Fixed!: Cash and Corruption in Cricket

by Shantanu Guha Ray

Overview

How illegal cash is destroying the fabric of cricket
Who killed Hansie Cronje and Bob Woolmer? Have players from the national squad been involved in match-fixing? Is suspending IPL teams punishment enough for erring franchise owners? Should betting be made legal in India as advised by the Lodha Committee? From S. Sreesanth to Chris Cairns, Lalit Modi to N. Srinivasan, Hamid Cassim to Tinku Mandi, Shantanu Guha Ray examines the allegations of corruption against players, cricket administrators and bookies alike. He interviews the myriad people who linger in the shadows of players' dressing rooms - the middle men, agents, 'friends' of IPL franchise owners - placing bets on games and enticing cricketers to reveal inside information for money, sex or, worse, fear for their lives. Also under the spotlight are the roles of the police and the government, who have, at best, made patchy efforts to stem the rot. Fixed!: Cash and Corruption in Cricket is an incisive, unflinching look at the underbelly of what once used to be a gentleman's game.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789351773863
Publisher:	HarperSport
Publication date:	02/10/2016
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	604 KB

About the Author

Shantanu Guha Ray is a Wharton-trained journalist who has spent nearly three decades in the profession. He is the India editor of Central European News, a Vienna-based wire agency, and is a regular contributor to Firstpost.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 Inside the World of Bookies 1

2 No One Killed Bob Woolmer 15

3 God Says Hansie Was Killed 32

4 Lahore's Shame in London 51

5 IPL: Cash and Carry 67

6 Main Kyun, Asks Kaneria 84

7 It's Dhaka's Turn for Bad Cash 97

8 What a Match! 109

9 Who Will Clean the BCCI? 123

10 Mamus: Banjo to Bkais 136

11 Get Lost, Neo Sports 152

12 The Strange Case of Jagmohan Dalmiya 162

13 The Mudgal Files 174

14 Modi, the Carpet Bomber 186

Epilogue 195

Acknowledgements 209