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Match Fixing - a report

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Chronology of events Match Fixing - terminology Betting-History Betting-Procedure Major bookies and punters Betting-Dimensions Cricketer/Officials questioned Foreign players Legal Position Latest Stories... Azhar appears before Madhavan, examination on CBI report has no legal sanctity, says Joginder Singh Irani, Ajay Jadeja, Mongia questioned Madhavan to question Kapil Income Tax dept to proceed against tainted cricketers	Australian media hails CBI report into match-fixing The Australian media today hailed the efforts of the Indian Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) and credited it with lifting the lid off the match-fixing scandal. Praising the report, made public yesterday in New Delhi, Peter Roebuck in his column in the Sydney Morning Herald writes, "patiently, the Indian detectives have carried out their task thoughtfully and skilfully. "Cricket is in their debt. Certainly they have exposed the prejudices of those who scorned them in the early days. They intended to publish their conclusions only about Indian players, most of whom have already been dropped like the proverbial hot potato. Anything else is beyond their remit". The daily reported that the CBI intends to pass information about other players to Sir Paul Condon, former London metropolitan police commissioner appointed by the International Cricket Council, the game's governing body, to investigate the matter. Australian Cricket Board (ACB) Chief Executive Malcolm Speed has reacted cautiously to Indian bookmaker Mukesh Gupta's claims saying, "the Board would make no decisions about a further inquiry until it had seen the report in full. Should the report contain any new evidence or credible allegation against an Australian player, then it would be investigated". Meanwhile, the ACB is likely to launch an investigation into claims that Test batsman Mark Waugh was paid five times more than he disclosed while confessing his dealings with Gupta. There can be little consolation for the Aussies in the fact that bookmaker M K Gupta claimed in his testimony to the CBI that he had paid Mark Waugh and leg-spinner Shane Warne for information but not to fix matches. The Herald goes into details about the dealings between Gupta, Warne And Waugh. "Gupta claims he paid US$ 20,000 for the information to Waugh, while Waugh told the Pakistan commission of inquiry that he had erred in his currency calculations and had in fact received $US 4,000 from the bookmaker. "Shane Warne joined Waugh in 1998 in admitting accepting US $5,000 from Gupta posing as `John' in 1994 for information about the playing conditions and was fined $8,000 by the ACB. Gupta did not indicate how much he paid to Warne," reports The Herald. The CBI report has undoubtedly raised a storm Down Under which is not going to subside easily. As an immediate effect, it is going to be a major distraction when the Aussies take on the West Indians who are arriving here tomorrow. "Obviously it is a distraction that nobody wants ", Australian cricket coach John Buchanan told ABC radio today. Trying to sound optimistic, Buchanan said, "we would all, in cricket be better off without the whole affair. But at the moment, the impact is really minimal up here." Buchanan said the Australian team supported Mark Waugh and urged the public to support the embattled batsman. "Obviously he (Mark) is very concerned, very disappointed about what came out. But I don't see why he shouldn't have the support of the Australian public."	Related Stories... Lucknow stunned Indian help sought After the fix, withdrawal symptoms Fear stalks English cricket CBI report has loopholes, failed to probe certain angles Match-fixing: BCCI delays judgement Australian media hails CBI report into match-fixing Jadeja manhandles photographer Filing of corruption case against Azhar,Ajay Sharma possible Former Pak capt. Asif Iqbal big player in match fixing England silent on Stewart's involvement in matchfixing Ranatunga, De Silva summoned by Sri Lankan board

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