Pakistan Team Leaves for Taunton a Day Early Even as England Team, ECB Reluctant for ODIs

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Pakistan Team Leaves for Taunton a Day Early Even as England Team, ECB Reluctant for ODIs

Posted by admin August 30, 2010 No Comments

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Perhaps harrassed by the media attention in London following allegations of spot fixing in the Lord’s Test, the Pakistan cricket team are trying to show that they are here to play cricket and the ODIs series to follow. However, there is visible reluctance on the part of the England and Wales Cricket Board and the England cricketers who are said to be “deflated”.
Following revelations by the News of the World sting opertaion that showed Mazhar Majeed showing spot fixing with the Pakistan cricketers in the fourth Test of the Pakistan England Test series, the following forty-eight hours have seen furious uproar around cricket circles, the Pakistan cricket is doing a double take.
Originally scheduled to leave for Taunton a day later to play a warm up against Somerset before taking England on the Twenty20 and ODI series, Pakistan decided to leave for Taunton the very day after the fourth Test concluded.
However, the England cricketers are said to be feeling low despite winning the final Test and thereby, the series 3-1 because of the dubious nature of the manner in which the scandal of match fixing is unfolding. They are reportedly reluctant and skeptical to play the ODIs series to follow, unable to trust the Pakistan team to play in a manner of fair game. The England and Wales Cricket Board will be speaking to the ICC before considering further action because of the money involved.

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