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cyborg909 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-08-2012, 03:35 AM

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/TV-sting-claims-match-fixing-by-six-umpires-ICC-takes-note/articleshow/16728963.cms

NEW DELHI: A television sting operation on Monday claimed to have uncovered six international umpires allegedly willing to fix matches for money in the just concluded Twenty20 World Cup and Sri Lanka Premier League matches.

The channel India TV showed video clips purportedly taken by their undercover reporters in which the umpires were shown to be allegedly willing to give certain decisions in exchange for money.

The six umpires, who are purportedly shown in the TV sting willing to fix matches, are Nadeem Ghauri and Anees Siddiqui of Pakistan, Nadir Shah of Bangladesh, and Gamini Dissanayake, Maurice Winston and Sagara Gallage of Sri Lanka.

Ghauri and Shah have rubbished the allegations while Bangladesh Cricket Board president Mustafa Kamal said it will investigate the matter after getting the details.

The International Cricket Council(ICC) said the Council and its relevant members have been made aware of the allegations made by India TV and asked the Channel to turn over any information which can assist the ICC's urgent investigations into this matter.

In a statement, the ICC reiterated its zero-tolerance towards corruption whether alleged against players or officials.

The ICC also said that none of the umpires named were involved in any of the official games of the ICC World Twenty20 which ended on Sunday.

Rajat Sharma, chairman and editor-in chief of India TV, stood by the channel's expose and said it was open to any inquiry or public scrutiny of their journalistic work if the authenticity of the tapes is in question.

The fact that the umpires were willing to do a "criminal" thing is unfair to cricket, he said.

Ghauri, who is an ICC International Panel umpire, has rubbished the allegations against him and claimed he has never officiated outside Pakistan.

Bangladesh umpire Nadir Shah has also strongly refuted the allegations against him.

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Mustafa Kamal said it will investigate the matter after getting the details.

"I also came to know about it from the media. So, I am not in a position to make any comment. But if it (the allegations) are true. we will definitely investigate into it. But we have to wait until and unless we have the full details," Kamal said.

Shah on his part said "I never fixed any match." "Absolutely rubbish. If I am going to fix match, I will be caught some day by the ICC. They had posed as sponsors and had approached me. But I did not agree to them. No umpire fixes matches," he said.

The Channel showed visuals of its undercover reporters with the umpires, some of whom are purportedly making promises to give favourable decisions in lieu of financial benefits.

According to the channel, Shah offered to give decisions like "out", "not out" in any format of the game. He has officiated in 40-plus ODIs, six Test matches as TV umpire and three Tests as reserve umpire.

Ghauri, according to the Channel, agreed to help Team India in all ways. As a quid pro quo, he agreed to take all amounts underhand in "black". He has stood in 43 ODIs, 14 Test matches and four T20 matches.

Gallage, a Sri Lankan premier panel umpire who was the fourth umpire at India-Pakistan T20 World Cup warm-up match on September 17, agreed to give information on the match pitch report, weather and even the playing elevens of both teams for a payment of Rs 50,000, according to the channel.

cyborg909 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-08-2012, 03:38 AM

Caught in India TV Sting: Pakistani umpire Nadeem Ghauri

Nadeem Ghouri - Pak Umpire

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Transcript:-

R- Achha achha maan lijiye jaise LBW hai
N- Haan ji

R – Leg before wicket
N- haan

R – isme, uska khiladi ka favour ho sakta hai
N – Hann, bilkul bilkul.

R- to ye favour kar denge aap?
N – Haan, bilkul ye hosakta hai.

R – Haan to isi tareeke ke, jaise maan lijiye bahut close nick hota hai bat se, Caught behind the wicket hota hai.
N – Haan ye bhi theek hai, kyonki wahaan jakar jo meeting hoti hai usme ye dekhna padega ki Snickometer to nahi hai ya Hawkeye to nahi hai.

Jinx Jack · #3 (**permalink**) 10-08-2012, 05:05 AM

Atleast if you are gonna commit crime, do so with some intelligence! Don't just talk to every guy who is willing to give money! I mean seriously.

All the guys that have been caught on camera, remind oh of the dumb accomplice of the villain! Keep committing the same mistake! Talking about committing a crime!

cyborg909 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-08-2012, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Jinx Jack

Atleast if you are gonna commit crime, do so with some intelligence! Don't just talk to every guy who is willing to give money! I mean seriously.

All the guys that have been caught on camera, remind oh of the dumb accomplice of the villain! Keep committing the same mistake! Talking about committing a crime!

U do understand its India Tv the same channel that does bisti.com of indian team when they lose, the same channel which came up with kala patthar jadoo pak team doing>

These are allegations only its easy to edit video, the BD umpire said they came as sponsor and trried doing this so lets wait and See

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...ry/586107.html

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A sting operation by an Indian TV channel claims to have "exposed" several first-class umpires from three countries who were allegedly willing to give decisions favouring players for a fee. The sting was broadcast on Monday evening by India TV, which in May had alleged corrupt practices by five Indian domestic players, all of whom were subsequently banned by the BCCI for varying lengths.

Among the umpires named or interviewed in the sting, one is a current member of the ICC's international panel of umpires and two have officiated in international matches. One of the umpires who featured in the sting operation video was a fourth umpire in a warm-up match during the 2012 World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.

In the sting, conducted in July and August, the reporters claimed to belong to a sports management company and promised the umpires officiating assignments in events of all kinds around the world, largely domestic Twenty20 leagues.
The reporters, who worked undercover, carried out the 'sting' mainly through interviews and conversations via Skype, an internet videophone service. The one face-to-face meeting, with the International Panel umpire, is said to have taken place in Delhi in July. At that meeting, the umpire was asked whether he would do favours for cricketers who were sponsored by the "company" the reporters represented. He replied saying it would be possible to do so with reference to lbws and run-outs only. The no-ball, he said, "has the problem of going to the third umpire, so says the law. It has to be done in a way that nobody knows."

One of the umpires involved in the sting was alleged to have provided pre-match information relating to a domestic Twenty20 match - the state of the pitch, the playing XIs and the result of the toss - and had allegedly been paid Rs 15,000 (US$285) for it. On the Skype video, he can be heard promising the same information for a World Twenty20 practice game, which included a pitch report 90 minutes before the start of the match, as well the result of the toss.
In a brief statement, the ICC confirmed that none of the umpires named had been involved in any of the official games of the World Twenty20. It also asked the channel "to turn over any information that can assist the ICC's urgent investigations into this matter." None of the umpires in the sting had been a part of the ICC's Elite panel of umpires, who are directly under the control of the ICC. Umpires on the international panel are under the jurisdiction and control of their home boards. Every national board can recommend their candidates for the international panel, but elevation to the international panel is not part of inevitable progress towards the elite panel. Not all international panel umpires are elevated to elite status.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board's media committee chairman Jalal Yunus said: "It is too early to comment without having seen the video footage. We have only got to know of it through the media. We will collect the footage and then take the next course of action."

ESPNcricinfo was contacted in August this year by two of these umpires, who said they had the impression of being offered generous umpiring deals for an "upcoming" private tournament. The umpires said they were in discussions with the "sports management company" keeping the appointments in mind, with one of them saying he suspected the bonafides of the company. Both umpires claimed they had spoken to these "sports agents" on Skype; they said they had turned on their camera but the party on the other side, claiming to be from India, didn't turn on their webcams.

sallu · #5 (**permalink**) 10-08-2012, 06:44 AM

whether it is true or not. I do understand that indians are seriously in a state of shock. the country that plays so much t20 didnt even reach semi finals is a shame to them and it should be. It is time for indians who think that there team is god, it is not.

Whether it is true or not, umpires should not be talking to random people when they know that there has been so many sting operations going on.

Jinx Jack · #6 (**permalink**) 10-08-2012, 08:44 AM

It's wired the amount of sting operations going one is crazy!
It's almost a fad!

adil_909 · #7 (**permalink**) 10-08-2012, 02:07 PM

i do believe that it is easy for anyone involved in cricket to be lured by the allure of corruption. umpires as well. i don't know whether this story is true or not, nadeem gauri seems like an honest enough person so let's wait and see. however one thing i do know is that if there are certain bengali, pakistani, and sri lankan umpires wrapped up in this, there is no way in hell that all indian umpires are clean. i have no problem with this kind of reporting, just has i had no problem with how butt and co got caught. the responsibility lies with the ICC to clean up the game. because pretty soon if things keep going the way they are, people will lose interest. and once that happens, once people stop caring, well, you only have to look at hockey as an example of what happens. icc, the responsibility is yours.

adil_909 · #8 (**permalink**) 10-08-2012, 02:18 PM

Nadeem Ghauri rebuts Indian TV allegations

KARACHI: Pakistani umpire Nadeem Ghauri has rejected allegations leveled by an Indian television channel about match fixing, saying it is propaganda against him and there is no truth in them, Geo News reported.

Talking to ‘Geo News’ here, Nadeem Ghauri said he had not been not in the international panel for two years, adding some people in India had been involved in blackmailing.

Footage screened on India TV showed umpires from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka negotiating deals with under-cover reporters to spot-fix matches.

The channel showed footage of Pakistan's Nadeem Ghauri, Nadir Shah of Bangladesh, part of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) international panel of umpires, and Sagara Gallage of Sri Lanka agreeing to give favourable decisions in exchange for umpiring contracts and money.

Nadeem Ghauri said this dialogue process only took place during Sri Lankan Premier League and that the video was presented out of context. There is no truth in these charges, he added.

http://www.geo.tv/GeoDetail.aspx?ID=70751

Fiza_fairy · #9 (**permalink**) 10-08-2012, 05:55 PM

sub kharaab hay bus indian he doodh k dhulay hay jaisy :@

Jinx Jack · #10 (**permalink**) 10-08-2012, 06:51 PM

BTW the video is only one sided, maybe the questions are dubbed later?

jandali · #11 (**permalink**) 10-08-2012, 06:56 PM

It will be hard to get corruption off from lower level, people don't make that much money and they will jump every time when you show them money. I just hope that we don't get to see this at international level (Because that will just take off my interest from game)

cyborg909 · #12 (**permalink**) 10-08-2012, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Jinx Jack

BTW the video is only one sided, maybe the questions are dubbed later?

I think its quoted out of context, e.g lets say they ask how an umpire can favor? oh we can do on lbw, faint nicks etc etc

There could be a perfectly innocent explanation for that, bottom line its India TV so gotta take it with pinch of salt, same as should have been done with NOTW but wasn't done.

Fiza_fairy · #13 (**permalink**) 10-09-2012, 08:34 PM

apny cricketers ko dkho bCCI