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The Pakistani cricketers are accused of taking more than $200,000 in bribes to deliberately bowl penalties called "no-balls" at prearranged points during the fourth test against England last August at Lord's Cricket Ground in London.
Britain Charges Pakistani Cricketers in Alleged Match-Fixing Case 2011
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"The tribunal found that the charges under Article 2.1.1 of the Code that respectively Mr Asif agreed to bowl and did bowl a deliberate no-ball in the Lord's Test match played between Pakistan and England from 26 to 29 August 2010, Mr Amir agreed to bowl and did bowl two deliberate no-balls in the same Test, and Mr Butt was party to the bowling of those deliberate no-balls, were proved."
ICC tribunal bans Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt for 10 years 2011
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Butt, Asif and Amir were convicted of conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments for their role in the so-called spot-fixing scandal, in which Butt as captain and Asif and Amir as fast bowlers conspired to bowl no-balls at prearranged times, for money, in the Lord's test against England in August last year.
Harsh Sentences Could Help Fix What Ails Cricket Richard Lord 2011
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A handful of no-balls are unlikely to affect the result of a game, and for that in itself we should be thankful, because corruption in cricket can and has run much deeper, taking in full-scale match-fixing in the case, for example, of former South African captain Hansie Cronje.
Harsh Sentences Could Help Fix What Ails Cricket Richard Lord 2011
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Butt using his position as captain to put pressure to bowl no-balls on Amir, then 18 years old, is particularly egregious.
Harsh Sentences Could Help Fix What Ails Cricket Richard Lord 2011
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The matter relates to a series of no-balls bowled during Pakistan's fourth Test at Lord's in August.
ICC tribunal bans Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt for 10 years 2011
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Amir was named Pakistan's player of the series against England last summer on the very day the News of the World alleged he and his team-mates Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were involved in a betting scam involving deliberate no-balls.
Mohammad Amir's suspension makes Wisden cut its famous five to four 2011
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The ICC had said it would press charges against the trio after it received evidence from the News of the World that the no-balls had been bowled to order.
ICC tribunal bans Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt for 10 years 2011
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Pakistan's Mohammad Amir would have been one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year but for his ban for deliberately bowling no-balls.
Mohammad Amir's suspension makes Wisden cut its famous five to four 2011
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Exact information on when no-balls might occur in an innings can be exploited by gamblers betting on the specialist markets offered by some bookmakers.
ICC tribunal bans Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt for 10 years 2011
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