Pakistan cricketers News of the World, 2010 So farewell, the News of the World. Some, at least, were sorry to see you go - though most of us can certainly salute last year’s big scoop as three Pakistani cricketers found themselves enmeshed in a betting scandal. Was phone hacking involved? The trio’s lawyers recently asked the police to investigate. No one seemed much bothered at the time, presumably because this was an investigation into corruption. We’ll only know when we have the umpire’s (with wig) verdict this autumn. Will cricket be cleaner as a result? Who can say? But the now dead paper bowled a fine bouncer of a scoop on its way out

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