10 Scandals involving Match-Fixing, Spot-Fixing, and Corruption that rocked Cricket
In the past, some players corrupted the game of cricket and faced severe repercussions for their actions.
1. Pakistan Cricket spot-fixing scandal 2010
After the Saleem Malik match-fixing controversy, Pakistan Cricket found itself in a match-fixing scandal again in 2010. This time, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, and Mohammad Amir were involved in fixing. During Pakistan's tour of England in 2010, a video released by the tabloid newspaper house, the News of the World, showed Mazhar Majeed, a bookie was counting out the bribe money and made a prediction that Amir will bowl the third over in fourth Test and the first ball of the over will be a no-ball.
As per Majeed's predictions, Amir did bowl the third over and the Pakistan pacer also delivered a no-ball on the first delivery. Later, Majeed also predicts that the sixth delivery of the 10th over will be a no-ball and his words again proved right as Mohammad Asif also delivered a no-ball. Both pacers bowled no-balls deliberately and Salman Butt, who was the skipper of the Pakistan Test team then, played a key part in the corrupt act with his both teammates.
In February 2011, Butt, Asif, and Amir got banned for 10 (five years suspended), 7 (two years suspended), and 5 years respectively from competitive cricket, after International Cricket Council (ICC) held them guilty of the infamous act.
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