I think fixing is rife within Pakistani domestic cricket

by Henry Sat 15 Oct 2011, 16:11

Look at these two scorecards....

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan-domestic-2011/engine/current/match/534006.html

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan-domestic-2011/engine/current/match/534004.html

On both occasions the winning team conceded quite large first innings leads, only for the other team to bowl them out pretty cheaply in their second innings, and then chase down quite a stiff target pretty easily.

Maybe i'm wrong, but it's hard not to be suspicious about anything to do with Pakistani cricket these days. And I very much doubt there is an anti-corruption watchdog looking at these games. Must be easy as f*ck for bookies to get players to work with them- Players from both sides.

The trick would be- Team B concedes a big first innings lead to team A (and the punter's bets are then overwhelmingly placed on team A to win), team B then bowls out team A pretty cheaply second time around, then team A bowls terribly to team B ensuring team B strolls to a large 4th innings target. Cash in the bank.$$

by taipan Sat 15 Oct 2011, 16:58

Nah. Accusing Paks of match fixing is the same as accusing the BCCI of corruption. It just doesn't happen.

by Zat Sat 15 Oct 2011, 21:55

Aye, Pakistani cricket is beyond reproach...

by The One Sun 16 Oct 2011, 14:07

not particularly remarkable scorecards really. i am guessing many FC matches have teams overturning a large 1st innings deficit. some pitches just get a lot easier to bat on in the 4th innings than in the first two