2 minute read As in ‘returned’. What else would the word ‘back’ mean in that context? It’s not like there’s an ambiguous apostrophe-S in there or anything. Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif both played for Water and Power Development Authority against Federally Administered Tribal Areas in one of those somehat fictional sounding domestic
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Do some spot fixing – it’s perfectly normal
< 1 minute read We’ve already made it clear that we would never accept money to underperform, but if we were that sort of person, the court case involving Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif would make us think again. At the time of writing, Butt has been found guilty of conspiracy to cheat and
Continue readingAsif and Butt’s agent says a lot of stuff
< 1 minute read Those following the court case involving Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif will have seen a lot of eye-catching headlines. The agent at the centre of all this is Mazhar Majeed. He is, frankly, a bit of a knobhead. The thing is, most of the headlines derive from things Majeed said
Continue readingSpot fixing bans and second chances for Amir, Asif and Butt
2 minute read People are idiots. That’s a rule that pretty much always stands up to scrutiny. Put people in a position where there’s a choice to make and they will naturally veer towards the stupid option by default. Even so, some options are sufficiently stupid that most of us don’t take them.
Continue readingSalman Butt’s leave | Pakistan batting propaganda
< 1 minute read Pretty sure propaganda has to be clearly labelled as such in order for it to be properly effective. In the comments on our last post, Ceci suggested that the Pakistani batsmen believe what they read. With that in mind, we’d like to put this site forward as official Pakistani cricket
Continue readingWill Mohammad Yousuf returning mean it all kicks off again?
< 1 minute read Poor Salman Butt. That’s all we can think about. He’s trying to organise a nice tea party, even though the crockery’s jagged and serrated and keeps cutting people’s hands. The teapot’s got a hole in it and it’s dribbling boiling water over everyone. Yet Butt’s holding it all together. He’s
Continue readingButt cracks balls and more
< 1 minute read We dread to think what search engine traffic we’re going to get from that title, but you can’t sashay through life being called ‘Butt’ without some sort of consequences. It’ll teach some visitors the importance of the humble comma at any rate. Prior to the first one-day international against Sri
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