Pakistan cricket jolted by match-fixing scandal again!

Pakistan’s England tour seems to have the habit of being marred by controversies. This time it’s not an on-field affair but an off-field one. It’s that ghost of match-fixing that had been haunting Pakistan cricket for the past two decades has jolted not only Pakistan cricket but world cricket as well.

Pakistan cricket over the years have been plagued by various controversies. The captaincy saga, rifts inside the team, security concerns, drug scandals match-fixing and so on. But among them the match-fixing saga seems to be the biggest demons of all. Time and again it has dented Pakistan’s image severely.

The recent bomb shell was hit by the release of a video, which was recorded secretly, revealed that a man alleged to be Mazhar Majid clearly heard predicting Mohammad Amir to open the bowling and to bowl a no-ball from the first ball of the third over which as cricinfo ball by ball commentary noted: “Was an enormous no-ball good half meter over the line.”

The man also appeared to correctly predict a no-ball from the sixth ball of the tenth over bowled this time by Mohammad Asif. Other newspaper’s reports also accuse the Pakistan Captain Salman Butt and wicket-keeper Kamral Akmal. Police arrested Mazhar Majid yesterday.

Such an incident is very sad indeed for a flood affected nation whose main source of joy is the Pakistan team’s good performance, but this sort of mean acts have let the fans in Pakistan and the fans outside Pakistan down. Greed seems to be more important than the country and fans.

Plenty of investigating committees had been made in Pakistan to eradicate this match- fixing saga once and for all. The PCB said in the past that the ghost had been eliminated from Pakistan cricket. But it seems that the PCB had only swept things under the carpet and for which this ghost tends to show up again and again.

I see a very dark future coming ahead. Pakistan cricket have been turned upside down. The criminals must be punished and this time around problems should be solved completely.

Thank You

Faisal Caesar