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: The Daily Mail)
Other reports suggest that there are other countries involved too. A bookie revealed that the teams that indulge in spot-fixing, he alleges, are Pakistan, West Indies and Bangladesh [source www.ndtv.com]
Are we going to have to start asking which matches AREN’T fixed? All this while effigies of Salman Butt and co are being burnt in Pakistan. Angry Pakistan supporters are also abusing animals, as reported by The Dawn.
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