Prepared by Monjur Hasan Mahmud

Impact of Spot Fixing on Cricket

Spot-fixing is about influencing a specific part of a contest for bookies to bet on. It’s different from match-fixing, where the aim is to influence the game’s outcome.

Introduction

Background'Spot-fixing' refers to illegal activity in a sport where a specific part of a game is fixed. Examples include something as minor as timing a no ball or wide delivery in cricket.

Some cricketer banned for spot fixing:

Player National Team

Length ofBan

Saleem Malik

Pakistan Life Ban

Herschelle Gibbs

South Africa

6 Months

Impact of spot fixing in Bangladesh

Mohammad Ashraful

• Ban in 2013

Mashrafe Mortaza

• Ban in 2012

Shariful Haque

• Ban in 2012

Indian cricketers who have been banned:

Impact of spot fixing in India

Player Length of Ban

Mohammad Azharuddin Life ban(Overturned in 2012)

Ajay Sharma Life ban (2000)

Ajay Jadeja 5 years(Overturned in 2003)

Sreesanth Life ban (2013)

In September 2010 the ICC suspended three Pakistan players - Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt - on allegations of what was later defined as spot-fixing.

Impact of spot fixing in Pakistan

Spot fixing is really a big impact on the development of cricket. Spot fixing will decreasing the popularity of today’s cricket. Cricket is a very old and popular game of entertainment. So, ICC and cricket playing nation must be very strict about this matter.

Conclusion

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