Author: G Rajuaraman
Publisher: Har-Anand
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 184
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8124107963
Description
This book traces the eruption of the problem in public view in the year 2000 and digs into the links between betting and cricket. It looks at corruption in cricket as a reflection of the society in which it is played.
Nothing, not even Bodyline and not even the advent of the World Series Cricket, ever threatened to erode the image of cricket and cricketers more than match-fixing. Match-Fixing: The Enemy Within traces the eruption of the problem in public view in the year 2000 and digs into the links between betting and cricket. It looks at corruption in crickets as a reflection of the society in which it is played.
The book casts a glance at each of the cricketers who has been banned, suspended or fined by cricket boards across the world, reflecting especially on Mohammed Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja. About all, it attempts to go beyond the cricketers and look at the administrators who shut their eyes to the reality of match-fixing in the wild hope that it would go away and not become the monster that shook cricket at its very roots in the year 2000. It also asks questions that have remained unanswered despite months of investigation.
Contents
CHAPTER I
The y2K Problem
CHAPTER II
The Hall of Shame
CHAPTER III
Betting and Bribery : From WG to Cronje
CHAPTER IV
Mirroring Society
CHAPTER V
Wrist Artists : Pawns in a Larger Game
CHAPTER VI
The Administration : Silent Conspirators
CHAPTER VII
The Unanswered Questions
Postscript : Defeat of the Enemy Within
Appendix I : A Chronology
Appendix II : Excerpts from Probe Reports
Appendix III : Prayer's Declaration
Index