"or coaching cricket for life. He challenged his life ban in September 2001 but on 17 October 2001, his application was dismissed. After 13 years on July 22, 2013 the Delhi Police registered an FIR for match-fixing in 2000, the chargesheet in the case involving a few South African cricketers including its former captain Hansie Cronje, was finally filed. South Africa cricket match fixing South Africa cricket match fixing refers to match fixing performed by several players of the South African cricket team, during their tour to India in the year 2000. The team was led by Hansie Cronje. On"
"Gibbs, Nicky Boje, and Pieter Strydom, were also implicated. After an enquiry by the King Commission, Cronje was banned from any involvement in cricket for life. He challenged his life ban in September 2001 but on 17 October 2001, his application was dismissed. After 13 years, on 22 July 2013, the Indian Police registered a First Information Report for match-fixing in 2000; the charge sheet in the case involving a few South African cricketers including its former captain Hansie Cronje, was finally filed. The scandal was one of the biggest ever to have hit international cricket until the Pakistan cricket"
"Zealand coach John Bracewell as the main cause for his departure from the national team. Lou Vincent was banned from cricket for life on 1 July 2014 by the England and Wales Cricket Board for match-fixing, after he admitted 18 breaches of the regulations including fixing the outcome of Sussex’s match against Kent in 2011, along with Naved Arif, who received a life ban one month before him. Vincent released a statement on the day he received the life ban, admitting his involvement in match fixing. Lou Vincent Lou Vincent (born 11 November 1978) is a former New Zealand cricketer"
"played hockey for his country at international level, scoring on debut, and played football during his childhood. On 11 July 2012, Tsolekile was selected to play in South Africa’s Test squad against England. On 8 August 2016, Tsolekile was handed a 12-year ban for his role in numerous match-fixing violations in 2015. Jean Symes (7 years), Ethy Mbhalati (10 years), Lonwabo Tsotsobe (8 years) and Pumelela Matshikwe (10 years) also received similar bans from Cricket South Africa for their involvement in the various match-fixing activities. Thami Tsolekile Thami Lungisa Tsolekile (born 9 October 1980) is a South African cricketer who"
"guilty of actually receiving a consideration to spot-fix in a domestic cricket match, and imposed exemplary penalty of a life-ban on him. Sudhindra has been debarred from playing any cricket matches conducted or authorized by the ICC or BCCI, or any affiliated unit of the BCCI. He will not be entitled to the monthly gratis, benevolent fund, benefit match or any other facility, in lieu of. Further, he cannot hold any position in any cricket association affiliated to the BCCI, for life. Sudhindra admitted his guilt but plans to take the BCCI to court over the stiff penalties imposed on"
"As a consequence, Kaneria has been banned for life from playing cricket in England and Wales by the aforementioned panel. The PCB had previously agreed to abide by the ECB's decision. Kaneria appealed against the lifetime ban on him by the ECB for his involvement in a spot-fixing scandal. The appeal against English Cricket Board's decision was denied in July 2013 for the second time, with the ECB saying ""We note, with regret, that Mr Kaneria has neither made any admission of guilt nor expressed any remorse for his corrupt actions, despite the weight of evidence against him."" In October"
"Scotland Yard arrested Majeed on a charge of match fixing. The International Cricket Council (ICC) banned three players—Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir—for terms of between 5 and 10 years. In November 2011, Butt and Asif were found guilty by a London court on criminal charges relating to spot-fixing. Amir and Majeed had entered guilty pleas on the same charges. All four were given prison sentences, ranging from six months to 32 months. In July 2010, the ICC Anti Corruption and Security Unit served notices to two unnamed players seeking information into allegations of spot and match fixing. These"
"football-related activity in Australia while the investigation was ongoing. Those bans were also extended worldwide by FIFA. Two British footballers, Reiss Noel and Joe Woolley received life-time bans from FIFA due to the incident. Gerry Subramaniam, a Malaysian national and the Australian ring-leader of the betting syndicate behind the match fixing, was sentenced to three years jail in Australia, to be followed by deportation to Malaysia. Southern Stars were suspended from the competition. All of their matches were declared No Result and were recorded as 0-0 draws with no points awarded. Bentleigh Greens forfeited their Round 22 match against Southern"
"however due to his involvement in a match fixing scandal during that season, his appearances for the club were removed from official record. McKoy was later banned from the sport for life by FIFA. McKoy was arrested on 15 September 2013 on suspicion of match fixing while playing with the Southern Stars in the Victorian Premier League in Australia. He pleaded guilty to three counts of ""offering to engage in conduct to corrupt a betting outcome"" at Melbourne Magistrates Court, and was subsequently banned from football by FIFA for life and fined $1,500. In 2016, he approached the FFA about"
"set up and Cronje admitted to throwing matches. He was immediately banned from all cricket. He also named Saleem Malik (Pakistan), Mohammed Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja (India). Jadeja was banned for four years. They too were banned from all cricket. Two South African cricketers, Herschelle Gibbs and Nicky Boje, were also listed as wanted by the Delhi police for their role in the scandal. On 26 May, 2018 Al Jazeera news channel findings depict that possibly pitch tampering would have happened during the home test matches involving Sri Lanka against Australia in 2016 and against India in 2017. The news"
"Naved Arif Naved Arif Gondal (born 2 December 1981 in Mandi Bahauddin, Pakistan) is a former Pakistani cricketer who is banned for life for his involvement in spot-fixing. He is a left-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium-fast. He played first-class cricket for Sussex in the English county championship. In June 2014 he was banned from cricket for life, a month after he was charged with match-fixing by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Naved Arif began his career at Gujranwala in Pakistan. He made his first-class debut on 26 January 2002 against Hyderabad in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. He took 5–28"
"for giving away a pre-determined number of runs in an over. On 13 September, Sreesanth was given a lifetime ban from the sport. In England, allegations of spot-fixing were made against Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield, after he bowled poorly in a Pro40 match against Durham in September 2009. Westfield later pleaded guilty to accepting money for spot-fixing in the match, specifically that he attempted to concede twelve runs from his first over (although he conceded only ten); he was banned for five years and his Essex team-mate and former Pakistan Test bowler Danish Kaneria received a life ban after he"
"tour match. Now captained by Peter Kirsten of Western Province, South Africa comfortably won all four ‘ODIs’ and both ‘Tests’. Lawrence Seeff, who replaced the injured Barry Richards, and Graeme Pollock made 188 and 197 respectively in the second ‘Test’ but protested that the matches could not be classed as international cricket. SACU, trying to protect the ‘unofficial international’ brand it had created, fined them for the admission. Life became very difficult for the Sri Lankans who were ostracized at home for a decision many called treasonous. All players received a lifetime ban from the Board of Control for Cricket"
"Culture Club was found guilty for match-fixing allegations after the unusual scoring rate by Panadura side in a first class cricket match held in January 2017. Manoj Deshapriya Ambegoda Liyanage Don Manoj Deshapriya (born 7 September 1981) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who generally plays in First class and List A cricket matches. He has played in 27 first class cricket matches and in 6 List A matches. Manoj Deshapriya has been banned from all forms of cricket from September 2017 for two years due to the alleged misconduct during a domestic first class cricket match between Panadura Cricket Club"
"to the report. Ramez Dayoub was pulled minutes before by his own teammates before the AFC Cup match against Kingfisher East Bengal. Selangor FA lost the match 1-0 as Lalrindika Ralte scored a goal. Besides being banned for life they were also fined $15,000. Ramez told Fox Sports ""I am not guilty. They have suspended me and accused me of matchfixing without any evidence or proof,"" Another two domestic players, Al-Negma's Mohamad Jaafar and Al Ahed's Hadi Sahmarani, were banned for three seasons and handed $7,000 fines for their involvement. Ten more of Sahmarani's teammates at the Lebanese Premier League"
"(against touring England at Port Elizabeth), becoming the third test nation. In 1970, the ICC voted to suspend South Africa from international Cricket indefinitely because of its government's policy of apartheid, an overtly racist policy, which led them to play only against the white nations (England, Australia, New Zealand), and field only white players. This decision excluded players such as Graeme Pollock from partaking in international Test Cricket. It would also cause the emigration of future stars like Tony Greig, Allan Lamb and Robin Smith, who all played for England, and Kepler Wessels, who initially played for Australia, before returning"
"same day that Cricket South Africa named their squad for the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) deemed the bowling action of Raisibe Ntozakhe to be illegal. Therefore, she was immediately suspended from bowling in international matches. Ntozakhe was replaced by Yolani Fourie, while Saarah Smith suffered an injury before the tournament and was replaced by Moseline Daniels. After the start of the tournament, Trisha Chetty was ruled out of South Africa's squad due to an injury and was replaced by Faye Tunnicliffe. On 19 October 2018, Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed its squad: On 10 October 2018, Cricket West Indies"
"was the captain of the Panadura Cricket Club and Manoj Deshapriya being caught and banned by SLC for a certain period for being named in corruption allegations. Manoj Deshapriya, the captain of the Kalutara Physical Culture Club was also found guilty of match-fixing after the unusual scoring rate by Panadura side in a first class cricket match held in January 2017. The match-fixing probe which has raised questions about the legitimacy of test cricket results was revealed by Al Jazeera just a few days after the announcement was made by the ICC that they were scrapping the traditional method of"
"against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka each.Kaneria never played Twenty20 International matches (T20I) for Pakistan. He played 206 first-class matches, 167 List A (LA) and 65 Twenty20 matches during his career. Kaneria also played in English county cricket during 2004 and 2010 representing Essex County Cricket Club. After allegations of being involved in spot fixing, Kaneria was given a lifetime ban by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), preventing him from playing in matches under their jurisdiction. He subsequently filed an appeal against the ban, but this was rejected in July 2013. In October 2018, Kaneria admitted to his involvement"
"Ashraful admitted to spot-fixing during the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League. The Bangladesh Cricket Board reacted immediately by suspending him from all forms of the game temporarily, until the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit submits its report on investigations into fixing. The alleged fixing involves a match between the Dhaka Gladiators and the Chittagong Kings teams during the second edition of the BPL on 2 February 2013. The 28-year-old Ashraful was allegedly paid about $12,800 to lose the match, but the cheque he was given later bounced, according to the local media. He was also allegedly involved in fixing another match"
"South African policy of racial segregation. The situation began to crystallise after 1961 when South Africa left the Commonwealth of Nations and so, under the rules of the day, its cricket board had to leave the International Cricket Conference (ICC). Cricket's opposition to apartheid intensified in 1968 with the cancellation of England's tour to South Africa by the South African authorities, due to the inclusion of ""coloured"" cricketer Basil D'Oliveira in the England team. In 1970, the ICC members voted to suspend South Africa indefinitely from international cricket competition. Starved of top-level competition for its best players, the South African"
"Graeme Pollock Robert Graeme Pollock (born 27 February 1944) is a former cricketer for South Africa, Transvaal and Eastern Province. A member of a famous cricketing family, Pollock is widely regarded as South Africa's greatest cricketer, and as one of the finest batsmen to have played Test cricket. Despite Pollock's international career being cut short at the age of 26 by the sporting boycott of South Africa, and all but one of his 23 Test matches being against England and Australia, the leading cricket nations of the day, he broke a number of records. His completed career Test match batting"
"while the investigation was ongoing. Those bans were also extended worldwide by FIFA. Two British footballers, Reiss Noel and Joe Woolley received life-time bans from FIFA due to the incident. Gerry Subramaniam, a Malaysian national and the Australian ring-leader of the betting syndicate behind the match fixing, was sentenced to three years jail in Australia, to be followed by deportation to Malaysia. Dingley Stars FC Dingley Stars Football Club is an association football club from the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. Formed in 1974, The club was formerly known as Dingley City Soccer Club which was changed in 2004 to"
"the basis of alleged complaints from the players over his coaching methods. Makhaya Ntini Makhaya Ntini OIS (born 6 July 1977) is a South African former cricketer, who played all forms of the game. He was the first ethnically black player to play for the South African team. A fast bowler, he tends to bowl from wide of the crease with brisk, although not express, pace. He was convicted of rape early in his career but was acquitted on appeal and went on to become only the third South African to take 300 Test wickets, after Shaun Pollock and Allan"
"Premier League which was supposed to be held in August 2018 was indefinitely postponed as a result of the change in country's cricket administration. This was also assumed to have been postponed due to Al Jazeera's claims on match fixing probe in Sri Lanka. The groundsman, Tharanga Indika, who is in-charge of the cricket ground was found guilty for helping the bookmakers to engage in match-fixing after allowing them to doctor the pitch conditions. The allegations were revealed by the Al Jazeera news network which filmed both the groundsman and the other match fixers on their targets of match-fixing. Robin"
"for 14 in Kenya's win over West Indies. Odumbe was appointed national captain prior to the 1999 Cricket World Cup, winning a Man of the Match award against Sri Lanka for his 82 off 95 deliveries. Passed over for captaincy for Steve Tikolo for the 2003 Cricket World Cup, Odumbe played well as Kenya made the semi-final as well against India. In March 2004, Odumbe was investigated by the International Cricket Council following allegations of possible match-fixing and was found guilty in August 2004 of receiving money from bookmakers and banned from cricket for five years. While commentators at the"
"the whole thing. There was a market there, near the Gateway of India, where you used to get anything, good African marijuana, everything... it's a great place."" By 1978 he had moved on to cocaine. Though he played as a wicketkeeper, Murray spent most of his international career as understudy to his Trinidadian counterpart Deryck Murray, and was usurped in 1981 by Jeff Dujon of Jamaica. Frustrated at his lack of opportunities, he threw in his lot with the West Indian rebel tours to South Africa and received a lifetime ban in 1983. Murray now lives in poverty at his"
"a leather jacket. The promised R500,000 did not materialise. Before the one-day series, Cronje received repeated calls from ""Sanjay"" asking him to fix a match. Cronje gave him the names of Gibbs, Strydom and Boje to try to get rid of him. Cronje was offered $140,000 for the fifth ODI if Gibbs scored under 20, Williams went for more than 50 and South Africa scored around 270. On 28 August, Gibbs and Williams were suspended from international cricket for six months. Gibbs was fined R60,000 and Williams R10,000. Strydom received no punishment. On 11 October, Cronje was banned from playing"
"Danish Kaneria Danish Prabha Shanker Kaneria (), (born 16 December 1980) is a former Pakistani cricketer who has been banned for life for his involvement in spot-fixing. Previously, he represented the Pakistani national side at Test and One Day International (ODI) between 2000 and 2010. A right-arm leg spinner known for his well-disguised googly. He is fourth on the list of bowlers with most Test wickets for Pakistan, behind only fast bowlers Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Imran Khan. Kaneria was the second Hindu after Anil Dalpat, and seventh non-Muslim overall to represent Pakistan in international cricket. Kaneria played 61"
"184 with 4 deliveries left. Shahzaib's highest score during the tournament was 101* and he was the only person to score a century in the tournament. In February 2018, Hasan was banned for one year and fined one million Pakistani rupees for his alleged role in 2017 Pakistan Super League spot-fixing scandal. In August 2018, his review appeal resulted in the ban being extended to four years and the fine upheld. Shahzaib Hasan Mohammad Shahzaib Hasan Khan (), (born 25 December 1989) is a Pakistani cricketer who is banned for four years, for his involvement in spot-fixing. Previously, he played"
"which for example prohibit the use of mobile telephones in dressing rooms. Prior to the 2007 Cricket World Cup ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed warned against any corruption and said that the ICC would be vigilant and intolerant against it. Following a scandal that occurred during the 2010 Pakistan tour of England, 3 Pakistani players, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt were found to be guilty of spot-fixing, and were banned for 5 years, 7 years and 10 years respectively. On 3 November 2011, jail terms were handed down of 30 months for Butt, one year for Asif, six"
"looming. The match included instances of verbal abuse of South African batsmen by Australian bowlers. Fast bowler Merv Hughes was reported to the match referee Donald Carr for continued abuse of a number of batsmen and was fined 10% of his match fee by the referee. Hughes responded to taunts by South African spectators by ""lunging at the offenders with his bat"" in the uncovered player's tunnel and later received a suspended fine of A$4,000 from the Australian Cricket Board (ACB). Spin bowler Shane Warne confronted Andrew Hudson after taking his wicket in South Africa's second innings and had to"
"the expense of Nel. This was widely believed to be due to an order from Cricket South Africa to select more non-white players in the team as part of its transformation policy, rather than performance. Langeveldt declined his selection, citing the controversy over the selection, and Nel was reported to have been considering retirement. Nel has been involved in controversies both on and off the field and he has been fined for a number of ICC Code of Conduct breaches during his career. In February 2001 he hit the headlines after bursting into tears when he felled Allan Donald with"