.
Banned in August 2017 for spot-fixing charges in the Pakistan Super League. [24] 24: Lonwabo Tsotsobe South Africa: 8 years: Banned in August 2015 over match fixing: 25: Alviro Petersen South Africa: 2 years: Banned in 2016 over match fixing: 26: Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh: 1 year: Banned from all cricket for failing to report bookie approaches ...
The 2017 Pakistan Super League spot-fixing scandal arose in February 2017 when the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) suspended several cricketers under its anti-corruption code in an ongoing investigation on spot-fixing, backed by International Cricket Council (ICC)'s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, during the 2017 Pakistan Super League. [1]
Cricket Spot-Fixing Scandal (Pakistan, 2010) In 2010, Pakistani cricketers Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir, and Salman Butt were involved in a spot-fixing scandal during a Test match against England ...
The Pakistan cricket team toured England from 29 July to 22 September 2010. The tour consisted of four Tests, two Twenty20s (T20) and five One Day Internationals (ODIs).. The series became infamous for the Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal during the Fourth Test match at Lord's.
The reason for fixing a match includes ensuring a certain team advances or gambling. Match fixing is seen as one of the biggest problems in organized sports and is considered as a major scandal. This article is a list of match fixing incidents and of matches that are widely suspected of having been fixed.
Salman Butt (Punjabi:سلمان بٹ; born 7 October 1984) is a former Pakistani cricketer and captain who played for Pakistan national cricket team between 2003 and 2010, before getting banned for five years for his involvement in a 2010 spot-fixing scandal. [1] Butt was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20.
Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal – in 2010, three Pakistan players—team captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir—were accused of involvement in a spot-fixing scheme in which they allegedly accepted large sums of money to influence specific events within a match, as opposed to an actual match result.