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    "excerpt": "New Delhi, Nov 2:\u00a0Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar said that he was surrounded by match fixers in the national team during his playing days. In comments made on a television show, Shoaib said that",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>New Delhi, Nov 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar said that he was surrounded by match fixers in the national team during his playing days. In comments made on a television show, Shoaib said that he felt he was playing against &quot;21 players - 11 theirs and 10 ours.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Akhtar was talking about the 2010 spot fixing scandal which resulted in then Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pacers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir getting lengthy bans.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I was always of the belief that I can never cheat Pakistan, no match-fixing. I was surrounded by match-fixers,&quot; Akhtar said on the show Rewind With Samina Peerzada. &quot;I was playing against 21 people - 11 theirs and 10 ours. Who knows who was the match-fixer. There was so much match-fixing. (Mohammad) Asif told me which all matches they had fixed and how they did it.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 44-year-old said that he was livid when the matter came to light. &quot;I tried to make Amir and Asif understand. What a waste of talent. When I heard about this, I was so upset that I punched the wall. Pakistan&#39;s two top bowlers, smart, intelligent and the two perfect fast bowlers were wasted. They sold themselves for a little money,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Akhtar retired from international cricket in 2011. He was not active in Test cricket when the scandal broke out, having played his last Test match in 2007.<\/p>\r\n",
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