As the fate of the Pakistani tainted trio is to be decided tomorrow, Saturday Feb. 5, by ICC as per the report of anti-corruption tribunal; it would be quite interesting to peep through the incidents that led to this point where the careers of Muhammad Aamir, Muhammad Asif and former captain Salman Butt are on stake.
Let’s have a look to the series of incidents with respect to date:
The News of the World says it paid 150,000 pounds (230,000 dollars) to a middle man in return for details about the timing of three no-balls in Pakistan's fourth Test against England at Lord's.
- The report says Pakistan bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif delivered the blatant no-balls at exact points in the match agreed with the alleged fixer.
- The bowlers and Test captain Salman Butt are interviewed by Scotland Yard detectives.
- News of the World publishes photograph of the alleged middle man, Mazhar Majeed, counting wads of banknotes given to him by a reporter posing as a front man for a betting syndicate. Majeed is later bailed.
August 30
- There are suggestions that Butt, Aamer and Asif could be withdrawn from the Pakistan team to ensure that two Twenty20 internationals in Cardiff go ahead.
August 31
- Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) says it will not suspend its players while investigations continue.
- Butt, Aamer and Asif summoned to meet the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Ijaz Butt, and the Pakistan high commissioner, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, in London.
September 2
- The bowlers and Test captain Salman Butt are interviewed by Scotland Yard detectives.
- News of the World publishes photograph of the alleged middle man, Mazhar Majeed, counting wads of banknotes given to him by a reporter posing as a front man for a betting syndicate. Majeed is later bailed.
August 30
- There are suggestions that Butt, Aamer and Asif could be withdrawn from the Pakistan team to ensure that two Twenty20 internationals in Cardiff go ahead.
August 31
- Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) says it will not suspend its players while investigations continue.
- Butt, Aamer and Asif summoned to meet the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Ijaz Butt, and the Pakistan high commissioner, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, in London.
September 2
- Salman Butt, Aamer and Asif dropped from the Twenty20 games.
- The three vow to clear their names, according to Hasan, who adds that they are pulling out of the tour because of the "mental torture" of the scandal.
- ICC charges Butt, Aamer and Asif with various offences under its anti-corruption code. All three are provisionally suspended.
September 3
- Ronnie Flanagan, chairman of the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, tells reporters: "The conclusion that we have come to is that there is a really arguable case to answer."
September 4
- Pakistan one-day skipper Shahid Afridi apologises for the "spot-fixing" row, saying: "On behalf of these boys -- I know they are not in this series -- I want to say sorry to all cricket lovers and all the cricketing nations."
- News of the World claims a fourth Pakistan player is being probed over the claims, but declines to name him for "legal reasons".
September 5
- News of the World releases footage of Pakistan Test player Yasir Hameed in which he claims team-mates "were doing it (fixing) in every match".
September 17
- Police pass the "spot-fixing" file to the Crown Prosecution Service.
September 18
- ICC launches investigation into the third one-dayer at The Oval -- won by Pakistan -- after receiving information from the Sun tabloid on allegedly pre-arranged scoring patterns. It later emerges that the ICC tried to persuade the ECB to call off the Oval match shortly before the start.
September 19
- PCB chairman Ijaz Butt alleges England were paid "enormous amounts of money" to lose deliberately at The Oval.
September 20
September 20
- England team threaten to sue Ijaz Butt.
September 22
- England, having been pulled back from 2-0 up to 2-2, beat Pakistan by 121 runs at the Rose Bowl to take the five-match series 3-2 in the final fixture of the English season.
September 29
- Ijaz Butt withdraws allegations that England players had "thrown" the third one-day international.
October 4
- Chairman of non-league English football club Croydon Athletic David Le Cluse, 44, found dead from gunshot wounds in a garage near his home in Sutton, south of London. The owner of the club is Mazhar Majeed.
October 13
- The ICC says there is no evidence of corruption in the third one-day international between Pakistan and England.
October 22
- Asif withdraws challenge to his provisional suspension.
November 4
- Pakistan suspends the contracts of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer.
December 13
- Salman Butt denies allegations he was involved in a spot-fixing scam, saying: "I have not done anything such as this in all my life or cricketing career".
January 11
September 22
- England, having been pulled back from 2-0 up to 2-2, beat Pakistan by 121 runs at the Rose Bowl to take the five-match series 3-2 in the final fixture of the English season.
September 29
- Ijaz Butt withdraws allegations that England players had "thrown" the third one-day international.
October 4
- Chairman of non-league English football club Croydon Athletic David Le Cluse, 44, found dead from gunshot wounds in a garage near his home in Sutton, south of London. The owner of the club is Mazhar Majeed.
October 13
- The ICC says there is no evidence of corruption in the third one-day international between Pakistan and England.
October 22
- Asif withdraws challenge to his provisional suspension.
November 4
- Pakistan suspends the contracts of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer.
December 13
- Salman Butt denies allegations he was involved in a spot-fixing scam, saying: "I have not done anything such as this in all my life or cricketing career".
January 11
- After six days of evidence, a three-man independent anti-corruption tribunal, meeting in Qatar, decides to delay an announcement of its findings until February 5.
February 3
- The British Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says it will announce on Friday whether the trio of cricketers face legal action in England following a separate investigation by London's Metropolitan Police.
February 3
- The British Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says it will announce on Friday whether the trio of cricketers face legal action in England following a separate investigation by London's Metropolitan Police.
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