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.

Andrew Flintoff took two wickets in two balls to revive England’s hopes just when it seemed they were running out of time to force the result they need in Faisalabad to have any chance of registering a seventh successive Test series victory.

England were unable to make a much-needed breakthrough as Pakistan consolidated a slim first-innings advantage by moving to 50 without loss in their second innings at lunch on day four of the second Test in Faisalabad.