Caught out Cricket’s match-fixing scandals

1998

Australians Shane Warne and Mark Waugh were found to have accepted money from a bookmaker during a tour of Sri Lanka in 1994-95.

2000

Pakistan captain Salim Malik was found guilty of match-fixing and banned for life.

2000

Batsman Hansie Cronjie was sacked by South Africa days after he denied fixing one-day matches against India. His team-mates Herschelle Gibbs and Henry Williams received six-month bans after they admitted accepting an offer to underperform in a one-day international in India.

2008

Jamaican all-rounder Marlon Samuels was banned for two years after he was found guilty of “receiving money, or benefit or other reward that could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute” during the Windies tour of India in 2007.

2010

Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir took bribes in return for bowling no-balls during Pakistan’s Test match against England.

2012

Essex fast bowler Mervyn Westfield became the first English cricketer to be convicted for spot-fixing, after accepting a £6,000 bribe for bowling wides during the domestic season. He received a four-month prison sentence and a life ban.