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Cricket Match Fixing: List of cricketers who were banned for match fixing

Cricket Match Fixing: List of cricketers who were banned for match fixing

9:) Henry Williams

Williams played seven One Day Internationals for South . He was a right arm seam bowler and after retiring he became the bowling coach at Boland. Williams got banned from international cricket for six months in 2000 post the match alleagues. In the hearing he admitted of accepting money from Hansie Cronje to underperform in a One Day international held in India.

10:) Maurice Odumbe

Odumbe was the former captain of Zimbabwe in the ODI. He played 61 matches scoring 1409 runs. Odumbe was investigated by the International Cricket Council following allegations of possible match-fixing and was found guilty in August 2004 of receiving money from bookmakers and banned from cricket for five years.

11:) Marlon Samuels

Samuels is  is a Jamaican cricketer who plays internationally for the West Indies. He is a right-handed middle order batsman and an off-spinner. He has played 71 tests and 187 ODI’s for West Indies scoring 3,917 and 5,180 runs respectively . The tall Jamaican has still not retired and is playing for West Indies .  Indian police accused Samuels of giving out team information to a known bookie prior to the 1st ODI between the West Indies and India in Nagpur on 21 January 2007 and he received a ban for 2 years.

12:) Mohammad Amir

Amir is the current member of Pakistani cricket team in all the three formats . The southpaw has played 28 tests , 36 ODIs and 31 T20I picking 94 , 55 and 34 wickets respectively. In August 2010, the English newspaper News of the World published allegations that Amir deliberately bowled no-balls during Pakistan’s 2010 tour of England in return for payment from a betting syndicate. In November 2011 he was sentenced to six months jail in a young offenders institution by Southwark Crown Court, England and received a ban of 5 years.

(Please open the 4th page from below to see the other cricket match fixing scandals)

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