Just wondering

[cadet018]

**The dynamics of spot fixing is pretty huge…

What were the odds that a captain who was captaining his side for 1st time … whos team had waited so long to beat tht particular opponent … whos opponent was 52-5 … wud introduce a non-regular bowler like “Umer Amin” ?

If someone had bet that Umer Amin will bowl the 21st Over of the inning of 2nd Test against Australia … how much had he earned?

This is what cricinfo had to say
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Now, this is interesting. Umar Gul is being replaced at the other end by… Umar Amin?

src: http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-australia-2010/engine/match/426395.html?innings=1;view=commentary

[Some1]

Re: Just wondering

^ That was a pretty unusual move given the situation...no doubt about that.

That got me thinking. How do these spot-fixing players remember all the different things they need to do at different points in the game ( I mean its not as if Majeed is calling them on the field to remind them) ? May be they have the list in their pockets which they refer to frequently.
-- 3rd over ki pehli ball no ball karwaani hai
-- 9th over ki tisri ball bouncer phenkwaana hai
-- 21st over Umer Amin ko denaa hai
and so on...

Most importantly - what happens if the involved player forgets to do what he had promised to the bookie he will do ? I guess the bookie ends up making huge monetary losses. So how is the player punished ?

[kakaballi]

Re: Just wondering

I saw Salman Butt yawning when Eng were 105-7 at lords.... how much someone had earned if he bet on that?

[cadet018]

Re: Just wondering

@Some1

^ That was a pretty unusual move given the situation…no doubt about that.

That got me thinking. How do these spot-fixing players remember all the different things they need to do at different points in the game ( I mean its not as if Majeed is calling them on the field to remind them) ? May be they have the list in their pockets which they refer to frequently.
– 3rd over ki pehli ball no ball karwaani hai
– 9th over ki tisri ball bouncer phenkwaana hai
– 21st over Umer Amin ko denaa hai
and so on…

Most importantly - what happens if the involved player forgets to do what he had promised to the bookie he will do ? I guess the bookie ends up making huge monetary losses. So how is the player punished ?

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1. Some critic had raised same point .. if player (especially captain) is involved in spot fixing … then although nature of spot fixing is minor then actual match fixing … but it make player lose his focus on game …
2. As Majeed pointed out … they’ve signals to identify whether a deal is on or not … so no signal mean deal is off
3. They defiantly have backup plans to remind player about fixing… Remember Aamer was caught talking on mobile during Pakistan-Sri Lanka match this june

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[a1kashur]

Re: Just wondering

^ It looked like he was on the phone but he was actually talking to some player while adjusting his helmet. He was about to go out to bat.

[farazrafi]

Re: Just wondering

I saw Salman Butt yawning when Eng were 105-7 at lords.... how much someone had earned if he bet on that?

LOL I am sure that guy made some money off of that calculated yawn!