Spot-fixing: the basics
Below are a list of Test and or One Day International cricketers who have been banned for match fixing in the past
Player | National team | Length of ban | Details | ||
1 | Saleem Malik | Pakistan | Life ban (Overturned in 2008) | Banned in 2000 for offering bribes | |
2 | Ata-ur-Rehman | Pakistan | Life ban (Overturned in 2006) | Banned in 2000 for dealings with bookmakers | |
3 | Mohammad Azharuddin | India | Life ban | Declared guilty as per the BCCI. He rejects this and have taken the matter to court where it is currently sub-judice. | |
4 | Ajay Sharma | India | Life ban | Found guilty in 2000 for associating with bookmakers | |
5 | Manoj Prabhakar | India | 5 year ban | In 2000 he tried to implicate Kapil Dev and others but it backfired as he was found guilty himself | |
6 | Ajay Jadeja | India | 5 year ban (Overturned in 2003) | Alleged to have associated with bookmakers | |
7 | Hansie Cronje | South Africa | Life ban | Guilty of accepting monetary rewards from bookmakers to fix the results of games | |
8 | Herschelle Gibbs | South Africa | 6 months | Initially agreed to underperform in an ODI game at Nagpur, but reneged on the deal and scored 74 off just 53 balls | |
9 | Henry Williams | South Africa | 6 months | Initially agreed to underperform in an ODI game at Nagpur | |
10 | Maurice Odumbe | Kenya | 5 years | Receiving money from bookmakers | |
11 | Marlon Samuels | West Indies | 2 years | Receiving money, benefit or other reward which could bring him or the game into disrepute |