PRESENTATION ON SPOT FIXING

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Definition

Spot fixing is the practice of fixing a specific event within a sports match. It usually involves a player agreeing, prior to the game, that they will perform in a particular way.

Spot fixing stands in contrast to the expression match fixing.

Motivation Of Spot Fixing

The answer is, of course, money.

Knowing the result before a match is played guarantees a win.

A very large amount of money can be made.

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Issue Of Spot Fixing

Pakistan's Cricket team being convicted of taking bribes from a bookmaker, Mazhar Majeed.

Undercover reporters from News of the World, secretly videotaped Mazhar Majeed accepting money and informing the reporters that fast bowlers Asif and Amir would deliberately bowl no balls.

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Role Of Mazhar Majeed

Mazhar was cultivating links between match fixers and his client.

Mazhar was born in South London.

Studies business at Middlesex University.

Azhar Majeed ran a cricket agency called TBL

First fateful contact with Salman ButtMazhar was guiding Salman Butt

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and his business dealings and eliciting his

support in various ventures in UK

Established source of Pakistani players moving to english counties

Fixing agent, first arranged in Australia and Twenty world cup 2010

Majeed’s blackberry messages to members of pakistani cricket team was emailed to ICC in early 2010

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Pakistani Players Involvemment

The most brilliant new talent coming out Pakistan was found involved in Spot Fixing.

The Scheme was uncovered by the News of The World, with Mazhar Majeed’s help.

fighting to save whatever’s left of their reputation and their chances of returning to international Cricket.

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International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council (ICC) banned three players—Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir—for terms of between 5 and 10 years.

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Final Decision

Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif and agent Mazhar Majeed were all jailed.

Cricket agent Majeed, 36, received 32 months.

Salman Butt,27, received 30 months.

Fast bowler Mohammad Asif, 28, received one year in jail.

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19-year-old

Mohammad Amir was jailed for six months.

Players were also ordered to pay compensation towards cost of prosecution.

Butt –£30,937, Asif – £8120 Amir £9389.

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Conclusion

Players should be punished but if Pakistan Cricket Board(PCB) took any serious action on the spot, the players would not supposed to be punished for their crime in the host country.

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