Butt, Amir, Asif to get Life Bans

According to ICC's code of conduct for players and officials, there is no way around for the Pakistani players accused of match fixing and involving in betting. The careers of skipper Salman Butt, Mohd Asif and Mohd Amir are but over - they will face a life ban. It remains to be seen how many other players of the side will be revealed to have been part of the match fixing ring, controlled by Mazhar Majeed, who is in Scotland Yard custody at the moment.

In the latest reveal by News of the world, rigger Mazhar Majeed boasted that cheating in the sport is rife, with the controversial second Test between Australia and Pakistan in Sydney last January netting a shady betting syndicate more than £830,000. Pakistan had managed to lose that Test from a supremely commanding position, chasing a mere 176 to win on the last day, they were bowled out for just 139. Incidentally Kamran Akmal had dropped as many as four catches and had missed an easy run out, apparently to give Australia chances to score higher. "Let me tell you the last test we did. It was the Second Test against Australia in Sydney. Australia had two more wickets left. They had a lead of ten runs, yeah. And Pakistan had all their wickets remaining," Majeed claimed, "The odds for Pakistan to lose that match, for Australia to win that match, were I think 40-1. We let them get up to 150 then everyone lost their wickets. That one we made 1.3. But that's what I mean, you can get up to a million. Tests is where the biggest money is because those situations arise."

Majeed claimed that when Pakistan's bowling was on a low, he used to go out into the field to hand the players some drinks, and used to slip in a lump of Vaseline after shaking their hands. All in order to make the ball swing more. Majeed went as far ahead as to justify the bribes - "They (the Pak players) need to make money" eh said, ""You'll find there's only a few players who are genuine and who are actually here for the love of the game and there's not many believe me. A lot of them are just looking for money, women and food. They make money and they need to make money. The problem is if they don't then they're not going to have enough money for the rest of their lives. In cricket there's not enough money. How much they're getting paid is a joke. I came from a football background and I can see the difference in football and cricket. It's huge."