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Heinrich Klaasen produces fighting knock but South Africa miss out on World Cup Super League points

Valkerie Baynes01-Feb-2023England 346 for 7 (Buttler 131, Malan 118, Ngidi 4-62) beat South Africa 287 (Klaasen 80, Hendricks 52, Archer 6-40) by 59 runsJofra Archer’s maiden ODI five-for crowned his comeback and ensured England would leave with more than a consolation victory after Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan’s perfectly crafted centuries prevented what had looked like a certain series sweep to South Africa.The tourists depart in the knowledge that Archer is back in business after his 6 for 40 in just his second international match after spending the best part of two years out of the game injured. He sealed a 59-run victory despite the best efforts of Heinrich Klaasen and Wayne Parnell, who put on 85 runs off just 54 balls for the seventh wicket, which poses implications for South Africa’s hopes of qualifying directly for this year’s World Cup. They must now beat Netherlands 2-0 in their upcoming series and hope New Zealand defeat Sri Lanka at least once in their three-match series to secure an automatic berth in India.The hosts were on course for a 3-0 series result when England slumped to 14 for 3 thanks to Lungi Ngidi’s three wickets for seven runs in the space of 11 balls. But Buttler and Malan staged a fourth-wicket stand worth 232 runs to take their side to 346 for 7.Half-centuries from Klaasen and Reeza Hendricks and starts by Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma and Parnell kept South Africa in touch but breaking partnerships was key for England and Archer was the chief destroyer.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Bavuma, centurion and Player of the Match as South Africa went 2-0 up on Sunday in Bloemfontein, eased to 22 off 16 balls at the end of the fourth over which included a huge six over deep midwicket off Chris Woakes. At 41 for no loss after seven, England introduced Archer, but it was Woakes who made the breakthrough with a slower ball that saw Bavuma chipping to Reece Topley at mid-off.Archer, back after resting for the second match, claimed just his second wicket of the series when Rassie van der Dussen slashed to Jason Roy at point. Archer’s next ball was a 146kph/90mph bouncer which rapped Markram’s left shoulder and Markram responded by driving the next ball fiercely down the ground for four.With Hendricks opening in place of Quinton de Kock, who was rested after picking up a minor thumb injury in the second ODI, South Africa’s run chase was still in good hands. He reached his fifty off 59 balls and put on a half-century partnership with Markram off 40 deliveries, but then Adil Rashid removed Hendricks, stepping back to try and dig out one that had pitched well outside leg stump before turning back to rap the inside of his left knee and deflect onto his stumps.Markram was looking set and put on 46 runs with Klaasen before he miscued off Archer and found Moeen Ali sitting under the ball at midwicket. That brought in David Miller and he crashed Moeen’s first ball through the covers for four and his fourth down the ground for an effortless-looking six. But then Archer removed the threat with the first ball of his next over, a sizzling back-of-a-length delivery that found Miller’s inside edge and was pouched by Buttler.Klaasen and Parnell then teamed up, Klaasen clubbing Moeen for 14 runs in the 37th over and reaching 80 off 62 before skying Archer to Ben Duckett, running in from deep backward square. Archer took out Parnell’s middle stump to seal his five-for and made it six when he pinged the top of Tabraiz Shamsi’s off stump, ending England’s five-match losing streak in ODIs.Jos Buttler leaves the crease after his century•AFP/Getty Images

At the 10-over mark, England’s scoring rate was going nowhere at 20 for 3 after South Africa had sent the visitors in on a Kimberley ground notoriously difficult to defend upon.Ngidi hit his lengths beautifully at the outset and struck with his sixth ball as Roy mistimed his attempted drive and picked out Bavuma at mid-off. Ngidi struck again in his second over with a shorter ball angled across left-hander Duckett, who nicked to Klaasen behind the stumps. Harry Brook was unable to lift his side off the back of his 80 in the second game, which followed a duck on debut in the series opener, when Ngidi had him caught behind stabbing at a wide delivery outside off stump which found the inside edge.Buttler found the initial going tough, taking 14 balls to get off the mark. Markram saw his fourth ball smashed for six over long-off as Buttler set about raising the tempo. That was after he had narrowly survived being run out chancing a second off Parnell with Miller diving, gathering and firing the ball into Klaasen in one fluid motion, and before Malan’s pull shot off Shamsi burst through Hendricks’ fingertips.Buttler raised his fifty off 64 balls, which was slow by his standards but what his side needed in the circumstances. Shamsi missed the chance to remove Malan when he dived to his right for an attempted return catch but managed only to get a finger to it. Malan then dispatched Parnell over the fence at deep square leg to bring up an even more sluggish half-century (off 79).ESPNcricinfo Ltd

From there, however, Malan went on the attack, carving Parnell to the boundary through backward point and heaving Shamsi for six over wide long-on, Shamsi conceding a second maximum in three balls when Buttler pummelled him over midwicket.The England duo pounced on anything short, and there was plenty from Jansen as he conceded 18 runs off the 34th over – 17 of them to Malan who targeted the leg-side fence, and beyond, three times in as many balls. They brought up their centuries within three balls of each other, Malan to the rope at deep-third and Buttler flicking to the leg side for two. Malan’s second fifty came off just 27 balls and Buttler’s from 42. Malan eventually fell to a leading edge off Sisanda Magala which found Klaasen waiting underneath it at short fine leg.Moeen offered an entertaining cameo, failing connect with his one-handed attempt at a reverse sweep off Shamsi but taking England past the 300-mark that had seemed out of reach earlier with back-to-back sixes, including one off a no-ball from Ngidi. Moeen’s knock ended when Ngidi nailed him with a yorker which tore between his ankles, and Buttler holed out to long-on off Jansen three balls later.

Role of former club chairman called to account at DCMS hearing in Westminster

Andrew Miller25-Jan-2022Colin Graves, the former ECB chairman, has been told to “put up or shut up”, and accept an invitation to testify before the parliamentary select committee investigating racism in English cricket, after being accused by the committee chair of “substantial and ongoing interference” in the running of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.The Graves family trust is owed approximately £15 million by Yorkshire following a bail-out in the early 2000s which saved the club from bankruptcy, and according to Roger Hutton – the former chairman who resigned in the wake of Azeem Rafiq’s damning allegations of institutional racism at the club – Graves’ continued role behind the scenes has been a significant “roadblock” in Yorkshire’s delayed response to the crisis.Yorkshire launched an investigation into Rafiq’s claims in September 2020, but it wasn’t until Rafiq’s appearance before the department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee, more than a year later in November 2021, that the findings of that investigation were finally put into the public domain. By that stage, the club’s failure to take action had led to the mass withdrawal of the club’s sponsors, including Nike and Emerald, amid a swathe of damaging revelations about the dressing-room culture.Opening the proceedings at the latest DCMS hearing in Westminster, chairman Julian Knight MP noted that Graves had declined an invitation to testify at the hearing – he is currently in Barbados, where England’s cricketers are taking on West Indies in five T20Is – but criticised him for “putting his head above the parapet” in an interview last week with the Yorkshire Post, in which he had insisted that the club’s inaction had been down to weak leadership from Hutton rather than interference from the trustees, before telling Knight that, if he wanted to run English cricket, “he should apply for the job of ECB chairman”.In response to Graves’ remarks, Knight read out extracts from a letter from Hutton to the committee: “What was happening on a weekly basis is it sometimes appeared to me as if Mr Graves was influencing the trust and sometimes spoke as if he was,” Hutton was quoted as saying.”Mr Graves expressed concern at how the investigation [into Rafiq’s allegations] had taken place some of which I empathised with. But his views on Azeem Rafiq, the finding of the report and how the club should respond to those findings are were different from mine.”Shortly after that meeting, I was contacted by the trust’s independent observer. He explained very clearly that I should not consider the trust an ordinary secure creditor. He also told me, though it proved to be incorrect, that the trust could remove me if they didn’t like what I was doing and that I should listen to what they say.”The trust summoned me to a meeting where they asked me to listen to Mr Graves and others in the club whose views differed to non-executive members of the board but were more closely aligned to those of Mr Graves. I formed the view that some of his opinions were very similar to those of the executive board and others in the club.”Responding to the DCMS committee on Yorkshire’s behalf, Lord Kamlesh Patel insisted that he had not encountered any interference from the Graves Trust since succeeding Hutton as chairman in November, but added that the club was taking steps to ensure that there could be no such issues going forward.Related

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“When you have a financial agreement with those added extras, that has an observer on the board, you could veto in theory the appointment of a person,” Patel said. “That wasn’t used while I was there and I don’t believe was used before. We are currently drafting up legal documents to make sure all those powers are removed, and those will be presented at the AGM.”I’ve seen some correspondence where I believe the trusts were raising questions, in a proper manner linked, to the finances of the club,” Patel added. “To have that potential, or perception that someone does have power in a place, is not helpful for anyone going forward.”Yorkshire currently remains suspended from hosting international fixtures, pending the outcome of an ECB inquiry, and though Patel reiterated his concerns that the club cannot be “financially viable” unless its Major Match status is restored, he stated that the county’s governance review was due to be completed on Wednesday, and that they expected to get clarity on this summer’s scheduled Test against New Zealand and ODI against South Africa by the end of next month.”We’ve made immediate priorities and we’re making immediate actions now,” Patel said. “We will submit all our evidence by the end of this month that we will present to the ECB on February 1, and then we will await the decision by them to see if we’ve met the criteria.”

Players lose 100% of their match fees for falling five overs short; Travis Head fined 15% of his match fee for use of an audible obscenity

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Dec-2021The England players have been fined 100% of their match fees, and team has also been docked five World Test Championship (WTC) points for maintaining slow over rates in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane, which Australia won by nine wickets on Saturday. Travis Head, Player of the Match for his 152 in Australia’s first innings, has also been fined 15% of his match fees for the use of an audible obscenity during the gameThe WTC playing conditions state that teams would be docked one point – and each player 20% of their match fees – for each over they fall short of after adjusting for time allowances, and David Boon, the match referee for the game, adjudicated that England had been short by five overs at the end of the match. That added up to the five points and the team’s entire match fees.Related

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Head was deemed to have used inappropriate language while batting, when he was beaten by a Ben Stokes delivery, which led to the fine and one demerit point, for Head’s first offence in a 24-month period.Head had not been part of the playing XI after the second Test against India at the start of the year, but came back strongly, hitting an aggressive 152 in Australia’s first innings, after England had been bowled out for just 147.England were better in their second innings, putting up a total of 297 built around a third-wicket partnership of 162 between Dawid Malan (82) and Joe Root (89), but another collapse left Australia with just 20 to win the Test, which they did for the loss of Alex Carey, who was opening in place of the injured David Warner.Australia now go into the second Test, scheduled to start in Adelaide on December 16, with a 1-0 lead.

West Indies’ ODIs against Bangladesh the first for either side in the ICC Super League

Mohammad Isam17-Jan-2021West Indies coach Phil Simmons is clear that he doesn’t want West Indies to go through the qualifier route for the 2023 World Cup, like they had to the last time, and wants to start strongly in Bangladesh to avoid that eventuality.”It is mighty important [to get a good start] because you have to catch up in the series,” Simmons said of the fallout of starting poorly in Dhaka on Sunday. “We don’t want to get into the playoffs anymore. To catch up in the series is going to be really hard, so we need to start well.”West Indies had to play the World Cup qualifier in 2018 after failing to secure direct entry into the tournament, and then went through along with Afghanistan after they finished in the top two – with Afghanistan winning the qualifiers – in Zimbabwe.The three-ODI series in Dhaka from later in the week will be the first engagement for either side in the ICC Super League. Where the participating teams finish in the league will determine who qualifies directly for the 2023 World Cup – the top seven teams and hosts India would be certain participants – and who must go through the playoffs, to be held in Zimbabwe again.Related

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West Indies have already missed playing ODI series against New Zealand and Netherlands because of the Covid-19 pandemic, making the ODIs in Bangladesh vitally important. Their first match in Bangladesh is on Monday, when they play an intra-squad one-day game in Savar, near Dhaka.”[I want to see] the guys to put in place what we have been practicing – how we score runs, how we set fields and how we bowl to those fields,” Simmons said of his expectations. “These are the little things we will try to implement in the main game. So we will try to do them tomorrow too.”We are close enough [to finalising the XI], but the practice game will be the best indicator. It will give us the notice that we need, [and] give us the idea what the players bring to the table in a game situation. So tomorrow is the final straw.”Having reached Dhaka only last Sunday, Simmons, however, emphasised that the team could have done with more training, like they had on their tour of New Zealand last November. “It is never enough for me,” he said. “I think that I would have liked the sort of time we had in New Zealand – but this is what we have, and we try to fit in as much as we can in that period.”

Further 10,000 places made available during summer holidays to ride the wave of World Cup success

George Dobell at Lord's23-Jul-2019The ECB have extended their All Stars kids cricket programme to accommodate for the enthusiasm generated by England’s successful World Cup campaign.The scheme, aimed to provided children aged between 5 and 8 with their first organised experience of the sport, usually ends as the school holidays begin. But the ECB, eager to capitalise on renewed interest in the sport, have arranged for a further 10,000 All Stars places to be available around the country.This year, 66,000 children attended All Stars sessions; up from 59,000 last year. The aim is that, when each eight-week course ends, the clubs which ran the courses will offer the children involved further playing opportunities in the summer holidays. The ECB have also rolled out an extension of the scheme which caters for 8 to 12-year-olds utilising smaller pitch lengths and smaller team sizes.The ECB are also aiming to launch a school’s strategy later this year the broad aim of which will be to double the participation numbers of children playing cricket in primary schools.”It’s crucial that we use the platform created by the World Cup to introduce more young people to the sport and hopefully spark a lifelong passion for the game,” An ECB spokesperson told ESPNcricinfo. “All Stars Cricket has been very successful in that over the last three years and hopefully the ‘Have a Go’ sessions will get an additional 10,000 kids down to their local club. We now need to make our game as accessible as possible which is why a major part of our strategic plan is to double participation in primary schools by 2024.”Cricket World Cup organisers claim the tournament is the third “most-watched global sporting event” – in terms of broadcast figures – after the football World Cup and the Olympics, with more than four million ticket applications made and 888,000 tickets sold. 100,000 of those were under 16. Around 43 percent of ticket buyers described themselves as England supporters, while 32 percent said they supported India, 10 percent Pakistan and six percent Bangladesh. Around 80 percent of ticket buyers lived in the UK.For details of which clubs are offering the sessions and when visit: allstarscricket.co.uk

Sri Lanka team manager submits report on the incident, board to investigate further

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Jul-2018Legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay could face further punishment from the Sri Lankan board in wake of a disciplinary breach over a night out in St Lucia.Vandersay’s tour of the Caribbean was cut short on June 23, when he was sent home due to the incident, which was in breach of his contract. Sri Lanka team manager Asanka Gurusinha has submitted a special report on the matter to the board, which will investigate further and take action as needed.”Once we [review] the manager’s report, we will decide the next course of action,” Kamal Padmasiri, the Competent Authority in charge of Sri Lankan cricket at present, told . “But there will definitely be an inquiry and if found guilty, he will be punished.”Padmasiri and SLC CEO Ashley de Silva are both currently at the ICC meetings in Dublin, and the matter is likely to be taken forward only when they return to Sri Lanka.

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Nov-2016
John Stanworth, the former director of Lancashire’s cricket academy, has become the latest recruit to the ECB’s restructured England Women’s Pathway.Stanworth, who spent three decades at Lancashire as a player, first-team coach and ultimately the county’s first academy director, has taken up the post of head coach of the England Women’s Senior Academy.For this winter, 19 players have been selected from 13 different counties for the Senior Academy programme, which will utilise the National Cricket Performance Centre at Loughborough to improve the experience, performance and conditioning of promising talent. Stanworth will sit on the senior management team alongside the head coach Mark Robinson, who himself joined the England women’s set-up from Sussex in November 2015.Although he left Lancashire under something of a cloud last year, following the appointment of Ashley Giles as director of cricket, Stanworth earned huge respect for his role at the club, and is credited with overseeing the development of several young members of the current first-team squad, including England’s opener-in-waiting, Haseeb Hameed.In a separate appointment to the women’s set-up, Salliann Briggs has recruited to lead the Academy programme for emerging talent, which is also based at the National Cricket Performance Centre in Loughborough. A further 17 players, representing 10 different counties, have been selected for the Academy, which means that the talent for the three international programmes is drawn from a total of 17 counties.”The pinnacle for any talented, aspiring young cricketer is to play and win matches for England, and through the England Women’s Pathway we believe that we are developing a structure to support their journey,” said Clare Connor, England’s director of women’s cricket.”The introduction of the six new Regional Development Centres aligned to the Kia Super League structure helps us to significantly broaden the talent pool that we are working with at the base of the pathway, and without any age constraints, we can take a broader and extended view of a young player’s potential.”From there, the England Women’s Academy and England Women’s Senior Academy are in place to help bridge the gap to international cricket, developing players with the skills needed on and off the field to perform for England.”In Salliann Briggs and John Stanworth we have two superb Head Coaches for these programmes. John brings a wealth of experience in developing high potential players from his role as Lancashire CCC Academy Director for over ten years, and I am delighted to welcome him to this new role.”

England have named three uncapped players in their squad for the women’s one-day and Twenty20 series against Pakistan

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Jun-2013

England squad

Charlotte Edwards (capt), Arran Brindle, Georgia Elwiss, Natasha Farrant, Lydia Greenway, Jenny Gunn, Danielle Hazell, Amy Jones, Heather Knight (ODIs only) Susie Rowe (T20s only), Natalie Sciver, Anya Shrubsole, Sarah Taylor, Lauren Winfield, Danielle Wyatt

England have named three uncapped players in their squad for the women’s one-day and Twenty20 series against Pakistan.Natasha Farrant, a 17-year-old left-arm seamer from Kent, Surrey’s allrounder Natalie Sciver and Yorkshire’s Lauren Winfield, a wicketkeeper, have received their first call-ups for the matches that begin on July 1.England will be without three senior players who are currently recovering from injury. Katherine Brunt, the player of the year, is not yet fit after the foot injury she picked up at the World Cup, Holly Colvin broke a thumb playing league cricket and Laura Marsh is still recovering from shoulder surgery. The trio will now aim to be ready for the Ashes series later in the season.In the absence of Brunt, Anya Shrubsole will have the responsibility of leading the attack while the series will give England a chance to assess the strength of their squad players before facing Australia.The visit of Pakistan will be the first series for England’s new high performance manager, Paul Shaw, who has taken on an expanded role after the previous head coach, Mark Lane, stood down last month.

South Australia’s first Sheffield Shield victory over New South Wales since 2006 lifted the Redbacks to second on the competition table

ESPNcricinfo staff21-Feb-2013
ScorecardSouth Australia’s first Sheffield Shield victory over New South Wales since 2006, inside three days at Adelaide Oval, lifted the Redbacks to second on the competition table with two rounds remaining.The hosts quickly rounded up the remaining three wickets of the Blues’ second innings, Joe Mennie grabbing four to complete another prolific match. His partnership with the swing bowler Chadd Sayers has so far reaped 67 Shield wickets this season.SA’s pursuit of only 91 to win began nervously, but was steadied long enough by the opener Sam Raphael and the debutant Alex Carey to ensure that Doug Bollinger’s four wickets would not be terminal to the chase.The victory was a triumph for SA in the absence of their best batsmen Callum Ferguson and Phillip Hughes, but they must now enter their final two rounds without Sayers due to a side strain that is likely to sideline him for a month.

A day-by-day summary of the spot-fixing trial at the Southwark Crown Court in London

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Nov-2011Day 1, Tuesday, October 4
Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt arrive early; opening day sees mostly legal arguments between Aftab Jafferjee QC for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Ali Bajwa QC representing Butt and Alexander Milne QC representing Asif. Jury sworn in – six men, six women.Day 2, Wednesday, October 5
Prosecution begins its opening address to the jury, giving them records of phone and SMS traffic between parties involved. Says case reveals “depressing tale of rampant corruption at the heart of international cricket, with the key players being members of the Pakistan cricket team”.Day 3, Thursday, October 6
Jury shown video footage of no-balls – without sound/commentary, as agreed. Prosecution details money found: Butt’s room had cash of £14,003 in one spot, and £15,999 in various denominations in envelopes. There was also US$12,617, 24,300 of UAE dirhams, AUS$710, 26,015 Pakistani rupees, $350 Canadian, 440 South African rand – as well as four mobile phones. No NOTW cash found in Asif’s room but £1,500 marked notes in Amir’s room. ACSU official tells court illegal betting market is worth around $1 billion annually.Day 4, Monday, October 10
Court hears recordings of conversations between Mahmood (NOTW journalist) and Majeed, with Majeed making unsubstantiated allegations. Mahmood then says his (fictitious) bosses are interested in making “big money” from gambling – Majeed says he and the Pakistan players he claims to control have made “masses and masses of money”. Sky Sports statistician says “one in a 1.5 million chance” of three no-balls occurring at pre-determined times in a Test match.Day 5, Tuesday, October 11
Court hears, through Majeed’s comments captured covertly, that Pakistan cricketers plotted to oust then ODI captain Shahid Afridi from his position by underperforming, in order to promote Test captain Butt to the ODI role as well. Also hears that Majeed was offered $1 million to influence a Pakistan defeat last year at The Oval, a match they eventually won.Day 6, Wednesday, October 12
Prosecution’s key witness, journalist Mazhar Mahmood, questioned by Asif’s lawyer on whether phone-hacking had gone on during his covert investigation, says he had no idea.Day 8, Friday, October 14
Police interview recordings show Butt saying he never requested Asif or Amir to cheat and bowl pre-determined no-balls. Bajwa, Butt’s lawyer, sets out the extent of Majeed’s financial issues: Majeed held more than 30 bank accounts and had overdrafts worth £704,000.Day 9, Monday, October 17
Butt, in the witness stand, tells the court he chose not to report Majeed, his agent, to the authorities even when Majeed asked him for tips to fix matches. Says Majeed sent him text messages to help him fix elements of a game against South Africa at the Twenty20 World Cup in 2010. Bajwa says they “concede” a “criminal conspiracy” between Majeed and Amir but his client Butt was not party to it.Day 10, Tuesday, October 18
Butt accused by the prosecution of lying to the jury on at least two occasions. Once when quizzed on why Azhar Majeed – Mazhar’s brother and business partner – was in the hotel room of Pakistan Test debutant Wahab Riaz along with Butt and wicketkeeper Kamram Akmal after midnight during The Oval Test, Butt doubted the written evidence read out to the court from Pakistan team security manager Major Najam. After playing a video of the over in which Asif bowled the no-ball in question, Asif’s lawyer Milne accused Butt of pressurising his client.Mohammad Asif, in the witness stand, had accused Salman Butt of abusing him•AFP

Day 11, Wednesday, October 19

Prosecution completes Butt cross-examining by concluding he had “been caught”. The night before the match began, there were 20 calls or texts between Butt and Majeed, 25 between Amir and Majeed and four between Butt, Asif and Amir. Butt is also interrogated on text messages Majeed sent him during the Oval Test when he was trying to fix by having Butt bat out a maiden over, which he subsequently did not do. Not convinced by Butt’s denials at being complicit in Majeed’s plans, Jafferjee says: “You are lying your head off to this jury aren’t you Mr Butt?”Day 12, Thursday, October 20

Asif in the witness stand, accuses Butt of abusing him (“run faster f*****, have you slept”) before he bowled the second of the three no-balls. Butt’s lawyer Ali Bajwa QC suggests Asif is fabricating his story to justify the no-ball. Bajwa also accuses Asif of “untruthfully downplaying” his relationship with the Majeed brothers. Asif denies taking any money for his no-ball or even having any knowledge that other people had “an interest” in his bowling a no-ball. Also denies prosecution suggestion that he had been “sucked into a web of corruption by Butt and Majeed”.Day 13, Friday, October 21
Asif suggests Butt had to have been involved with an alleged fix to bowl no-balls in a Test match but stops short of a definitive accusation. “The captain knows. What I have told you the last two days…the captain knows. He is the one who brings them (bowlers) on.”Day 14, Monday, October 24
Closing speeches begin. Prosecution sets out why the jury should reach a guilty verdict, listing “13 facts that prove guilt”. Defence for Butt says there is “no reliable evidence” to convict him.Day 15, Tuesday, October 25
Asif’s lawyer Milne urges jury to “follow the money” – no marked News of the World cash was found in Asif’s room during initial police raids on the players’ hotel rooms. “If you follow the money, you will find that it does not lead to Mr Asif,” Milne says. Justice Cooke begins his summing-up in the afternoon, informs the jury they should take it as an agreed fact that Amir and Majeed were involved in the fix – the first official guidance given to the jury as to the parts played in the case by Majeed and Amir. Judge tells the jury: “You should base your decision on the evidence alone and draw inferences, which I mean by drawing common sense conclusions.”Day 16, Wednesday, October 26
Judge explains to the jury that they needed to consider the fact that Asif had not told the police when under caution last year the reason for his no-ball, which he later gave in court: that Butt had abused him and put him under pressure. Jury asked to consider if this was due to the language barrier or a late invention.Day 17, Thursday, October 27
Judge completes his summing up of the trial and sends the jury out to make a verdict by midday. The jury are sent home for the day at 4.00pm having failed to reach a quick decision.Day 18, Friday, October 28
The first full day of the jury’s deliberations and they are again sent home at 4.00pm without reaching a verdict. The main action of the day centred on when the jury returned to court to listen to audio recordings of conversations between Majeed and Mahmood, with Butt featuring in both by speaker phone.Day 19, Monday, October 31
The jury inform the judge they are unable to reach a unanimous verdict, after which the judge asks them for a majority verdict with at least ten of them concurring.Day 20, Tuesday, November 1

Salman Butt found guilty on both charges – conspiracy to accept corrupt payments and conspiracy to cheat, while Asif is found guilty of conspiracy to cheat, with a hung jury on his second charge. It’s also revealed that Amir had pleaded guilty before the trial began, it couldn’t be reported because of restrictions.Day 21, Wednesday, November 2

Majeed is revealed to have pleaded guilty before the trial began. Lawyers for all four make their final submissions, appeal for leniency.Day 22, Thursday, November 3

All four get sentences – jail terms for Majeed (32 months), Butt (30) and Asif (one year) and six months in a young offenders’ detention centre for Amir. Butt plans to appeal.