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LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Kevin Pietersen was fined on
Monday following his online outburst after being dropped by
England for the first time in his career.
KARACHI, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The Federal Board of Revenue
(FBR) will investigate the total assets of the Pakistan
cricketers, team officials and top-ranking paid officials of the
Pakistan Cricket Board, a senior tax official said on Monday.
NEW DELHI, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The spot-fixing scandal which
has marred Pakistan's tour of England has tarnished cricket's
image and tough decisions need to be made if necessary, India
captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said in an interview.
NEW DELHI, Sept 6 (Reuters) - India cricket captain
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has gone in to bat for tiger conservation
in a north Indian state, local media reported said on Monday.
LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Pakistan resumed their troubled
tour of England on Sunday after a fresh wave of corruption
allegations in the worst crisis to hit cricket since the 2000
match-fixing scandal.
CARDIFF, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Pakistan test opener Yasir
Hameed said on Sunday he had been duped into making statements
reported in the British newspaper The News of the World alleging
widespread match-fixing by his team mates.
CARDIFF, Sept 5 (Reuters) - World Twenty20 champions England
celebrated their first international since winning the World Cup
in Barbados this year with a five-wicket win over
controversy-hit Pakistan on Sunday.
CARDIFF, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Pakistan reached 126 for four
wickets in their innings in the first Twenty20 international
against England at Sophia Gardens, Wales on Sunday.
CARDIFF, Sept 5 (Reuters) - The first Twenty20 international
between England and Pakistan was set to go ahead as planned on
Sunday despite the latest allegations in the fixing controversy,
Pakistan manager Yawar Saeed said.
NEW DELHI, Sept 5 (Reuters) - The International Cricket
Council (ICC) will appoint an independent commissioner to
determine the fate of the three Pakistani players fighting
spot-fixing charges.
CARDIFF, Sept 5 (Reuters) - England play their first
Twenty20 international on Sunday since claiming the World Cup
in Barbados this year against a backdrop of suspicion and
innuendo rather than celebration.
KARACHI, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Pakistan test opener Yasir
Hameed denied on Saturday he had told the British tabloid The
News of the World that he had accused his team mates of fixing
matches.
LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Pakistan test opener Yasir Hameed
denied on Saturday he had told a British newspaper that his team
mates had been involved in match-rigging.
LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A fourth Pakistan cricketer is
being investigated by the International Cricket Council (ICC)
over match-rigging claims, The News of the World newspaper said
on Saturday.
MELBOURNE, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Australia captain Ricky
Ponting believes the new domestic one-day format could damage
the World Cup preparations of fringe players.
LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Pakistan captain Salman Butt and
pace bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were questioned by
the London Metropolitan police on Friday following their
indefinite suspension from all cricket.
KARACHI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Pakistan have called up Asad
Shafiq and Mohammad Irfan as replacements for the suspended
Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif for the one-day
series in England.
TAUNTON, England, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Penpix of the three
Pakistan players charged by the International Cricket Council on
Thursday under its anti-corruption code.
