World cricket was reeling last night from an elaborate London newspaper sting that appears to have proven more than half of the Pakistan cricket team has been involved in cheating and match-fixing. In the covert video operation, The News of the World taped match-fixer and player manager Mazhar Majeed revealing that Pakistan players had rigged their Test against England at Lord's and also their dramatic SCG loss to Australia in January. Pakistan faces being kicked out of international cricket after Scotland Yard police raided the team hotel in London and took player bags that allegedly contained a large volume of money. Remarkably, the Lord's Test continued last night. In the NOTW sting, Majeed detailed how corrupt punters got on Australia at 40-1 at the SCG Test, which always had a whiff of controversy with wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal dropping four catches. Majeed reveals that Pakistan batsmen threw away their wickets when they were bowled out for 139, chasing 176 against Australia. Spinner Hauritz, who bowled Australia to SCG victory with 5-53, was last night struggling to come to terms with how one of his biggest days in cricket was allegedly a Pakistan fraud.
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