It is always a Indian bookie involved,but none of the Indian or Pakistani or Srilankan players are questioned or booked for Match fixing,since 2000 i have always believed that not just Azharuddin lot of our players would have certainly be involved in match fixing,because 1)without their help Azhar cant fix matches 2)they are super stars and cant be implicated otherwise cricket wouldve been dead 3)if bookies still contact other country players why wont they do to our players
RE:Why only foreign players?
by mautan on May 13, 2008 12:33 AM
Why do they not contact our players? Simple...our players are the richest in the world.They have more than enough. If they need a couple of crores tomorrow, all they will do is do a few more endorsements. Only a few crooked minds like Azhar or Jadeja will indulge in something like this for some extra cash. Most of the others will rather make their fortune crore by crore, or by crores each year. Its simple..why would you risk a life ban and humiliation when you are already making millions? Westindians are not the smartest players anyways..look at their performances for years. If Samuels made say...even $50,000 for this, he will probably lose a million if he is banned. Not very smart at all! Why kill the hen when it is laying a golden egg everyday?? Most players know this...its not just that you or me who are smart enough to know this, players know the numbers too. Before Azhar, it was not known, now hardly anybody will be willing to do it. No matter what people say in articles or on this forum.
RE:Why only foreign players?
by Raman on May 13, 2008 01:08 AM
but still it doesnt mean our players didnt do it during azhars time.because right now there maybe more money and the organisers themselves might fix matches and players just follow the script,what about during Azhars time? are u telling that without the help of
Sachin Dravid Ganguly Srinath Prasadd Kumble
Azhar alone was able to fix matches?How naive is that thinking
RE:Why only foreign players?
by mautan on May 13, 2008 08:46 PM
How do you know for sure that they did it? I am going by the fact their names did not come up at all in any of the reports. If you just want to go by what your sixth sense tells you...go ahead. It has zero value. For most of us they were not involved, same with Kapil. Only because one cricketer said Kapil did it, doesn't mean he did it. I can say that Raman ( you) is the most corrupt person on earth. It has no meaning. Why drag people's names into this when nothing has come out for them. You just want to believe that match fixing happens all the time and all the players are invloved in it. Thats why you can't think beyond that.
RE:Why only foreign players?
by Raman on May 14, 2008 12:12 AM
U dont seem to use ur brain at all,that is u have it in tact,tell me how can a team comprising of stars like
Sachin Kumble Prasad Srinath Dravid Ganguly
be defeated by one man (Azhar)or manipulated by one man(Azhar)and 2(azhar jadeja)in odis/
Are u telling us the above list of top players dont need to be involved in affecting the result of a match?
RE:Why only foreign players?
by mautan on May 13, 2008 12:37 AM
another point I forgot to mention. Although, still a crime, this is not match fixing. This is giving out team information to bookies so that they can bet on it and make money...and pass some of it to the player. This like who will bowl, who is to debut, how many slips they will start with etc.. It is still a big let down to the team, but hardly match fixing.
