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The ICC, the governing body of world cricket, said that its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit was investigating the spot-betting allegations, which represent the biggest test of credibility for this centuries-old sport since Hansie Cronje, the former South Africa captain, was found guilty of match fixing in 2000 and banned from cricket for life.
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Three members of the Pakistan cricket team, including captain Salman Butt, star teenage bowler Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif became the subject of some scrutiny by Scotland Yard and the sport's authorities after allegations that the three delivered deliberate no-balls in return for cash – spot-betting – as part of an international betting racket allegedly run by Mazhar Majeed, agent to several of Pakistan's players.
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A three-man delegation representing Pakistan's highest law enforcement agency has been sent to London to investigate spot-betting allegations, as calls grow for the country's entire cricket team to be banned from international competition.
Pakistan sends delegation to investigate cricket betting scandal 2010
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Fast bowler Mohammad Asif was jailed for a year while teenage fast bowler Mohammad Amir was sent to a young offenders' institution for six months for bowling no-balls at prearranged times during the Fourth Test against England last year in order to fix spot-betting markets.
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In exchange, he was told, he would be paid 15-20 per cent of the earnings from the spot-betting.
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This, the paper said, was evidence of a spot-betting scam where money can be gambled on specific incidents in a match without the need to 'fix' the result.
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For Pakistan, whose up-and-down team is often politely described as mercurial, there is the opportunity to repair the damage to their image in the wake of the spot-betting scandal.
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In an era in which allegations of match-fixing, spot-betting and other nefarious activities are becoming commonplace, such practices in the 1890s perhaps demonstrate that cheating is as old as professional sport.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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This, the paper said, was evidence of a spot-betting scam where money can be gambled on specific incidents in a match without the need to 'fix' the result.
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Betting on when 'no balls' happen in cricket, or how many are made, is a form of gambling called spot-betting.
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010
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