WOULD IT BE WORTH RISKING ALL JUST FOR A QUICK FIX?

DEREK PRINGLE

@derekpringle

Investigator: Sri Lanka Cricket’s Manager of Anti-Corruption and security, Ayesh Weerakkodi, leaves after a press conference in Colombo
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The investigation into matchfixing in cricket by Al Jazeera makes for compelling viewing, in parts, though its sensational claim that leading England and Australian players were involved in spot fixing in two separate Tests against India, remains difficult to believe.
Filmed by a hidden camera over 18 months, Al Jazeera investigator, David Harrison, speaks to two Mumbai-based fixers, both of whom...

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