Pakistan Match-Fixing Scandal At Lord’s Test Match

Pakistan Match-Fixing Scandal At Lord's Test Match

geo-pakistani.blogspot.com Pakistan Match-Fixing Scandal At Lord's Test Match Arrest in England-Pakistan 'match-fixing' probe LONDON British police said Saturday they had arrested a man on suspicion on conspiracy to defraud bookmakers following newspaper allegations of match-fixing in the ongoing cricket Test between England and Pakistan. The News of the World alleged that some members of the Pakistan team were involved in a scam in the fourth and final Test at Lord's. "Following information received from the News of the World we have arrested a 35-year old man on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers," a spokesman for London's Metropolitan Police told media. Meanwhile, Manager Pakistan cricket team Yawar Saeed, denying media reports of arrests of some Pakistani players, said: "No Pakistani player had been arrested and the team will go ahead with fourth day's play on Sunday." News of the World, Britain's biggest-selling newspaper, alleged that two Pakistan bowlers delivered three blatant no-balls. The weekly tabloid said it gave 150000 pounds to a middleman who correctly told them in advance precisely when the deliveries would be bowled. The newspaper published images and dialogue from the encounter and a picture of what it said was one of the promised no-balls on Friday. It also ran a photograph of Pakistan captain Salman Butt standing with the man they claimed was the middleman, and one of their reporters. Yawar Saeed told a television the allegations were being <b>…</b>