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Pakistan in England 2010

Afridi, Waqar pleased with verdict on Oval ODI

Oct 13, 2010: Pakistan's one-day captain Shahid Afridi and coach Waqar Younis have lauded the ICC's decision to give a clean chit to last month's ODI against England at The Oval

Pakistan news

'Never consulted on team selection for England tour'

Oct 13, 2010: Pakistan coach Waqar Younis has said that he was never consulted by the selection committee over the team composition for the England tour

Pakistan in England 2010

ICC confirm Oval ODI was clean

Oct 13, 2010: The ICC has confirmed there is 'no compelling evidence' of wrongdoing in last month's one-day international between England and Pakistan at The Oval

England news

ECB compensate Glamorgan for Pakistan T20

Oct 8, 2010: The ECB have given Glamorgan a partial refund on the staging fee for the second Twenty20 international against Pakistan in September

Pakistan spot-fixing scandal

Football chairman found dead

Oct 4, 2010: The chairman of Croydon Athletic, the football club caught up in the Pakistan spot-fixing scandal, has been found dead near his home in Surrey following a suspected suicide

Pakistan news

Suspended trio picked for regional tournament

Sep 28, 2010: Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif have been selected as reserves in the regional Pakistani sides for a Twenty20 tournament likely to be staged in October

Pakistan in England 2010

Swann wanted to pull out of one-dayer

Sep 24, 2010: Graeme Swann, the England offspinner, wanted to pull out of the fourth one-day international at Lord's on Monday following Ijaz Butt's claim that England took money to lose the previous match at The Oval

Pakistan in England 2010

Tour was 'very difficult to cope with' - Afridi

Sep 24, 2010: The Pakistan squad has returned home after completing one of the most acrimonious tours in history, with limited-overs captain Shahid Afridi calling the four-month trip to England the "most difficult" of his career

ICC one-day rankings news

Swann jumps to third spot in one-day rankings

Sep 23, 2010: Graeme Swann, the England offspinner, has jumped 15 places to a career-best third spot in the ICC one-day rankings after his successful series against Pakistan

Pakistan in England 2010

England takes first step against Ijaz Butt

Sep 23, 2010: The ECB has sent a pre-action letter to the PCB chairman, Ijaz Butt, seeking a "full and unreserved apology" for alleging that England's players were involved in fixing the outcome of the third ODI at The Oval

England v Pakistan, 5th ODI, Rose Bowl

Strauss feels justice is done

Sep 22, 2010: England's captain, Andrew Strauss, has appealed to the ICC to make the hard decisions necessary to clean up the game of cricket

England v Pakistan, 5th ODI, Rose Bowl

Morgan and Swann lead England to series glory

Sep 22, 2010: Eoin Morgan produced his second superb century in consecutive ODI appearances at the Rose Bowl, before Graeme Swann bamboozled Pakistan's middle-order

Pakistan in England 2010

ECB wants apology from Ijaz Butt

Sep 22, 2010: The ECB has threatened to take legal action against Pakistan board chairman, Ijaz Butt, unless he makes a public apology for alleging that England's players accepted a bribe to lose the third ODI at The Oval

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Pakistan considered police action over nets incident

Sep 21, 2010: Shahid Afridi, Pakistan's one-day captain, said that his team had considered filing a police complaint against Jonathan Trott after his altercation with fast bowler Wahab Riaz

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Pakistan unlikely favourites ahead of decider

Sep 21, 2010: ESPNcricinfo previews the fifth one-day international between England and Pakistan at the Rose Bowl

Spot-fixing controversy

Pakistan High Commissioner defends Butt's comments

Sep 21, 2010: Wajid Shamsul Hasan, Pakistan's high commissioner, has insisted that the growing quarrel over match-fixing allegations would not affect relations between Britain and Pakistan

Pakistan in England, 2010

Outraged Strauss takes pride in performance

Sep 20, 2010: Andrew Strauss admitted it had been a tough decision for England to agree to play the fourth one-day international following Sunday's match-fixing allegations from Ijaz Butt, the chairman of the PCB

Pakistan in England, 2010

No neutral series for Pakistan - Collier

Sep 20, 2010: David Collier, the chief executive of the ECB, has said that Pakistan are unlikely to be welcomed back to England for any series outside the Future Tours Programme

Pakistan in England, 2010

Angry England hit back at Butt remarks

Sep 20, 2010: The England & Wales Cricket Board has announced that it will be taking legal action against Ijaz Butt, the chairman of the PCB, after describing his allegations that England's players accepted a bribe to lose the third ODI at The Oval as "wholly irrespons

Pakistan in England 2010

Full ECB and Andrew Strauss statements

Sep 20, 2010: Following the Ijaz Butt's outburst on Sunday afternoon where he accused England of taking money to lose the third one-day international against Pakistan, the ECB released a statement as did Andrew Strauss