Ricky Ponting's manager has dismissed alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed's claims of having access to the former Australian captain, while pacer Nathan Bracken has threatened legal action after his name also cropped up in the spot-fixing trial in London. After Farhat, Umar Akmal to sue bookie Majeed now. Young Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has also vowed to sue Pakistani bookmaker Mazhar Majeed for claiming that he was on his payroll.
Pakistan agent claims four other players worked with him. Mazhar Majeed, the UK based bookie who was at the centre of spot-fixing scandal, on Tuesday claimed that four more Pakistani players were involved. Kamran Akmal was 'Kami' for bookie Majeed.
Text messages retrieved from Mazhar Majeed's mobile phone indicate his close ties with Kamran Akmal, who was nicknamed 'Kami' by the alleged fixer.
Fast cars and women my weaknesses, says bookie Majeed. Mazhar Majeed, the bookie arrested and later released on bail for alleged 'spot-fixing', has confessed that his secret vices were fast cars and women. The three players were pulled out of practice in Taunton on Tuesday and asked to report to London to be questioned by Scotland Yard investigators for a second time in connect Not only did that dark morning at the revered 'home of cricket' derail the careers of three players who were banned and jailed, the saga also led to calls for Pakistan to be booted from international cricket.
Butt, Amir and Asif were tried in a London court for offences under the Gambling Act and were jailed in November It marked a new low for Pakistan cricket, already reeling from the aftermath of terror attacks in Lahore on the Sri Lankan team a year before, which triggered the suspension of home internationals. Because he pleaded guilty earlier than his two teammates, and on account of his youth, the year-old Amir received worldwide sympathy.
He was allowed to play international cricket again in and, now 28, has been successfully reintegrated into the Pakistan team. Asif, who received a seven-year ban and a one-year prison sentence, is now 37 and in the twilight of his career. Butt, 35, still harbours hopes of an international comeback after consistent domestic performances. The former investigations editor at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid denied that his story allegedly exposing spot-fixing in Pakistan cricket was the result of phone hacking.
The spot-fixing scandal appeared to hit home when it was revealed that Mazhar Majeed, the Pakistani players' agent at the heart of the spot-fixing scandal, bragged to the now defunct News of the World, that he "had access" to Harbhajan and Yuvraj.
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