Three Kiwis under investigation for match fixing

[The_Reaper]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11167158

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cr...estigated-ICC-match-fixing.html#ixzz2mYiioAzI

Chris Cairns is a pretty big name.

Hope it isn't true but it doesn't look good.

 

[Soul Love]

Doesn't look good at all.

People may be in Ashes fever, but cricket is on life support.

 

[Smoooothy]

I really hope this isn't true. Chris Cairns is such a massive name

 

[Outshined]

Absolute scourge on the sport.

Pity the ICC is toothless.

 

[JP Sauce]

I really hope this isn't true. Chris Cairns is such a massive name

He is/was one of my all-time favourites.

 

[the_interloper]

Ah shut i won't enjoy my fush and chups new.

 

[Smoooothy]

He is/was one of my all-time favourites.

Same. I don't think I've ever heard a bad word about him

 

[The Passenger]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-05/icc-investigating-new-zealand-cricket-match-fixing/5135752

Very sad to hear.

The big time gambling is such a scourge unfortunately.

 

[Black Diamond]

Pretty sure there was som innuendo about Cairns a year or two ago. Not saying he is guilty or anything, just that there has been speculation in the past.

 

[Cooldude]

Not the first time for Cairns

 

[CakeEater]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/current/story/697069.html

Lou Vincent now named.

 

[The_Reaper]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/current/story/697069.html

Lou Vincent now named.

Cairns, Vincent and Tuffey

 

[CakeEater]

Cairns, Vincent and Tuffey

Far out 3 well known names in world cricket.

 

[Soul Love]

The depressing thing about it is, a few years ago, this sort of news would have been topping all bulletins.

People are used to fixing and cricket. The two words go hand and hand almost. A few years ago we had a fix at the home of cricket. People feigned shock, but nothing has been done about it.

Recently, a former Indian bowler was allegedly caught fixing, now we have 3 former NZ test cricketers allegedly involved in one way or another.

Cricket stinks at the moment - perhaps we could all get in the act to make a bit of money, just have a free for all fix.

Imagine how many games over the years have been manipulated - games that we have all watched and talked about in real life or on a forum.

This is a disgrace - at the moment, cricket is a disgrace to itself.

We might as well just banish the game, pretend it wasn't invented at all. Take the urn from the MCC and hurl it into the see. It means nothing. Take Punter's baggygreen and light it up - it means nothing.

Cricket is facing it's biggest threat and no-one cares at all.

Perhaps we just have Australia and England matchs.

 

[The_Reaper]

Nobody cares about the lastest two because it's some indian twenty 20 league.

 

[frankrizzo]

Same. I don't think I've ever heard a bad word about him

hmm i have heard rumours about him and match fixing multiple times over the years, he even went to court with modi over allegations.

 

[ioppolo]

Is this a match in question?

 

[Outshined]

That's pretty suspicious. Tuffy wasn't the best bowler but he definitely wasn't 4 no balls in a row bad.

 

[The_Reaper]

Is this a match in question?

No international matches are in question at the moment

 

[The Passenger]

That's pretty suspicious. Tuffy wasn't the best bowler but he definitely wasn't 4 no balls in a row bad.

when i was just out of school i was playing 3rd grade in sydney and i put my marker down 1 step short for my second spell and bowled (at least) 3 no balls in a row to start the over. then i got myself all flustered trying to sort my run up out and completely lost it, ended up bowling about 8 to 10 in the over, alongside 2 wickets, and finished it bowling of 4 steps. should have had a 3rd wicket cause the last ball was plum lbw, but apparently one of the wickets was a massive no ball and the ump was just trying to get through the over so it was probably a square up. strangest over of my life.

 

[Sylvia Saint]

Disappointing news. I was just saying to a Kiwi mate the other day that I used to really rate the New Zealand team of the early noughties, with Cairns a particular favourite. They were ultra competitive and used to take it right up to a much more talented Aussie outfit. Vincent was another that played very well against us. Very sad to hear this.

 

[DrVanNostrand]

I'm guessing this stems from the ICL, going by the clues given. These three players played in that rabble and NZC had no jurisdiction.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

The sub continents control of cricket is ruining the great game, if we didnt have to fear the multitudes taking their bat and bal (and our stars) and having a 365 day IPL tournament then all of this mad fixing and tampering could be firmly stamped out.. but alas one billion indians pay a lot for cricket and their governing body reflects that

 

[Lyyynnnchy]

when i was just out of school i was playing 3rd grade in sydney and i put my marker down 1 step short for my second spell and bowled (at least) 3 no balls in a row to start the over. then i got myself all flustered trying to sort my run up out and completely lost it, ended up bowling about 8 to 10 in the over, alongside 2 wickets, and finished it bowling of 4 steps. should have had a 3rd wicket cause the last ball was plum lbw, but apparently one of the wickets was a massive no ball and the ump was just trying to get through the over so it was probably a square up. strangest over of my life.

Really? If I ever bowled 1 or 2 no balls in a row no matter how bad my run up was going I would just stutter up to the crease or simply run through for a dead ball until it was sorted. I dont believe someone could bowl 8 or 10 no balls in an over, thats just ridiculous. Combine that with 2/3 wickets and it does start becoming a tad unbelievable.

 

[The Passenger]

Really? If I ever bowled 1 or 2 no balls in a row no matter how bad my run up was going I would just stutter up to the crease or simply run through for a dead ball until it was sorted. I dont believe someone could bowl 8 or 10 no balls in an over, thats just ridiculous. Combine that with 2/3 wickets and it does start becoming a tad unbelievable.

yeah it was pretty out there. i was only 18, very raw and young, thrown into 3rd grade against and with some very good cricketers (most NSW players would come through sydney third grade at some stage when they are 16/17/18), and just completely lost my nerve. wasn't the highlight of my cricketing career.