The charges against Sri Lankan spinner Praveen Jayawickrama, with three breaches of the ICC’s anti-corruption code, are very serious in nature. This means he faces allegations for failure to report, without any delay, a match-fixing approach and obstructing the investigation by tampering with evidence. The charges come off the back of alleged incidents involving approaches […]

Pakistan’s disappointing loss to India in the T20 World Cup 2024 has sparked a wave of criticism, with former captain Salim Malik making particularly harsh comments directed at all-rounder Imad Wasim. Malik, on the Pakistani news channel 24 News, accused Wasim of deliberately hindering the team’s chase of India’s modest 120-run target. Wasim’s batting performance […]

Wicketkeeper-batsman Shreevats Goswami, a member of the 2008 Under-19 World Cup-winning team, made startling allegations on Thursday regarding a match in the Cricket Association of Bengal’s (CAB) first division league. Goswami claimed that certain dismissals during the game suggested possible match-fixing. Taking to his Facebook page, Goswami shared videos from a match between Mohammedan Sporting […]

In the Super Four of the ongoing Asia Cup 2023, India registered a convincing 41-run win over Sri Lanka to qualify for the finals of the competition. Batting first, the Men in Blue started well as skipper Rohit Sharma registered his third half-century on the trot. However, the middle order collapsed and India ended up […]

Former Sri Lankan off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake finds himself embroiled in a troubling controversy as he has been arrested on match-fixing charges. The ex-cricketer took a significant step in this ongoing legal case by surrendering to the Special Investigation Unit of the Sports Ministry. Sachinthra Senanayake stands accused of attempting to manipulate matches during the 2020 […]

Cricket is the second-most-watched sport around the world and the fans have often been since going places to show support for the game. in the world. However, there have been occasions when the players have been seen violating the norms and getting involved in corrupt practices in the game. These infamous incidents were often spotted […]

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday came to a conclusion on its investigation into the documentary program ‘Cricket’s Match Fixers’ broadcasted by Al Jazeera in May 2018. The ICC Anti-Corruption Code didn’t apply any charges against any of the five participants, who featured in the documentary and alleged that two international matches were fixed. […]

A senior official of the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) reckons that criminalizing match-fixing in India will be the “single-most-effective thing” in a country where the police don’t have complete liberty because of the absence of any stringent law. Legal experts have been asking to take precedence of criminalizing match-fixing in India, the lack of which […]

Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria has expressed his regrets spot-fixing in 2009 he has already paid a big price and feels that now the restrictions on him should be lifted. After six years of denial, in 2018, Kaneria had acknowledged the allegation imposed in 2009 and had also apologized to former Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield. […]

Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar felt Umar Akmal, who has received a ban of three years for his failure to report a corrupt approach, has always attracted controversy ever since his international debut in 2009. In his latest video on Youtube, Shoaib said that Umar ruined his own career and has only himself to blame. […]