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Betting controversies in cricket

Index Betting controversies in cricket

Cricket has had a number of controversies relating to players being involved with the betting aspects of the game. [1]

60 relations: Ajay Jadeja, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Australian cricket team in England in 1981, Azhar (film), Bob Willis, Boman Irani, Bookmaker, Chris Cairns, Cricket, Cricket Australia, Cyrus Broacha, Daryl Tuffey, Delhi, Dennis Lillee, Dubai, Emraan Hashmi, English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2018–19, ESPN Inc., ESPNcricinfo, Follow-on, Hansie Cronje, Herschelle Gibbs, Hindi, Ian Botham, India national cricket team, International Cricket Council, Jannat (film), Javed Sheikh, John the bookmaker controversy, Kunal Deshmukh, Kunal Khemu, List of cricketers banned for corruption, Lou Vincent, Mark Waugh, Mazhar Majeed, Metropolitan Police Service, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Azharuddin, News of the World, Nicky Boje, Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal, Pakistan national cricket team, Pakistani cricket team in England in 2010, Paul Condon, Baron Condon, Rob O'Regan, Robin Morris, Rod Marsh, Saleem Malik, ..., Salman Butt, Shane Warne, Soha Ali Khan, Sonal Chauhan, South Africa national cricket team, Spot-fixing, Tharindu Mendis, Toss (cricket), University of Wollongong, 99 (2009 film). Expand index (10 more) »

Ajay Jadeja

Ajaysinhji "Ajay" Jadeja (born 1 February 1971), is a former Indian cricketer, who has been a regular member in the Indian cricket team between 1992 and 2000.

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Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera (translit,, literally "The Island", though referring to the Arabian Peninsula in context), also known as JSC (Jazeera Satellite Channel), is a state-funded broadcaster in Doha, Qatar, owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Australian cricket team in England in 1981

The tour by the Australian cricket team in England in 1981 included the 51st Ashes series of Test matches between Australia and England.

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Azhar (film)

Azhar is a 2016 Indian sports drama film directed by Tony D'Souza.

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Bob Willis

Robert George Dylan Willis MBE (born Robert George Willis on 30 May 1949), known as Bob Willis, is an English former cricketer, who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England.

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Boman Irani

Boman Irani (born 2 December 1959) is an Indian film and theatre actor, voice artist and photographer of Irani descent.

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Bookmaker

A bookmaker, bookie, or turf accountant is an organization or a person that accepts and pays off bets on sporting and other events at agreed-upon odds.

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Chris Cairns

Christopher Lance Cairns, ONZM (born 13 June 1970) is a former New Zealand cricketer and former ODI captain, who played for the Black Caps as an all-rounder.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Cricket Australia

Cricket Australia (CA), formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia.

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Cyrus Broacha

Cyrus Broacha is a TV anchor, theatre personality, comedian, political satirist, columnist, podcaster and author.

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Daryl Tuffey

Daryl Raymond Tuffey (born 11 June 1978), commonly known as Daryl Tuffey, is a former New Zealand cricketer who has represented New Zealand at all formats internationally.

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Delhi

Delhi (Dilli), officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), is a city and a union territory of India.

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Dennis Lillee

Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE (born 18 July 1949) is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation".

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Dubai

Dubai (دبي) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Emraan Hashmi

Emraan Anwar Hashmi (born 24 March 1979) is an Indian film actor who appears in Hindi films.

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English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2018–19

The England cricket team is scheduled to tour Sri Lanka in October and November 2018 to play three Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty20 International (T20I) match.

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ESPN Inc.

ESPN Inc. is an American sports media conglomerate based in Bristol, Connecticut.

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ESPNcricinfo

ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket.

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Follow-on

In cricket, the follow-on is where a team batting second is forced to take its second innings immediately after its first, after having failed to reach close enough to the score achieved by the team who batted first (in that team's first innings).

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Hansie Cronje

Wessel Johannes "Hansie" Cronje (25 September 1969 – 1 June 2002) was a South African cricketer and captain of the South African national cricket team in the 1990s.

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Herschelle Gibbs

Herschelle Herman Gibbs (born 23 February 1974) is a former South African cricketer, who played all formats of the game for fourteen years.

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Hindi

Hindi (Devanagari: हिन्दी, IAST: Hindī), or Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: मानक हिन्दी, IAST: Mānak Hindī) is a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language.

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Ian Botham

Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is an English former cricketer and current cricket commentator.

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India national cricket team

The India national cricket team, also known as Team India and Men in Blue, is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.

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International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket.

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Jannat (film)

Jannat (translation: Heaven) is a 2008 Indian crime romance film directed by Kunal Deshmukh, and produced by Mukesh Bhatt.

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Javed Sheikh

Javed Sheikh (Punjabi,جاوید شیخ, also spelled Javaid) (born 8 October 1954) is a Pakistani actor, director and producer who has devoted his career to the film industry of Lollywood, Bollywood and Pollywood films.

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John the bookmaker controversy

"John" or "John the bookmaker" is the name given to an Indian bookmaker who in 1994–95 gave money to Australian cricketers Mark Waugh and Shane Warne, in return for pitch and weather information.

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Kunal Deshmukh

Kunal Deshmukh is an Indian film director and restaurateur.

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Kunal Khemu

Kunal Kemmu or Kunal Khemu is an Indian film actor.

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List of cricketers banned for corruption

In cricket, match fixing occurs as a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law.

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Lou Vincent

Lou Vincent (born 11 November 1978) is a former New Zealand cricketer and opening batsman.

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Mark Waugh

Mark Edward Waugh AM (born 2 June 1965) is a former Australian international cricketer, who represented Australia in Test matches from early 1991 to late 2002, and made his One Day International debut in 1988.

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Mazhar Majeed

Mazhar Majeed (born 1975) is a British sporting agent and bookmaker who came under police investigation in 2010 following reports of cricket 'match fixing' after a News of the World sting operation.

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Metropolitan Police Service

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), commonly known as the Metropolitan Police and informally as the Met, is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London, which is the responsibility of the City of London Police.

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Mohammad Amir

Mohammad Amir (محمد عامر, born 13 April 1992) is a Pakistani international cricketer.

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Mohammad Asif

Mohammad Asif (Urdu:, born 20 December 1982) is a Pakistani right-arm fast bowler in cricket.

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Mohammad Azharuddin

Mohammad Azharuddin is an Indian politician and former cricketer.

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News of the World

The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011.

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Nicky Boje

Nico Boje (born 20 March 1973) is a former South African cricketer who played in 43 Tests, 115 One Day Internationals and single Twenty20 International for South Africa.

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Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal

The Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal was a scandal centering on certain members of Pakistan's national cricket team, who were convicted of taking bribes from a bookmaker, Mazhar Majeed, to deliberately underperform at certain times in a Test match at Lord's, London, in 2010.

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Pakistan national cricket team

The Pakistan national cricket team (پاکستان قومی کرکٹ ٹیم), popularly referred to as the Shaheens (شاہینز), Green Shirts and Men in Green, is administered by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

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Pakistani cricket team in England in 2010

The Pakistan cricket team toured England from 29 July to 22 September 2010.

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Paul Condon, Baron Condon

Paul Leslie Condon, Baron Condon, (born 10 March 1947) is a retired British police officer.

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Rob O'Regan

Rob O'Regan, QC is an Australian barrister and a former Chairman of the Queensland Criminal Justice Commission.

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Robin Morris

Robin Francis Morris (born 6 November 1976) is a former Indian cricketer who played for both Mumbai and Odisha in first-class, List A and T20 matches.

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Rod Marsh

Rodney William Marsh MBE (born 4 November 1947) is a former Australian wicketkeeper.

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Saleem Malik

Saleem Malik (Urdu) (16 April 1963) (also known as Salim Malik) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played between 1981/82 and 1999, at one stage captaining the Pakistani cricket team.

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Salman Butt

Salman Butt (Punjabi/سلمان بٹ, Salmān Buṭṭ; born 7 October 1984) is a Pakistani cricketer, who played all forms of the game and a former Test team captain, until he was jailed in Britain for spot fixing in 2011.

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Shane Warne

Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969) is a Australian former international cricketer, and a former ODI captain of the Australian national team.

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Soha Ali Khan

Soha Ali Khan (born 4 October 1976) is an Indian film actress, known primarily for her work in the Hindi film industry, although she has also acted in Bengali and English-language films.

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Sonal Chauhan

Sonal Chauhan(born 16 May 1987) is an Indian fashion model, singer and actress who predominantly works in Telugu and Hindi cinema.

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South Africa national cricket team

The South African national cricket team, nicknamed the Proteas (after South Africa's national flower, Protea cynaroides, commonly known as the "king protea"), is administered by Cricket South Africa.

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Spot-fixing

Spot-fixing refers to illegal activity in a sport in which a specific aspect of a game, unrelated to the final result but upon which a betting market exists, is fixed in an attempt to ensure a certain result in a proposition bet; examples include something as minor as timing a no ball or wide delivery in cricket, or timing the first throw-in or corner in association football.

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Tharindu Mendis

Tharindu Mendis (born 21 April 1981) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and currently coaches the Colombo District club.

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Toss (cricket)

The captain who won the toss decide to bat or chase.

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University of Wollongong

The University of Wollongong (abbreviated as UOW) is an Australian public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney.

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99 (2009 film)

99 is a Hindi film directed by Raj and D.K., starring Kunal Khemu, Boman Irani, Soha Ali Khan and Cyrus Broacha.

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Match fixing in cricket, Match-fixing in cricket.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betting_controversies_in_cricket

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