Pakistan cricket players accused of betting scam

It could have the cultural gravity of Pete Rose or the Chicago White Sox, if allegations that three players on Pakistan’s national cricket team are involved in a betting scam. The sport is that country’s national past time, and so popular that award-winning journalist Mihir Bose says anything that happens to the team “affects the soul of the nation.” Betts on the game ? investigated by detectives of Scotland Yard ? were part of a larger “spot fixing” scheme, which places money on specific outcomes of plays, rather than the game as a whole.