{"id":217187,"date":"2023-12-02T09:56:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T09:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=217187"},"modified":"2023-12-02T09:56:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T09:56:30","slug":"disgraced-former-pakistan-cricket-captain-salman-butt-lands-shock-new-job-after-serving-jail-sentence-for-spot-fixing-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/sport\/disgraced-former-pakistan-cricket-captain-salman-butt-lands-shock-new-job-after-serving-jail-sentence-for-spot-fixing-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Disgraced former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt lands shock new job after serving jail sentence for spot fixing | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PAKISTAN have named their disgraced former captain \u00a0Salman Butt as a new selector.<\/p>\n<p>It is Butt\u2019s first job in international cricket since he was jailed in 2011.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/former-pakistan-test-cricketer-captain-5004274.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>That followed a conspiracy to deliberately bowl no-balls in the 2010 Lord\u2019s Test against England.<\/p>\n<p>The spot-fixing involved deliberately bowling no-balls at certain moments in the game.<\/p>\n<p>He jailed for 30 months and banned from playing for ten years for his part in a conspiracy. <\/p>\n<p>Fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir &#8211; both 18 at the time &#8211; were also banned for being involved.<\/p>\n<h2>READ MORE SPORT NEWS<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GIF-Own-goal-V2.gif?w=580&amp;h=386&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=44 290w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GIF-Own-goal-V2.gif?w=340&amp;h=226&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=44 170w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GIF-Own-goal-V2.gif?w=264&amp;h=176&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=44 132w\" srcSet=\"\" sizes=\"(min-width: 675) 280px, 40vw\"\/><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GIF-Own-goal-V2.gif?w=290&amp;h=193&amp;crop=1 290w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GIF-Own-goal-V2.gif?w=170&amp;h=113&amp;crop=1 170w, https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GIF-Own-goal-V2.gif?w=132&amp;h=88&amp;crop=1 132w\" srcSet=\"\" sizes=\"(min-width: 675) 280px, 40vw\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GIF-Own-goal-V2.gif?strip=all&amp;w=360&amp;h=240&amp;crop=1\"\/><\/picture><span>HAM-BUG <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Fans unable to believe their eyes as &#x27;worst own goal of all time&#x27; 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It is Butt\u2019s first job in international cricket since he was jailed in 2011. That followed a conspiracy to deliberately bowl no-balls in the 2010 Lord\u2019s Test against England. The spot-fixing involved deliberately bowling no-balls at certain moments in the game. 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