Chris Greenwrote: >No, themain problem in cricket seems to be some of the >bestteams and players in the world throwing games for money. Hi, Chris:That rather overstates the matter. There have been very few known cases ofplayers throwing big games for money. (The most notorious instance is that of theSouth African captain Hansie Cronje: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansie_Cronje#Match_fixing) The main problem is "spot betting", mainlyconfined to the Indian subcontinent where the massive popularity of aspectacular (and financially lucrative) limited form of the game called"Twenty-twenty cricket" lends itself to this type of betting. Puntersbet on certain events occurring within a match. An example occurred in a fullscale ("Test match") game between Englandand Pakistanin 2010. Three Pakistani players were convicted of deliberately bowling a few "noballs" (i.e., the front foot was beyond the bowling line, in which casethe batsmen is free to hit the ball without fear of being given out if caught)at specified times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_cricket_spot-fixing_scandal Unless the matchis very close, this is unlikely to influence the result of the five day [sic!]match, so while called "match-fixing", they weren't actually throwingthe match for money. Nevertheless three were found guilty in a court of law andreceived prison sentences in addition to banning by the cricketauthorities: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/468a6760-061a-11e1-ad0e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2IValZYlA Allen Esterson Formerlecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org
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