LIE detector tests and the non-selection of “tainted” players could be brought in by cricket as it seeks to rid the game of corruption, international cricket chiefs said yesterday.

PAKISTAN pair Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir have criticised the International Cricket Council’s rejection of their appeals against provisional bans.

THE England and Wales Cricket board have threatened Ijaz Butt with legal action after he claimed that English players received “huge amounts of money” to lose the third one-day international against Pakistan.

I NEVER seem able to place the kind of bets that are apparently available if you’re a follower of international cricket.

Pakistan must try to level their NatWest International Twenty20 series against England tomorrow, despite still having to contend with a crisis which refuses to go away.

PAKISTAN’S limited-overs captain Shahid Afridi last night described Yasir Hameed as having the mental age of an adolescent.

International cricket's governing body has charged the three Pakistan players at the centre of the betting scam claims with a number of offences.

Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer have been provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council.

Four Pakistan cricketers accused of involvement in an alleged betting scam may be asked to withdraw from the remainder of the team’s tour of England and Wales while the investigation continues.

The Pakistani cricket team ploughed on with their British tour today, dogged by accusations of match-fixing, after the man at the centre of the alleged plot was bailed by police.

The man at the centre of match-fixing allegations involving the Pakistan cricket team was last night bailed without charge.

ENGLAND’s cricket series victory yesterday over Pakistan was marred by allegations that their opponents were involved in match-fixing.

Gunmen armed with rifles and hand grenades attacked a police training academy in eastern Pakistan today, killing 11 officers and wounding dozens in a brazen assault that underscored the growing threat militancy poses to the US-allied, nuclear-armed country.

Fresh airstrikes in a volatile southern Afghan region killed up to 10 Taliban fighters close to where villagers say about 40 civilians died during a battle earlier this week, and the US-led coalition said local Afghans feared more militant attacks.

At least 21 civilians were killed in airstrikes called in by US Special Forces soldiers fighting with insurgents in southern Afghanistan, officials said today.

THE Irish Cricket Union have signed 21-year-old Vernon Philander as one of their two permitted overseas players for this year’s Friends Provident Trophy.

Pakistan have withdrawn fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif from the ICC Champions Trophy after failing tests for performance-enhancing drugs.

INJURY-HIT Pakistan suffered a fresh blow when coach Bob Woolmer said opening batsman Shoaib Malik was doubtful for the entire Test series against England.