Imagine if the New York Yankees had been accused of fixing games a few weeks after 9/11.
Say It Ain’t So, Joe! Pakistan Rocked By Cricket Corruption Scandal
↵That would have been a pretty tough pill to swallow, no? Well, welcome to Pakistan. After flooding in Pakistan that’s been more disastrous than Hurricane Katrina, the Haitian Earthquake, and India’s Tsunami COMBINED, the Pakistani Cricket team has been caught fixing games and losing on purpose.
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↵One day, this will all be a movie that’s largely overlooked upon release, but constantly re-run on HBO, and strangely enjoyable. “How could I have fixed the series?! I had three Maiden Overs, four stumpings, and six wides!”
↵...In any case, the national team, a longtime source of national pride for Pakistan, was recently in England for a match with the British national team. That’s when British tabloid News of the World uncovered this mess:
↵↵Majeed identified young Pakistan captain Salman Butt as the ringleader of the band of cheats. He also named wicket keeper Kamran Akmal and boasted he had a total of SEVEN corrupt cricketers in his pocket, all banking huge sums from bookies and betting syndicates.
↵↵I promised myself I wouldn’t use the “When it rains, it pours” expression for a country still reeling from massive flooding, so... How can we find a way to blame this on LeBron James?
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