Pakistan

Lopsy sticks it to the haters

October 27, 2010

There is some vaguely interesting cricket on the go in the UAE at the moment and, while it’s probably a case of of who is the bigger fixer and how many extras can Morne Morkel bowl, it should give us some sort of idea of what kind of form the Saffas are in before India [...]

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Salman Butt forced me says Aamir

September 27, 2010

Disclaimer: The following post is only based on the assumption that there are alleged links to the said players with spot-fixing. Should these links be proved wrong, we take no responsibility of our claims and arguments. Since it has been some time that the last revelation occurred regarding the match fixing (or spot fixing, whichever [...]

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Who’s in, who’s out? SA announce the squads to face Zim

September 22, 2010

Oh, and of course, Pakistan a tour I don’t think should go ahead. Pakistan cricket is in the sticky brown stuff at the moment and, if the ICC truly care about sorting out the issues, they need to take a stand and stop cricket being played against them, at least for a couple of months. [...]

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Aaaand, fight! England and Pakistan get physical

September 21, 2010

There were some rumours yesterday that our  second favourite ex-South African, Jonathan Trott got involved in a bit of an altercation with another Pakistani player. Drama, just the way we like it. But what would happened if  a full-on fist fight had to break out in the middle of the pitch? Who would win? I [...]

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Which over was fixed now – exclusively made up emails

September 21, 2010

Admittedly, the style of writing was inspired by our very good friend @Dustbincricket who blogs over at thoughtsfromthedustbin.blogspot.com From: ijazbutt@iamtotallycrazy.net To: gilesclarke@thisshitpaysyoursalarybitch.co.uk Subject: This is what you wanted? Hello dear, See, I told you it was a good idea to throw that third game. We have caused so much controversy in the past two months, [...]

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Fixing allegations at The Oval? Who’s surprised?

September 18, 2010

It’s a good thing I kept my piece of praise as a draft this time. The last time allegations rocked Pakistan I’d just finished a post of praise for Test cricket. I had this all lined up and ready to go: “As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a bowler’s girl. A swinging delivery that sends wickets [...]

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Cash found with Butt matches sting cash

September 3, 2010

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 Fixers by @MrSmithMachine

September 2, 2010

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 [...]

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Conspiracy theories start, Aamer’s brother says he’s innocent

September 1, 2010

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 [...]

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Guess who is on the Lords’ Honors Board?

August 31, 2010
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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 [...]

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