Pakistan Match-Fixing Timeline

As ex-Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir as well as agent Mazhar Majeed await sentence for their part in the match-fixing scandal; we take a look at how things extended. The quartet will be sentenced on Thursday, with custodial sentences probable. 2010 August 28: News broke of a cricket dishonesty story in the following day's News of the World concerning the timing of no-balls delivered during the fourth Test between...

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Zimbabwe stable in react to NZ's 426

Zimbabwe 82 for 1 (Sibanda 53*) trail New Zealand 426 (Guptill 109, Taylor 76, Brownlie 63, Mpofu 4-92) by 344 runs Fast bowler Chris Mpofu and opening batsman Vusi Sibanda lead a Zimbabwe fightback on the second day of the one-off Test next to New Zealand in Bulawayo. New Zealand had looked set for an impressive total after reaching 401 for five halfway through the afternoon meeting but they suffer a theatrical fall down to 426 all out, with...

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Sanath Jayasuriya jump to defended Tillakaratne Dilshan

Sanath Jayasuriya has defended Tillakaratne Dilshan's captaincy as Sri Lanka get ready for the third and final Test next to Pakistan in Sharjah. Dilshan replace Kumar Sangakkara as Sri Lanka captain after the World Cup and Sri Lanka have struggle for constancy since, behind Test and one-day series in both England and Australia. A sketch and nine-wicket beat in the opening two matches next to Pakistan mean they can't win their current Test series,...

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