Saturday, August 28, 2010

Live - England v Pakistan

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By Oliver Brett

Michael Vaughan
Michael Vaughan again, this time on TMS: I'm, angry. I don't know what kind of reception the Pakistan team are going to get at Lord's. I feel for the England team in all this. They must think: 'Are these runs really worthwhile, are the things we are doing in practice worth it? Are we being cheated out in the middle?' "

1045: Test Match Special is up and running now.

1040: Television has begun its preamble to day four coverage, just 20 minutes away now, while our colleagues in news have written a reaction piece with comments from Phil Tufnell, former Pakistan selector Iqbal Qasim and others.

From Phil in Leeds, TMS inbox: "Two days ago Mohammad Amir had the cricketing world at his feat. Now, if the allegations are proved to be true, as well as being banned for life, his name should be removed from the Lord's honours board."

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain Michael Vaughan on Twitter: "Anger is my thoughts at the moment ... I don't see how they can get out of this one ... it's just a great shame why this has to happen. Very sad."

1028: E-mail from Chris in Copenhagen: "Words fail me for how angry and upset I am today. This Test match could have done so much good work for the game that I and many others love to follow. Now, it will forever be tainted by these allegations. If true, the players involved should never play cricket again."

1026: Former England batsman Allan Lamb has called for life bans to be imposed on players found guilty of any involvement in betting scams. Lamb told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme: "If any player is caught, they've got to be life banned. We've got to wait until the police investigation, and the people caught have got to be banned for life. Cricket has to go on, it can't just stop - we've got to get rid of the people involved, life ban them, and the game has to go on."

1025 The bare facts are that according to the News of the World, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir bowled three no-balls "to order" - following a payment of £150,000 - to show an undercover reporter how easily events in cricket matches could be rigged. Two took place on Thursday and one on Friday.


1020: A reminder that Pakistan are 41-4 in their second innings after following on, still 331 runs behind England, and play will resume at 1100 BST.


1015: Despite feelings in some quarters that this match should be cancelled, and indeed the remainder of the tour - Pakistan have two Twenty20 internationals and five one-day internationals in England after this match finishes - the show is due to go on at Lord's today.


1010: Good morning, cricket fans. It's been a stomach-wrenching morning for lovers of our game after a News of The World investigation produced damning allegations concerning various Pakistan players. The latest news is that a man has been arrested in connection with an alleged cricket betting scam centred on the ongoing Test.

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