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This is a really riveting recent conversation about match-fixing with the Australian writer, Jarrod Kimber, and former England player, David Lloyd. It's really worth a watch.
Kimber's main argument is that spot-fixing in cricket is still rife today. One way to tell is that forensic accountants can spot HUGE bets (in the hundreds of millions of dollars) with large concentrations of money placed on very specific outcomes. If the players being bet on are playing suspiciously, it is quite telling. According to Kimber, many commentators talk openly about such corrupt players off-air, and it is also in the interest of the ICC not to go after these players because it will turn people off the game.
What do you think? Have you noticed any anomalies yourself? Personally, I have a feeling that spot-fixing runs rampent in francise leagues especially in the PSL / IPL and BPL and would like to see more journalists shed light on these betting anomalies.
Here are some notable quotes:
‘‘Off air the names that we have heard being linked to match fixing roll off the tongue, now we cannot say that on air. [to due legal resons].’’ Host
‘‘Match fixing still happens and there are still bits when I'm watching Cricket where I think to myself that doesn't make sense. I've seen I've seen bowlers bowl down the leg side with short fine leg up two balls in a row and then move the captain moves a fine leg back and they bring the third up and then he bowls wide outside off stump for the next ball and you think this is an incredibly accurate bowler how come he's managed to do this in the space of of a couple of balls.’’ Kimber
‘‘Bet Fair, the Exchange, they had a IPL game recently where I think 250 million was exchanged on one on one market so it would have been about 350 million pound exchanged on one game that wasn't even being played in England. So these International betters coming to Betfair to to do that, my guess is that that game would have had somewhere around 1 billion 1.2 billion traded on it internationally that game and it's never reported on. There's no one reporting on the gambling industry you watch what's happening in American Sports and you have a situation where they've just allowed legalized gambling and straight away when there's an anomaly in the gambling people write about it and they go this doesn't make sense this player is doing this and people are betting on it is this something that we need to look into we don't even cover that in cricket.’’ Kimber
‘‘When half a billion dollars is gambled on one cricket game no one even covers it, to me that that's where it starts.’’ Kimber
‘‘You can see the anomalies there are cricket games that are being played all around the world where you can see betting anomalies happening right in front of your eyes.’’ Kimber
“If you run if you run the ICC or you run the 100 right and you know a players is fixing you is it really in your best interest to flush out the story that you're play is are fixing? That's not going to help you sell tickets, it's not going to help you sell shirts, it's not going to help you get sponsors, so the people who are in charge of looking into corruption it's not in their best interest to find corruption.” Kimber
“Look at the fielding standards in the IPL at the moment people have been getting hit in the chops uh with the ball right there there was a guy on the boundary the other day was the it was like it was like you know catching a little throw from your friend and he managed to do this over his shoulder for six.”
Kimber's main argument is that spot-fixing in cricket is still rife today. One way to tell is that forensic accountants can spot HUGE bets (in the hundreds of millions of dollars) with large concentrations of money placed on very specific outcomes. If the players being bet on are playing suspiciously, it is quite telling. According to Kimber, many commentators talk openly about such corrupt players off-air, and it is also in the interest of the ICC not to go after these players because it will turn people off the game.
What do you think? Have you noticed any anomalies yourself? Personally, I have a feeling that spot-fixing runs rampent in francise leagues especially in the PSL / IPL and BPL and would like to see more journalists shed light on these betting anomalies.
Here are some notable quotes:
‘‘Off air the names that we have heard being linked to match fixing roll off the tongue, now we cannot say that on air. [to due legal resons].’’ Host
‘‘Match fixing still happens and there are still bits when I'm watching Cricket where I think to myself that doesn't make sense. I've seen I've seen bowlers bowl down the leg side with short fine leg up two balls in a row and then move the captain moves a fine leg back and they bring the third up and then he bowls wide outside off stump for the next ball and you think this is an incredibly accurate bowler how come he's managed to do this in the space of of a couple of balls.’’ Kimber
‘‘Bet Fair, the Exchange, they had a IPL game recently where I think 250 million was exchanged on one on one market so it would have been about 350 million pound exchanged on one game that wasn't even being played in England. So these International betters coming to Betfair to to do that, my guess is that that game would have had somewhere around 1 billion 1.2 billion traded on it internationally that game and it's never reported on. There's no one reporting on the gambling industry you watch what's happening in American Sports and you have a situation where they've just allowed legalized gambling and straight away when there's an anomaly in the gambling people write about it and they go this doesn't make sense this player is doing this and people are betting on it is this something that we need to look into we don't even cover that in cricket.’’ Kimber
‘‘When half a billion dollars is gambled on one cricket game no one even covers it, to me that that's where it starts.’’ Kimber
‘‘You can see the anomalies there are cricket games that are being played all around the world where you can see betting anomalies happening right in front of your eyes.’’ Kimber
“If you run if you run the ICC or you run the 100 right and you know a players is fixing you is it really in your best interest to flush out the story that you're play is are fixing? That's not going to help you sell tickets, it's not going to help you sell shirts, it's not going to help you get sponsors, so the people who are in charge of looking into corruption it's not in their best interest to find corruption.” Kimber
“Look at the fielding standards in the IPL at the moment people have been getting hit in the chops uh with the ball right there there was a guy on the boundary the other day was the it was like it was like you know catching a little throw from your friend and he managed to do this over his shoulder for six.”
