Watch: Cricket’s Match Fixers

Watch: Cricket’s Match Fixers full Al Jazeera documentary [video]

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Watch: Cricket’s Match Fixers

The cricket world has been left reeling yet again after an 18-month long investigation by Al Jazeera exposed an alleged match-fixer who claims to have influenced a number of Test matches.

The match-fixer, named as Aneel Munawar, correctly predicted how players in two high-profile Test matches, involving the world’s leading teams, would perform at a certain point during the game.

Al Jazeera‘s investigation produced a documentary called Cricket’s Match-Fixers and it alleges that so-called “spot-fixes” were allegedly carried out in matches between India and England at Chennai in December 2016 and India and Australia at Ranchi in March last year.

Al Jazeera reported:

“I’m telling you, each script I give you will happen, happen and happen,” the alleged fixer told undercover journalists.

“Sixty to 70 percent of matches we can set … fix,” he says in the Al Jazeera documentary, adding that he has been involved in match-fixing for “six to seven years”.

Munawar says his syndicate fixes the overall result of matches but are increasingly fixing small parts of matches.

This includes paying players to keep their team’s runs total below the bookmakers’ prediction during a limited part of the game.

Fixing small parts of a match offers more opportunities to make money, says Munawar. “Session is better because you have more chances to bet.”

The story has sent shockwaves through international cricket and the International Cricket Council (ICC) responded by saying:

“We have already launched an investigation working with anti-corruption colleagues from Member countries based on the limited information we have received. We have made repeated requests that all evidence and supporting materials relating to corruption in cricket is released immediately to enable us to undertake a full and comprehensive investigation,” the ICC said.

 

Watch: Cricket’s Match Fixers full Al Jazeera documentary

Cricket’s Match-Fixers can also be watched on Al Jazeera at the following times (GMT).

Sunday, 27 May – 20:00

Monday, 28 May – 12:00

Tuesday, 29 May – 1:00

Wednesday, 30 May – 6:00

Thursday, 31 May – 12:00

Friday, 1 June – 20:00

Saturday, 2 June – 1:00

Sunday, 3 June – 6:00

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