This has been one of the worst news I’ve ever had to hear as I got out of bed at around 4:00 AM to eat, preparing myself for the days fasting ahead. But this was all over national media! Scotland Yard’s raid on the hotel rooms of Pakistani cricketers and money found!

I feel sick to the core. International Cricket is a distant dream for this cricket loving nation due to terrorism. Playing on foreign soil, our players have left no stone unturned in bringing us disgrace and shame as “News of the World”, a UK newspaper, unveils a special under-cover report reporting how the Lord’s test has been fixed – led by none other than our captain – Salman Butt!

I am including excerpts of the report here:

Our undercover team was posing as front men for a Far East gambling cartel. In return for their suitcase of money Majeed then calmly detailed what would happen – and when – on the field of play next day, as a taster of all the lucrative information he could supply in future.

He promised: “I’m going to give you three no-balls to prove to you firstly that this is what’s happening. They’ve all been organised, okay?

“This is EXACTLY what’s going to happen, you’re going to SEE these three things happen. I’m telling you, if you play this right you’re going to make a lot of money, believe me!”

MAJEED: “There’s no risk, there’s no signal. . . these three are definitely happening. They’ve all been organised, okay? So, the first ball of the third over of the innings, yeah.

“Asif and Amir are going to be bowling. Amir is to bowl the first over (meaning he will also bowl the third), yeah?

“Okay? Then the tenth, the last ball. . . sixth ball of the tenth over.”

REPORTER: The tenth over. Who’s bowling it?

MAJEED: Asif will be bowling it.

Majeed then explained that the third no ball would come in the first over that teen wonder boy Amir got to deliver to an England right- hander, after one of the opening two left-handers had been dismissed.

Just to convince us Amir was on side Majeed telephoned the young star at his hotel. “Are you sleeping f***er?” he asked crudely. Amir confirmed that’s what he was trying to do.

“Ok, sleep,” said Majeed. “We’ve spoken about everything before anyway. Ok, don’t mind. You sleep’.”

I questioned myself over and over again: HOW WAS ENGLAND ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE 102-7 HOLE? This story has satisfied my quest for an answer. What might follow next may turn out to be really ugly and horrible for the Pakistani nation. Arrests? Life-Bans? Some sort of a ban on International Cricket anywhere in the world for Pakistan? Things are yet to unfold completely.

Let us wait to see what becomes of the Lord’s test that is scheduled to start proceedings of the 4th days play in a few hours time.