“Such measures will keep players for acting irresponsibly in the future”
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Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi believes that ex-skipper Salman Butt should not be allowed to play for the national team again.
Butt will have to continue waiting to make his international return
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Pakistan have opted not to call up former captain Salman Butt for the upcoming tour of the West Indies due to the ongoing investigation into corruption in the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
“Those players found to be involved in spot-fixing should be banned for life”
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Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq has had to witness his country’s name be the subject of a major corruption scandal for the second time in his career.
“You should give the death penalty to such people”
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Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has a deep hatred for anyone that has been involved in match-fixing, so much so that he has suggested that they be given the death penalty.
“After six years of hard work such things happening again is a matter of great concern and disappointment”
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In 2010, Pakistan were left embarrassed and humiliated after three of their players – Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir – were involved in a spot-fixing scandal in a Test match against England at Lord’s.
“He made sure I wasn’t in good form a couple of weeks later after playing him”
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Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has faced a plethora of great bowlers over the span of his illustrious career, but who was best bowler he faced?
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“I think we’ve got an exciting blend of youth and experience at the minute”
England off-spinner Graeme Swann has announced that while some people consider the national team to be too old to defend the Ashes, he believes there is no “need to worry about the age of the team”.
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“I don’t think he’s got anything to prove and his form has been really great”
Australia Twenty20 captain George Bailey has announced he has “no doubt” that left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson will make his Ashes comeback during the second leg of the historic series, which gets underway on November 21.
