Pakistan Premier League Fixtures for October 12, 2011

PAF vs NAVY at Municipal Football Stadium Rawalpindi at 15:30 Hours
Baloch FC vs PIA at Sadiq Shaheed Football Stadium Quetta at 13:00 Hours
Muslim FC vs NBP at Sadiq Shaheed Football Stadium Quetta at 15:30 Hours
PEL and KPT at Sadiq Shaheed Football Stadium Quetta at 10:30 Hours

Results in Full Story

What happened last year on the 27^th and 28^th August doesn’t need too much air time. The whole of the Cricketing world was rocked by the allegations made by the News Of The World, a Sunday Newspaper in the UK. What followed was a sense of some people in complete denial and some coming to a guilty judgement even without a proper definition on what had actually happened. Here is my view, on how I have feel today while two of three players stand in court and the third, apparently, pleading guilty.

15 years ago, in the Justice Qayyum report several judgments were made and implemented to an extent. These included the following: -

1) Salim Malik was banned for life after he was found guilty of match-fixing and having links with bookmakers. He was told he can’t play any first class Cricket and not any role in any coaching position.

2) Ata-Ur-Rehman was also banned for life like Malik and put on the same restrictions.

3) It was recommended that Wasim Akram was removed from the captaincy and would not hold a position of authority with the Pakistan team.

4) Even though nothing was proved against Waqar Younis and Saeed Anwar but they were fined for not co-operating and hence withholding information.

The problem I find is Pakistan Cricket got this report, held in reason for some time, forgot and moved on. If all what was said in the Qayyum report implemented to its fullest maybe the Amir and Asif’s of today would have known the consequences of such actions and would not have done what they have supposed to have done. The future generations of players would have learn’t and not made the same mistakes as what were made back then.

Today in court, a statement was read which was from Major Javed, the security manager of the Pakistan team. In the statement a few startling revelations were made, these included:

 MATCH PREVIEW : Bangladesh V West Indies 2nd ODI

After victory over Bangladesh in the 1st ODI, West Indies would take on Bangladesh again in the 2nd ODI of West Indies tour of Bangladesh 2011 on 15th October 2011, over at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. Will Lendl Simmons' bag this match with a century, like he did in the 1st ODI OR will Bangladesh even things out? To find out, watch the match tomorrow and keep following khelopakistan.com!

Today, Later in the Day India will be taking on England in the 1st ODI of a 5 match series.  India who recently lost a whole tour to England in a humiliating manner will be looking forward to win their honor back.

Though India lost all of their matches (which includes 3 Tests, 2 T20s and 3 ODI matches) on the previously concluded tour of England still they came up as a strong force in the ODI series, where they almost broke their losing streak but unpredictable weather of UK did not let them do this, 2 ODIs of the 5 match series were washed away due to excessive rain. And in other 3 D/L System played their fair-bit part in England's victory.