It refers to allegations on Pakistan's Cricket team by a report of News of the World released during the Pakistani cricket team's tour of England. It was alleged in that report that three Pakistani players, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt, had accepted bribes from agent and bookmaker Mazhar Majeed to purposely under-perform at certain times in the 4th Test match at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England. Undercover reporters from News of the World led by Mazher Mahmood secretly video-taped Mazhar Majeed accepting money and informing the reporters that fast bowlers Asif and Amir would deliberately bowl no-balls at specific ball in an over. This information could be used by gamblers to make wagers with inside information (a process known as spot-fixing; compare with match fixing where the result of a whole match is predetermined).
In response to these allegations, Scotland Yard arrested Majeed on the charge of match-fixing. The International Cricket Council (ICC) temporarily suspended the three players from playing in international cricket while investigation was carried out. The players denied the charges and maintained their innocence. A three-man tribunal was held in 2011, and the three players were suspended from all forms of cricket for terms of five to ten years.
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