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Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court
October 10, 2011
The agent at the centre of the spot-fixing allegations tried to impress an undercover journalist, posing as an Indian businessman, with a series of boasts that included a meeting with PCB chairman Ijaz Butt about setting up a domestic Twenty20 tournament, a court in London has heard.
Agent Mazhar Majeed Mazhar Mahmood told reporters that he knew the actor Brad Pitt in "very good", a tennis legend Roger Federer and very friendly with the former England cricketers Mike Gatting, Phil Tufnell, Geoffrey Boycott, former Pakistan skipper Imran Khan, former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi mm.
He also told how he managed ten players including Pakistan Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik Umar and, and had access to other world stars such as Chris Gayle, Brett Lee, Ricky Ponting, Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh. A meeting with the potential for contact with others - former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf - was also discussed.
Name dropping and boasting Majeed was heard from registration Mahmood was on the witness stand in Southwark Crown Court in central London, the fourth day of the trial in Pakistan cricket Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, who claimed to be a pre-bowled balls in a Non-cash. Both players deny the allegations.
The jury was also a written transcript of the recording track. It 'was the first meeting between the two men, when Mahmood was a secret microphones in him, which is preceded by a potential conflict in the world after Mahmood exposed his trap. Supplier took place in court behind a screen to hide their identity to the public and the media.
Mahmood Majeed attracted the meeting itself as an Indian businessman to "Tata justice" with the promise to introduce a Twenty20 tournament in the UAE, which would be sponsored by Etihad companies.
It has raised incredulous smiles in court as Majeed was heard seven glaciers - which he has players in Pakistan appear for free, "the largest property company in Surrey," football Croydon, and said how he lived at different times of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Malaysia and Turkey, while he was studying religion and conferences.
The court heard Majeed explain why he did not want to manage the former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, because "you have to kiss the ass every day." Incredibly, also revealed the way it is unfortunate denied the opportunity to participate in "Slumdog Millionaire", the hit movie.
Majeed, who said he worked closely with the PCB, said the meeting with the football: "I had a meeting with Ijaz football to a national tournament that we were trying to do was set the sponsor in the various regions and make the Twenty20 league as the people of Pakistan will not get to watch cricket are coming in droves ... "
In the drawings and brief descriptions of visible Mahmood were not allowed to be published. His testimony is crucial to the prosecution and court appearances should take place on the second day. In his undercover operation, Mahmood said it was supported by a poster of the Far East of Paris, and eventually attracted Majeed, exposing corrupt conspiracy during 2010 Pakistan tour of England.
Butt and Asif are accused of conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to receive and accept corrupt payments, after testing the Lord in August of last year, when they allegedly conspired with Majeed, fast bowler Mohammad teenage Amir and others unknown.
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