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'Six months is a lot for a kid'

The families of the three players react with sadness and defiance to their sentencing

03-Nov-2011•Umar Farooq

The ACSU is a toothless tiger - Strauss

Reactions from former players and officials on the sentences after the spot-fixing trial

03-Nov-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sentencing remarks of Justice Cooke

Sentencing remarks of Justice Cooke in the spot-fixing trial involving Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Mazhar Majeed

03-Nov-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Butt gets 2 years 6 months in jail, Asif gets 1 year, Amir six months

The stage is set for the sentencing of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, and the agent Mazhar Majeed, in the spot-fixing case

03-Nov-2011•Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court

Guilty cricketers plea for leniency

Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir all offered closing submissions via their lawyers on the 21st day of the spot-fixing trial

02-Nov-2011•Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court

Judge to clarify Amir's position in fix

The sentencing process in the spot-fixing trial has begun with all three players - Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir - together in the dock for the first time

02-Nov-2011•Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court

Verdicts will have 'no impact' on suspensions - Lorgat

Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, says that the guilty verdicts will 'have no impact' on the length of the suspensions meted out on the three players

01-Nov-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

'This verdict is the best example for world cricket'

Reactions from former players and officials on the verdicts arrived at after the spot-fixing trial

01-Nov-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

How the trial unfolded

A day-by-day summary of the spot-fixing trial at the Southwark Crown Court in London

01-Nov-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Butt, Asif found guilty on both charges

Salman Butt, the former Pakistan captain, and fast bowler Mohammad Asif have been found guilty of two offences - conspiracy to accept corrupt payments, and conspiracy to cheat

01-Nov-2011•Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court

Judge permits majority verdict

The judge has given the jury deciding on the alleged spot-fixing trial permission to reach a majority verdict after he was sent a note from them saying they could not agree on "all" the charges

31-Oct-2011•Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court

Butt, Asif await visa extensions

A bizarre situation has occurred during the alleged spot-fixing trial with the two Pakistan cricketers on trial requiring visa extensions to remain in the United Kingdom

27-Oct-2011•Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court

Jury will resume deliberations on Monday

The jury deciding on the alleged spot-fixing trial at Southwark Crown Court were sent home for the weekend on Friday afternoon having failed to reach a verdict after two days of deliberation

27-Oct-2011•Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court

Butt not complicit to no-balls - lawyer

The lawyer of Salman Butt told a jury on Tuesday that his client did not need to be in on the fix for pre-determined no-balls to have been delivered in the Lord's Test last year

25-Oct-2011•Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court

No reliable evidence against Butt - lawyer

The lawyer of former Pakistan captain Salman Butt argued there is no reliable evidence for a jury to hand down a criminal conviction

24-Oct-2011•Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court

Amir 'the sacrificial goat' says prosecution

The prosecution told the jury in the alleged spot-fixing trial that teenage fast bowler Mohammad Amir was being singled out as "the sacrificial goat"

24-Oct-2011•Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court

Prosecution sets out facts in closing statement

The prosecution in the alleged spot-fixing trial told a London court of 13 "facts" that it believes prove the guilt of defendants Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif

24-Oct-2011•Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court

Asif blames Butt's swearing for his no-ball

Mohammad Asif attributed his infamous no-ball in last year's Lord's Test to the abuse he received in the over from his captain Salman Butt, a court heard in London on Thursday

20-Oct-2011•Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court

Character witness statements laud Butt's 'honesty'

Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt was widely described as an "honest" and "hard-working" individual and ex-Pakistan leg-spinning great Abdul Qadir claimed him to be a person "with high morals"

20-Oct-2011•Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court

Butt has 'been caught' court told

Salman Butt was told by the prosecution he had "been caught" as his long vigil in the witness box

19-Oct-2011•Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court

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