The Pakistani cricket trio, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, were given prison sentences on Thursday by a crown court judge in London after being found guilty in a spot-fixing case.
Local Twitter users were divided over the sentencing; some felt sympathy for the players being jailed, while others felt they got what they deserved.
Here are some of the top tweets:
babushka99
The reality of their crime will hit them once the prison door is slammed shut at night @Pakistan #cricket #spotfixing
anthonypermal
Stop with the complaints. If #Pakistan & #PCB WANTED, it would have stepped in. Fact: too late.
mirza9
Judging by people's tweets it seems as if they discovered corruption in cricket with the trial of the Pakistan trio. Precedence exists.
SundusRasheed
YO England! Return the boys to Pakistan right NOW! #spotfixing
ammaryasir
The sentence might be harsh but we're all stunned because no Pakistani ever got punished for corruption, like ever. #spotfixing
AtharAliKhan
That sad moment when one of the best bowlers in the world is trending for the wrong reasons - Amir 6 #spotfixing #Pakistan #Cricket
frqanees
i do not feel sorry, nor sad and neither gutted...they are reaping what they sow themselves, so why shed crocodile tears now #SpotFixing
fifiharoon
Personally I think they got off easy #Pakistan #cricket #spotfixing. They could have received much longer sentences.
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If they have done corruption they deserve this punishment so in future no player will do it...if they will be free then the whole worlds cricketers will do it n give pains to millions of cricket lovers...