Albie
Keeping an open eye on the Weeping Angels.
It's just a game, people say, but seemingly people will go to great lengths to ensure their "bet" comes good. The latest is the murder, yes - murder, of the Pakistani cricket coach and former England Test batsman, Bob Woolmer. Far be it for me to cast any suspicions, but Woolmer was by all means close to uncovering a major scandal in match fixing in cricket - enough to darken further the tarnished name of this sport. Coupled with that, his murder came within 12 hours after "minnows" Ireland (not exactly a force in cricket) beat Pakistan and subsequently dumped them out of the world cup. If there is someone even remotely involved in this ongoing Cricket World Cup, it may very well be called off. It still has one month to run and the investigation into Woolmer's murder has begun in earnest.
Where gambling is illegal in the subcontinent, billions are gambled on results of many a game and, believe me, it is fairly easy to pass information to interested parties on the state of the wicket, etc. The problem then is that as it is illegal, no paper trail is left (it's all cash) to get to the root of this activity - however, the odd person gets flushed out: Australian cricketers Shane Warne and Mark Waugh were found guilty of doing this very thing.
Unfortunately, even though cricket is a fantastic game, it has such a bad name due to its corruption. And cricket is not alone.
Where gambling is illegal in the subcontinent, billions are gambled on results of many a game and, believe me, it is fairly easy to pass information to interested parties on the state of the wicket, etc. The problem then is that as it is illegal, no paper trail is left (it's all cash) to get to the root of this activity - however, the odd person gets flushed out: Australian cricketers Shane Warne and Mark Waugh were found guilty of doing this very thing.
Unfortunately, even though cricket is a fantastic game, it has such a bad name due to its corruption. And cricket is not alone.
