What is Cricket Match Fixing And How

In a Cricket match, when two teams play or in a league match, the outcome of the match is  predetermined and bets are placed on the teams .

Then money changes hands based on the outcome of the match.

This is not legalized.

The primary mover of the system, usually the Underworld,operates through persons who accept the bets called ‘Bookies‘

They get in touch with the players, offer them money and induce them to throw away the match,either by tactics or selection of players.

Apart from this,there is another system which is called ‘spot fixing‘

Here the outcome of the Match is not altered, but the components of the game, especially Bowling is manipulated’ like giving away ‘wides’,bowling ‘No Balls“.

• What is spot-fixing? Spot fixing is about getting players/officials to act in a specified predefined manner at a particular time or during a particular session of a match, with or without adversely affecting the overall outcome of the game. It is also known as micro-fixing or fancy-fixing.
• What kinds of events does spot-fixing target?Anything from the ordinary to the bizarre can be the focus of spot-fixing. Who will win the toss, which umpire will stand at which end of the wicket, how many players will be wearing sunglasses, how many times the wicketkeeper will take the bails off in an innings, which bowler will come on first change, when the new ball will be taken. All of these and any number of other similar (and at times very silly) aspects can become the subject matter of both legal and illegal bets. If a fixer has prior information relating to a predetermined occurrence during a specific period or session of a match, he can make a killing and happily share a part of the booty with the player/official who is his accomplice.
• What is session betting? Each innings of 50 overs in an ODI is divided into three sessions of 15, 15 and 20 overs each. For each session, bets are accepted on permutations and combinations involving runs scored and wickets taken, and more marginal aspects along the lines of those mentioned above, such as, for instance, how many wide balls will be bowled in a particular session. In recent times both legal and illegal bookkeepers have started offering odds on session betting. Thus the number of options for betting in a six-session ODI are multiplied many times – as opposed to just betting on the outcomes at the end of the match.
• What kind of inside information do bookies look for to help with spot-fixing? Bookies and punters are always looking for inside information, especially information emanating from dressing rooms: the condition of the pitch, the team composition, who will open the batting, injuries – anything that may impact a specific session of the match or events within, or the final outcome. The players in their innocence or ignorance, or in connivance, may share such inside information.”

Right now, the Don who controls this system is Dawood Ibrahim, who is an accused in the Mumbai Bomb blast in India.

List of Banned Players for fixing the Matches.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cricketers_banned_for_match_fixing

Resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_fixing

http://www.espncricinfo.com/match-fixing-anniversary/content/story/468255.html

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