West Indies batsman Darren Bravo sweeping Pakistan bowler Saeed Ajmal the during the 2nd ODI West Indies v Pakistan. PHOTO: AFP
The report stated that “concerns were raised, in particular, around the tied third match of the series played in St Lucia a week ago on Friday, as well as the final game, which resulted in a last-ball win for Pakistan.”
The second ODI, which saw Pakistan fail to score a run off the bat in the first five overs after being set 233 to win, will also be scrutinised by officers of the ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU).
According to the Daily Mail report, one betting website reported “unusually large sums of money being wagered between innings on a tied result during the third ODI after the West Indies were set 230 to win from 50 overs.”
Field placings for the final over, when Jason Holder and fellow tail-ender Kemar Roach crashed 14 off six balls from Wahab Riaz, will be scrutinised, along with a failed run-out bid off the last delivery.
The fifth ODI, which saw Pakistan win by four wickets off the final ball, is also to be scrutinised.
ACSU officers will also analyse patterns on spread-betting sites around the first 18 balls of the West Indies innings when only one run was scored.
Betting expert Ed Hawkins was quoted in the report as saying: “There were suspicious betting patterns on a betting exchange.” He added that “a suspicious pattern, simply, is a flood of money wagered on an outcome just before it happens. There were some noticeable examples of this during the West Indies-Pakistan series. In the tied match, a weight of cash arrived on the tie market before Pakistan’s innings.”
The report also stated that the passage of the play, between the 29th and 34th overs, when experienced West Indies batsmen Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels were at the crease, will also be analysed in an effort to understand why just two runs were scored from five overs before 16 were hit off the 35th over.
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@Harshvardhan Sharma: And what about those 50 match fixers from the IPL? What Indian ostriches cant digest is the fact that India is the biggest match fixing machine in the world of cricket!
The Daily Mail is a UK based tabloid newspaper that holds a very strong anti-Pakistan position. Why would any one take these guys seriously???
I would want to ask how come ICC has access to such analytics on betting sites? Why is ICC watching these sites so closely?
ICC cant see corrupt SA, BCCI, CA, since Pakistan is poor and mismanaged, everyone likes to kick us around.
You guys are two-faced! First you complain - Pakistan always is the victim. Then you turn around and blame BCCI right away! So, who is the real victim? PCB or BCCI?
BTW, BCCI is ICC spelled Backward. Take it or leave it!!!!!!!
"ACSU officers will also analyse patterns on spread-betting sites around the first 18 balls of the West Indies innings when only one run was scored."
How could Pakistan have fixed that? And again,
"....the passage of the play, between the 29th and 34th overs, when experienced West Indies batsmen Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels were at the crease, will also be analysed in an effort to understand why just two runs were scored from five overs....."
Should we be welcoming the West Indies into the club now?
@1947: LOL..You should also not accept the win if the win due to fixing. come to the legal track from your illegal concept/mind. Don't think that you are right and all world is wrong.
@adnan: but sad news is most of the cases pakistani cricket players/umpires found guilty.what a shame for pakistan.
@Hitler: because ICC has confident that its traditional nature of pakistan. you can't hide sun by your finger so truth will revealed.you are not suppose to decide whether Champions trophy was suspicious or not that's up to ICC.
There is a lot of match fixing going on ..the biggest match fixer are india and sri lanka ....
No suspicious....but with assurance because its not new instead its traditional.
This is a conspiracy by CIA RAW and Mossad and Pakistani Players are innocent like amir asif and butt are and they were forced to take money and fix it
Something looked wrong when Pakistan won inspite of not playing for a long time.
@Ahsan:
Ahsan hash tags dont work this way :)
Why doesn't the ICC scrutinize final of the champions trophy? Everyone saw how England lost a match they should've easily won.
This is a fact and truth,, taking into consideration Pakistani cricket team's utter flop and bad performance levels during the last many years, the winnings over West Indies is sure that matches are totally fixed. if not, given the present bad worse performace of Pakistanis, they can never win any match of any format.
Definatly feeling the foul ply by BCCI funded ICC. What happened to the corruption in IPL? How come they are not taken to the court while Pak cricket is subjected to discrimination yet again?
Lets sue these experts for a change who are only out there to make Pak look bad.
Yea - every Pakistan series win is fixed according to ICC. Investigate the ashes and IPL first ICC - the biggest gambling dens in cricket history! 3 of our players made a mistake 4 years ago and they are punished for life - 50 other players from other countries who regularly feed your fat bellys get a lil slap on the wrist for doing the same - "don't do that again pyaara baita!" You may take us for fools but we know who is the bigger fool. Go Green!
ICC & Hypocrite Co. can’t "Bear" PAK win anyway.
I would have termed the report 'rubbish' was it not for our dubious record when it comes to match-fixing and generally naughty behaviour such as nuclear profilieration and supporting proxies to wage war in neighbouring countries! You never know....
A couple of wins and Brit media cannot digest it.
issue though senseless
i will blame the pakistani players they should have asked icc before to drop any catch or miss a chance to take wickets. A BRUTISH media report
Tabloid reporting from a tabloid newspaper.
I read the article in the Daily Mail, and now I'm reading this; it appears people writing these pieces didn't even watch the matches. The fifth ODI was won off the second last delivery. Not knowing your basic facts and shouting "wolf" is just pathetic.
Besides, the claim that the 3rd ODI was fixed completely is rather unbelievable. This would imply that basically the whole teams were on board -since only one or two players can crash the party- which doesn't seem likely given Pakistan's corruption horrors. Plus, the two most senior players in Pak's team Misbah and Afridi are solid personalities.
Here we go again, After Salman Butt fiasco this is the last thing we need.
Simply nonsense, just to demoralize financially weaker team.
ICC should spend more time in scrutinizing IPL and yes am still waiting for the update for Indian players suspected for fixing. Wait a min.. Ohh how ICC can even look at indian players when its own council is being run and fed by BCCI.. :)
Btw second news at ET pasted from Dailymail today. Are your correspondents on leaves these days?
Another attempt of BCCI to malign image of pakistani cricketers ! Sorry just wanten to be in telling this joke befor anyone else does. And personally i don't believe that pak players would be doing such foolishnes after being jn lime light for wrong reasons ! Untill they are really foolish !
There goes all my interest down the hole!
Why always Pakistan. Champions Trophy final was also suspicious!
hmm 'investigation' ..
If the series win was an illusion, please let it be. Aye to sahi barsar-e-ilzam hi aye
Slow run rate...Misbah must be under Radar.
Here we go again!
Then i guess dhoni winning a lost match for india against windies of the last ball should also be scrutinsed...umm just saying!!
Oh no! Not again!!
Spoiled Game.....?????