Episode 137: Match Fixing in Cricket

In February 1995, Aussie Cricket legend, Shane Warne revealed that he and Tim May had been offered $200,000 each by Pakistan Captain, Salim Malik, to lose the October 1994 Karachi Test against Pakistan. The Qayyum Commission set up by Pakistan, the King Commission by South Africa and the CBI investigation by India, explored instances of Cricket Match Fixing and the players involved. The first ICC Anti Corruption Unit Chief, Lord Condon stated in 2011, that Match Fixing in Cricket was rampant in the 1980s and 1990s.

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