Pakistan Cricket Match Fixing: Seven Cricketers under Investigation

Pakistan cricket was once again rocked by fixing scandal with the England team management confirming that some players were being investigated by Scotland Yard for taking bribes for spot-fixing in the present ongoing Lords test.

Scotland Yard had visited the team hotel where they had taken the statements of Captain Salman Butt, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Aamir and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal.

London police has identified these four players and three others were included in the spot-fixing racket.

Sources say that Pakistani man, Mazhar Majeed, who arrested had paid bribes to players in a bowl no-balls and wide balls of the test series at Lords.

Pakistan has been reduced in England in 47 for 5 and then 102 for seven on the second day of the fourth test, but then Mr. Trott and Stuart have scored centuries, and shared a new record eight wicket partnership of 332 runs.

Pakistan was bowled out for 74 yesterday, and does the follow-on, reduced to 46 for four at stumps in the face of certain loss and a big series loss.