Unconfirmed reports are just coming in that the cash used by the News of the World journalists during the sting operation on Mr. Majeed was found to be with Salman Butt. NDTV Cricket reports: According to a report in the Daily Mail, Scotland Yard officers would question Butt on Friday over how marked notes were [...]
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The only other South African we know who has a sense of humour @MrSmithMachine has been posting some very funny posts on his posterous. We thought we would share it with you. It was too soon yesterday, kinda like the Fiona Coyne Weakest Link jokes that followed just a few hours after her death were [...]
After Geoff Lawson’s column in The Telegraph where he revealed that during his tenure as Pakistan coach a selector had his daughter’s life threatened, ANI have spoken to somebody who say is Mohammed Aamer’s brother. Naturally his brother would defend him, nobody is surprised by that. “My brother is innocent. He has been trapped in [...]
Since the days of G.E. Palmer, E. Peate and G. Ulyett in 1884, any bowler who took a five wicket haul on the hallowed turf at the Lords Cricket Ground in London got himself a mention on the Honours Board. The practice has been continued even to this day and being on the honours board [...]
Michael Holding crying – Freecricket.TV
Latest reports are that Pakistan cricketers face charges of treason and they have to stand trial on Septmeber 7. In Pakistan, the maximum punishment for treason is death. [source AFP, The Age - Australia} The Daily Mail reports that the three players who stand accused will be suspended for the ODI series against England (source: [...]
Many people have been asking whether South Africa’s tour of UAE and games with Pakistan will go ahead. CSA issued a statement this morning indicating that they have to honour the agreement. How many people will actually pitch up to watch these games or switch on the tele to follow, is another story. Pakistan also [...]
I posed the question on Twitter: “If cricket is religion and Sachin is God, does that make the alleged fixers the Devil and the syndicates demons?” The answer was almost unanimous: yes, burn them. Yes, we all feel cheated and yes, we were all stupid to think that this wasn’t going on in our precious, [...]
The saddest and most heart-breaking part of this whole tragedy, for me, is the fact that this beautiful, bright and talented young boy could have no future anymore, should he be found guilty. Some sources believe that Shahid Afridi was protecting him and, as soon as he left, he had nobody to turn to and [...]
Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past few hours, you are well aware of what’s going on in the cricket world. It has been rocked to its core by match-fixing allegations involving Pakistan. I had a chat with Poshin from Poshin’s World about just how stupid we feel. Below is an e-mail I [...]
