Khaleej Times

Match-fixing, corruption and pitch tampering continues to rear its ugly head even in today’s times

- PTI

1994:

Shane Warne and Mark Waugh were fined for providing pitch and weather informatio­n to bookies on the tour of SL.

2 April 7, 2000:

Delhi police charge Hansie Cronje with fixing South Africa’s ODIs against India for money.

April 11, 2000:

Hansie said in 1996, Indian captain Azharuddin introduced him to a bookie who offered money to throw away a match.

4 April 20, 2000:

South Afri can umpires Cyril Mitchley and Rudi Koertzen disclose that they were offered money to influence results of matches.

May 24, 2000:

Former Pakistan captain Saleem Malik and mediumpace­r Ata-ur-Rehman found guilty of fixing matches and banned.

5 6 Aug 28, 2000:

Gibbs and Williams were banned from internatio­nal cricket until December 31, 2000, for their role in the matchfixin­g scandal.

Nov. 27, 2000:

Azharuddin is found guilty of match-fixing, while Jadeja and Prabhaka are found guilty of having links with bookies.

7 8 Aug 17, 2004:

Kenya’s former captain, Maurice Odumbe, is banned for five years for receiving money from bookmakers

May 13, 2008:

Marlon Samuels is banned for two years for allegedly passing on match-related informatio­n to an Indian bookie.

9 In 2010: 10

Pakistani players Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were banned by the internatio­nal governing body of cricket for five years.

May 2012:

Five Indian players were banned in the wake of a tTV sting operation which claimed to have exposed corruption in IPL.

11 May 2013 12

: S. Sreeshant and two fellow Rajasthan Royal IPL players are arrested by Delhi Police on spot fixing charges.

2015:

IPL franchises Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended from the IPL after being found guilty in illegal betting and match fixing.

13 2016: 14

South Africa banned Gulam Bodi, Thami Tsolekile, Pumelela Matshikwe, Ethy Mbhalati, Alviro Petersen and Jean Symes for fixing.

In Feb 2017:

Fixing scandal shook the PSL when Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif were suspended by the PCB on suspicion of match-fixing.

15 In Octo 2017: 16

Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed reported to the PCB that he was approached for spot fixing allegedly by a cricket coach.

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