Cricket match fixing

   I remember when South Africa came out of the cricket wilderness after apartheid and played some amazing cricket only for Hansie Cronje and a few other get bust for match fixing along with some of the Indian players. I vowed from that day never to support South Africa in cricket again.

Now we see Pakistaan doing similar against England, sorry but greed has killed off this game too. What do others feel about this especially England supporters who love the game. Winning the series 3-1 hardly seems like a victory now.

BTW, I know you North Americans don't understand the game

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Chris S Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 09 2004 Location: Front Range Online Status: Offline Posts: 5704	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chris S Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Cricket match fixing Posted: August 29 2010 at 22:30
	I remember when South Africa came out of the cricket wilderness after apartheid and played some amazing cricket only for Hansie Cronje and a few other get bust for match fixing along with some of the Indian players. I vowed from that day never to support South Africa in cricket again. Now we see Pakistaan doing similar against England, sorry but greed has killed off this game too. What do others feel about this especially England supporters who love the game. Winning the series 3-1 hardly seems like a victory now. BTW, I know you North Americans don't understand the game
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	Meh, Cricket has been fixed before and it will be fixed again. It's not the players, but a simple case of supply and demand economics. I've met several first class and international cricketers, and most of them were really nice guys, but they know you are never going to stamp out all top-level corruption untill you remove the ability for events like this to happen. And that at this point in time is a pipe dream.