Comments on: Clouds of match-fixing hover over cricket

By: Cricket Lover

Cricket Lover — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Pakistan Cricket is the Cricket giant and i believe our team is cricket icon in the world. We only need sincere persons in our board from top till bottom, who knows cricket, who sincere with the country as well as with the game. The western media knows very well the abilities of Pakistani nation and they must have some fears with us, thats why they always try to make fake scandals to degrade us. We should have to fight them under the rules and regulations of cricket and prove our selves that who are the “Pakistanis”. Pakistani Cricketers however former or current are the legends of Cricket and obvious our National Heroes. We respects them and salute them about there performances.

By: AKHLAQ A.QURESHI

AKHLAQ A.QURESHI — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Some body are making fun deliberately. If England would have won the 3rd ODI then what would have happend and what happened when 2nd ODI England have won.

If England would have won the 3rd ODI nothing would have happened so what does mean? They dont want a win for Pakistan. Under this prespect, just think what they want, and still there is nothing evidenced by Scotland Police, thematter is pending and leave on the prosecuters.

This is insult to the country. Thanks to PCB now, they want to take action for those who are involved and want to damage the game and relatioship.

By: Mujtaba Ahmed

Mujtaba Ahmed — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I agree with Asad, all citizens of Pakistan must focus on rule-of-law .

By: asad

asad — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Yes these things happen in games.

If one commit a crime then he get punishment in accordance to law.
But i saw a different response in Pakistan. I heard on media, people suggesting barbaric punishments .
This clearly indicate the people do not believe in Rule of law. Such people should be tried in court in law for spreading the doctrine of violence.

I believe that we being a citizen can only say that if cricketer’s found guilty then they should be punished according to law and can say no more then this. Saying anything more then this reflect people belief in non-existence of Justice system in our society.

By: Rohit

Rohit — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Matchfixing is not some Pakistan specific problem with reports of wide spread corruption in IPL surfacing (that included players from all test countries and billionaire owners). The reason it never goes away is simply because the various cricket boards are too lenient or complicit in this crime. As far as these 3players or Kamran Akmal is concerned, it is blatantly clear they are involved in corruption. Somehow I am sure within a few months this issue will be forgotten, all will be forgiven and players will get back to fixing via IPL or test matches

By: MASHOOD QADRI

MASHOOD QADRI — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

After watching all this drama. I have concluded, that, ICC should apply for affiliation with WWF. Now I wonder, ICC is either a non-functioning, helpless decorative forum, no good than to carry a logo of so called ICC. Match spot fixing trio would never got into this spot light, if this match was playing in Dubai, Pakistan or in India. This scandal would have been disappeared like a rat up from a drain pipe.

By: Malik

Malik — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

When i was in europe last week, i was really ashamed of all the news coming from pakistan.
My colleagues were hesitating to spend for our flood victims because they hear only bad news from our country. Terror activities, corruption and finally booking also…
India pushes all their positive things among other nations, and we on the other side are ignored by our own deeds…. Who should be blamed ? What is our future ? god only knows….

By: Sunil Mishra

Sunil Mishra — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I am not sure if everyone commenting here has seen the evidence produced by News Of The World. To be fair question is not whether the three are guilty but actual question that ICC or us to be asking is who else might be involved. Scotland Yard is doing criminal investigation not a cricket one. Cricket/Sport ethics and etiquette are at different standard.
I have seen the interviews of Pakistani High Comissioner Mr. Wajid Shamsul Hasan and he looked to be jumping to make a statement which seemed just a lie. Also his actions like having meeting with player Hameed and then Hameed saying i said what i read in newspapers and so on.
Again during tenure of Izaz Butt there have been so many incidence wrt Pakistani cricket (Attack on Srilankan team, Indian and Pakistan cricket board falling apart, Last years test series saga, Countries refusing to visit Pakistan and now this) and guy is still there.
Question is why Mr High Comissioner is speaking the like a politician and why Mr Butt hasnt spoken
At the end of all this will PCB say no one else except whom Scotland Yard implicated was involved. Then why the hell bear charges of the PCB enquiry.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Wow! Quite embarrassing. They should start the “match fixing” inquiry with Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, who were notoriously the first ones to come up with this system of “games-keeper thumb”. Then work your way down the roster. And, if you have any regards for your nation, your Cricket, your people and most importantly their hope that they pined on you, then do the right thing and ensure that Cricket players won’t embarrass your nation again. Or else, all is academic and this will bring an end to Cricket in Pakistan, if it hasn’t already. And, please don’t say that “poverty brings corruption”, because that would be one sorry excuse. And, the answer to that gullible rant is: No! poverty doesn’t breed corruption, bad character and tainted morality does. And, since all of the Pakistani players can afford to hire limousines on overseas tours, then they CERTAINLY ARE NOT POOR.

By: sher khan

sher khan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

what a disgrace, i live abroad and am ashamed to show my face at work.

Do we know what mazheer majeed told the cops in his interrogation???????