England 446 (Trott 184, Broad 169, Amir 6-84) beat Pakistan 74 (Swann 4-12, Finn 3-38) and 147 (Umar 79*, Swann 5-62) by an innings and 225 runs

England inflict a heavy defeat on Pakistan in the midst of a betting scandal that looks set to rock the sport.

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The world of cricket has been rocked by allegations of match-fixing in the England vs Pakistan test series. The English Sunday tabloid newspaper, The News of the World, claims to have uncovered “the most sensational sporting scandal ever” involving a spate of deliberate no balls by Pakistani bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir. The video footage appears to be extremely damning.

From the News of the World website:

“THE News of the World has smashed a multi-million pound cricket match-fixing ring which RIGGED the current Lord’s Test between England and Pakistan.

In the most sensational sporting scandal ever, bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif delivered THREE blatant no-balls to order.

Their London-based fixer Mazhar Majeed, who let us in on the betting scam for £150,000, crowed “this is no coincidence” before the bent duo made duff deliveries at PRECISELY the moments promised to our reporter.

Armed with our damning dossier of video evidence, Scotland Yard launched their own probe into the scandal.”

Pakistan 74 (Swann 4-12, Finn 3-38) and 41 for 4 (Azhar 0*) trail England 446 (Trott 184, Broad 169, Amir 6-84) by 331 runs

England rip through Pakistan for 74. Then asked to follow on they wilt in similar fashion in what turns out to be an enthralling day of cricket.

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Sri Lanka 299 for 8 (Dilshan 110, Sangakkara 71, Munaf 2-43) beat India 225 (Dhoni 67, Perera 3-36, Randiv 3-40) by 74 runs

Sri Lanka claim the triangular series thanks to an emphatic victory set up by a Tillakaratne Dilshan century.

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