Melbourne, Nov 5(ANI): Former Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds believes that corruption problems in cricket are not over despite the convictions of three Pakistani players in the spot-fixing trial held in the United Kingdom.
"We were always of the opinion that it was going on. I don't think people are going to think that's the end of it. Hopefully, it gets stamped out through this and it's an ongoing process and we can slowly weed it out of this game," the Age quoted Symonds, as saying.
Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt, and fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, were jailed by London's Southwark Crown Court earlier this week for involvement in a spot-fixing scam during the 2010 Lord's Test against England.
Butt was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail, Asif for a year, while Amir will be jailed for six months.
The spot-fixing controversy centres on allegations that Butt, Asif and Amir took bribes from Mazhar Majeed to deliberately under-perform at certain times in the match.
Undercover reporters from News of the World, led by Mazher Mahmood, had secretly video-taped Majeed accepting money and informing the reporters that Asif and Amir would deliberately bowl no-balls at specific points in an over.
This information could have been used by gamblers to place bets. (ANI)
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