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"Helmet Nahi Pehente The...": Ex-Pakistan Captain On How India's Earlier Pace Attack Was Not Intimidating

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has claimed that batters like Saeed Anwar and Aamir Sohail used to take on the Indian bowlers without even wearing helmets. He said that the Indian fast bowlers didn't have pace in their deliveries in the past and that led to the Pakistan batters wearing only caps and taking the bowlers to the cleaners. Butt made the bold claim when asked on a show about why Shahid Afridi was not used as an opening batter in Asian conditions.

Emirates-based player gets 14-year ban for attempted match-fixing

Chhayakar was found guilty by an ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal of attempting to influence aspects of the UAE's one-day international series in Zimbabwe in 2019 as well as matches in the Global T20 franchise tournament in Canada in the same year. "We first encountered Mehar Chhayakar through his involvement in organising a corrupt cricket tournament in Ajman, in 2018," the ICC said in a statement. "The charges for which he has now received a lengthy ban are further examples of his continuing efforts to corrupt and damage our sport.

Cricket-Emirates-based player gets 14-year ban for attempted match-fixing

(Reuters) - Mehar Chhayakar, an Indian cricketer formerly based in the United Arab Emirates, has been banned from all cricket for 14 years for seven breaches of the sport's anti-corruption code, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday.

UAE cricket player banned 14 years for match-fixing, including Canadian tournament

A domestic player from the United Arab Emirates has been banned from all cricket for 14 years after being found guilty of seven charges relating to match-fixing in an international series in April 2019 and a Twenty20 franchise tournament in Canada later that year.