Mazher Majeed, the agent of the guilty Pakistan trio who was yesterday jailed for 32 months, is seen with a stack of money during the News of the World sting. PHOTO: FILE

August 29, 2010
- The News of the World newspaper says it paid 150,000 pounds (230,000 dollars) to agent Mazhar Majeed in return for details about the timing of three no-balls in Pakistan's fourth Test against England at Lord's.
- The report says Pakistan bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif delivered blatant no-balls at the exact points in the match agreed with the alleged fixer.
- The bowlers and Test captain Salman Butt are interviewed by Scotland Yard detectives.
- News of the World publishes photograph of Majeed counting wads of banknotes given to him by a reporter posing as a front man for a betting syndicate.
September 2, 2010
- Butt, Aamer and Asif dropped from the two Twenty20 matches against England.
- International Cricket Council (ICC) charges Butt, Aamer and Asif with various offences under its anti-corruption code. All three provisionally suspended.
September 17, 2010
- Police pass "spot-fixing" file to the Crown Prosecution Service, England's state prosecutors.
November 4, 2010
- Pakistan suspends the contracts of Butt, Asif and Aamer.
February 4, 2011
- British prosecutors charge Butt, Aamer, Asif and Majeed with conspiracy to cheat at gambling and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments.
February 5, 2011
- ICC bans Butt for 10 years, with five suspended, Asif for seven years with two suspended and Aamer for five years straight after being found guilty of corruption.
September 9, 2011
- Aamer pleads guilty to British police charges against him at a pre-trial hearing.
October 5, 2011
- Trial of Butt and Asif begins at Southwark Crown Court in London. The pair pleads not guilty. Prosecutors say the case "reveals a depressing tale of rampant corruption at the heart of international cricket".
October 17, 2011
- Butt takes the stand, telling the court he ignored requests by Majeed to fix matches. "I was absolutely not interested in what he was talking about," he said.
October 27, 2011
- Jury sent out to consider their verdicts.
November 1, 2011
- Butt and Asif found guilty by unanimous verdict of conspiracy to cheat at gambling and by majority verdict on conspiracy to accept corrupt payments.
November 3, 2011
- Butt is sentenced to 30 months in jail, Asif to a year and Aamer to six months. Majeed is jailed for two years and eight months. They are to serve half their sentences in prison before being released on licence.