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Chargement... Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket's Underworldpar Ed Hawkins
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. After having read this book i too doubt whether i would watch any cricket match with same enthusiasm and not think "is this scripted match?" or "is this fixed?" Well written book and daringly well researched ;-). at times it felt bit biased or inclined towards sub-continent nations. Cant help but notice that author was really obsessed with India Vs Pakistan 2011 ICC World Cup semi-final's match. Now even i am piqued to find what really happened :-D Fascinating expose of cricket's underworld. I've never understood gambling - and still don't - but Ed spent time with illegal bookmakers in India and found out about match fixing, how it's done. Doesn't name names - imagine the court cases - but the suggestions are that it's very easy to influence a match - but also for a player to inadvertently give information away! Well worth a read. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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For several years Ed Hawkins made friends with India's illegal bookmakers - men who boast turnover of more than $150m per cricket match - and met the corruption officers of the International Cricket Council who are trying to shut them down. It's a shady world and rumours abound. But then Hawkins receives a message that changes everything. An Indian bookie sends Hawkins a 'script' for a fix in the 2011 World Cup that even he finds too astonishing for words- Pakistan are to throw their semi-final against arch-enemies India. He watches - along with an estimated television audience of one billion - as the match unfolds exactly according to the script. Pakistan lose by 29 runs and Hawkins decides it is time to expose the truth behind match-fixing. Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy is a story featuring politicians, governing bodies, illegal bookmakers and powerless players - as well as corruption, intimidation and murder. It is a story that touches all cricket-playing nations around the world. It is a story that every cricket fan must read. You might never again watch a cricket match without suspicion... Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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There are four syndicate heads – Jayanti Malad of Delhi for pre-match betting odds, Shobhan Mehta of Mumbai (live match odds), Shibu for session betting (brackets) under whom is Labu Delhi, and Jeetu Nagpur who also provide live odds.
According to the book, the 2010 Lord's incident was a pointless event because you cannot do any major bets on no balls. After rain interrupted the first day, the third was no-ball was to be off the last ball of the third completed over on the third day. You'll be laughed off if you try to bet on that before the match started. Mazhar Majeed who acted as a go-between was in financial trouble and was desperate to show that he could control the players. The 150K was too important for him and he did not notice or ignored the warning signs from the journalist.
A few chapters of the book is the author talking with different people connected with investigations. K Madhavan, MA Ganapathy, Lalit Modi, the briefing of the Middlesex players at the start of a season etc. The book contains stuff that is not found anywhere else, and some risky journalism. ( )