Betting controversies in cricket

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Cricket has had a number of controversies relating to players being involved with the betting aspects of the game. In particular, numerous players have been approached by bookmakers and bribed to throw matches, aspects of matches (e.g. the toss) or provide other information.

1999–2000 India-South Africa match fixing scandal

Main article: South Africa cricket match fixing

In 2000, the

India).[3]

2018 Sri Lanka cricket pitch tampering scandal

Main article:
2018 Sri Lankan cricket pitch fixing and betting scandal

On 26 May 2018 Al Jazeera news channel findings depict that possibly pitch tampering would have happened during the home test matches involving Sri Lanka against Australia in 2016 and against India in 2017. The news channel also stated that through monitoring the pitch conditions the fixers have managed easily to make money. Match-fixers Robin Morris, a former Indian domestic cricketer along with Dubai based business person Gaurav Rajkumar, Galle groundsman Tharanga Indika and Sri Lankan first-class cricketer Tharindu Mendis have also been investigated by the ICC for attempting another pitch tampering at Galle in Sri Lanka's forthcoming first test match against England as a part of the England's upcoming series against Sri Lanka in November 2018.[4][5] Concerns also raised by the English Cricket Board whether to play away series against Sri Lanka over the planned pitch tampering at the Galle Cricket Stadium for the first Test match.[6][7]

Other controversies

During the third Test of the 1981 Ashes series, Australian players Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh placed a bet on England to win the match after the odds had ballooned out to 500–1. Australia were widely expected to win the match with England at 135-7 after having been made to follow-on. In a remarkable rear-guard effort, England did indeed win the match following brilliant performances from Ian Botham and Bob Willis, and Lillee and Marsh duly collected £7,500 (equivalent to £30,583 in 2021).[citation needed] There has never been any suggestion that the players deliberately underperformed to ensure their bet succeeded; nevertheless, the failure of cricket authorities to censure Lillee and Marsh at the time has led some to suggest that it contributed to the match-fixing scandals of the 1990s and 2000s.[8]

Another scandal was

Australian Cricket Board found out about the incident in 1995, it fined the players. Nevertheless, the board withheld the information from the general public at the time, who were not informed until 1998. The Australian Cricket Board received widespread criticism for not immediately announcing the scandal.[10] A later report by Rob O'Regan QC concluded that cricketers were not fully informed about the dangers of interacting with bookmakers, and although no further punishment could be given to either Waugh or Warne, in future players should be punished by not only fines, but also by suspensions.[11]

The

Paul Condon, former head of London's Metropolitan Police. It claims to have reduced corruption in cricket to a "reducible minimum".[12]

During the fourth Test of

spot fixing.[13] Pakistani players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir
were later jailed and banned from cricket.

In 2013, three cricketers from New Zealand were approached by the ICC in regards to match fixing,[14] later named as Lou Vincent, Chris Cairns and Daryl Tuffey.[15] In 2014, Vincent admitted to being involved in match fixing.[16]

In popular culture

  • The 2009 Hindi film, 99, starring Kunal Khemu, Boman Irani, Soha Ali Khan and Cyrus Broacha, is set in the year 1999, with the India-South Africa match fixing controversy as the backdrop.
  • The 2008
    Javed Sheikh
    is also based on match fixing.
  • The 2015 Hindi film Calendar Girls some part is based on the betting on the cricket.
  • The 2016 Hindi film Azhar is based on the life of Mohd. Azharudhin. Emraan Hashmi plays his role.
  • The 2018 Web film Inside Edge is based on the betting on the domestic league.

See also

  • List of cricketers banned for match fixing
  • Pakistan cricket spot-fixing controversy

References

  1. ^ It's Just Not Cricket
  2. ^ Two more cricket bookies absconding after raids Archived 10 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "rediff.com: cricket channel - 'Mohammad Azharuddin fixed matches for bookie M K Gupta...'". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Plot to fix England v Sri Lanka cricket test in Galle uncovered". Stuff. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  5. ^ "UK documentary alleges Sri Lankan groundstaff attempting to fix Test against England". TVNZ. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Betacular Cricket - Online and Live Cricket Betting". 24 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Galle Stadium curator named in fixing scandal, admits to doctoring pitches to benefit bookmakers in sting operation". FirstCricket. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  8. ^ Nasim, Col (Retd) Rafi (3 May 2000). "New dimensions in match-fixing scam". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Findings of the O'Regan Player Conduct Inquiry". 24 February 1999. Retrieved 9 November 2006.
  10. ^ "Famous Cricket Spot-Fixing and Betting Scandals". 12 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  11. ^ "ACB Player Conduct Inquiry Report". Archived from the original on 21 February 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2006.
  12. ^ Interview by Andrew Miller (7 July 2010). "Paul Condon on the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit's role in preventing match-fixing: 'You'll never entirely eradicate fixing'". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  13. ^ "'Pak players were in touch with bookies during T20 WC'". Archived from the original on 31 August 2010.
  14. ^ "3 NZ cricketers in fixing investigation". NZ Herald. AP. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  15. ^ Dylan Cleaver and Andrew Alderson (5 September 2014). "Cricket: Tuffey still in the dark about betting investigation". NZ Herald. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  16. ESPN Sports Media
    . 1 July 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

External links

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