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The ICC’s suspension of the three Pakistan players linked to the spot-fixing scandal is the first time cricket’s governing body has suspended cricketers under its anti-corruption code

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The ICC’s unprecedented move

Sourav Ganguly, the former India captain, has said MS Dhoni’s leadership will face a stern test in the next couple of years if the younger members of the team continue to underperform and the senior players retire

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Dhoni’s leadership will face stern test – Ganguly

With criminal convictions looking increasingly unlikely, the game’s corruption unit will pick up the investigation into the Pakistan betting scandal, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian. What happens to the three Pakistan cricketers under investigation is another matter. On the face of it, the News of the World appeared to have managed a perfect sting, where the subject Mazhar Majeed seemed able to satisfy that paper of his ability to manipulate events within matches. The no-balls at Lord’s, apparently to order, appeared to verify this. However, anyone who has had…

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The Surfer: Cricket feels burden of proof

CRICKET on all the front pages! Fantastic, until you realise that it’s for all the wrong reasons. (01/09/2010 14:49:29)

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London, Sep.3 : Cricket Australia has given the green signal to cricket betting during the Ashes this summer, despite the controversy of betting corruption scandals rocking the cricket world.

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Cricket Australia gives go ahead to betting during Ashes

Cricket players are going to bat for Pakistan flood victims.

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Cricket players go to bat for flood victims

LONDON – Cricket’s world governing body charged three Pakistan stars accused in a betting scam with anti-corruption offences and provisionally suspended them today, as the trio protested their innocence.The International Cricket…

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Cricket: ICC charges, suspends Pakistan trio

Josh Hazlewood is in a position to hope for an Ashes Test after being picked in Australia’s squad to face India next month

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Josh Hazlewood starts to dream big

Three Pakistani cricket players at the center of a gambling scandal have been charged with “various offenses” by the sport’s governing body, the International Cricket Council announced Thursday.

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Pakistan cricket players charged in gambling scandal

Cash used in the cricket betting scandal is understood to have been found in the belongings of the Pakistani captain Salman Butt, the Daily Mail has learned.

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Cricket fixer’s cash trail leads to captain, but Pakistan’s most senior diplomat claims players were set up