Match-fixing had disappeared from cricket’s consciousness until a UAE duo were pinned for it this week. It’s a reminder that this scourge continues to be one of the game’s greatest threats.
‘Betting is illegal in India … yet there are more than 10,000 bookmakers.’ – Al Jazeera
An unnamed Afghanistan cricketer has reported a call he received from a bookie during the Asia Cup.
Two Indian supporters were detained by Sri Lanka Cricket’s anti-corruption unit on suspicion of match-fixing during a Sri Lankan T20 league game.
Former Proteas opener Alviro Petersen has been banned for two years for his involvement in the Ram Slam match-fixing scandal.
Alviro Petersen, who portrayed himself as the whistle-blower in the recent Ram Slam T20 match-fixing scandal, has been charged for his part in the affair.
A picture of the Match-Fix Four should be pinned up in every cricket change room throughout the land, and in every school pavilion.
Gulam Bodi’s downfall as match-fixer was orchestrated by a carefully planned trap set by Cricket South Africa’s anti-corruption unit and his former teammate, Alviro Petersen.
The lawyer for alleged Ram Slam match-fixer Gulam Bodi has thrown down the gauntlet, saying CSA must ‘make a deal, or we go to court’.
England have never beaten South Africa at Centurion. Well, statistically, they have, but we are going to ignore that.
You could be forgiven if you do not know who Mervyn Westfield is. A former Essex county cricketer, and a mediocre one at that. So why did Cricket South Africa host his visit to this country last November?
Gulam Bodi, the man accused of orchestrating a match-fixing ring, will probably go down in the cricketing annals as a ‘nearly man’.
Former Proteas and Highveld Lions batsman Gulam Bodi is the ‘intermediary’ being investigated by the CSA on charges of fixing Ram Slam matches.
A former Proteas player is likely to be charged soon with match fixing, according to a leading cricket commentator.
South African anti-corruption investigators have charged an ‘intermediary’ with attempting to fix a Ram Slam match.
