Ed Hawkins
Autor de Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket's Underworld
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There are four syndicate heads – Jayanti Malad of Delhi for pre-match betting odds, Shobhan Mehta of Mumbai (live match odds), Shibu for session betting (brackets) under whom is Labu Delhi, and Jeetu Nagpur who also provide live odds.
According to the book, the 2010 Lord's incident was a pointless event because you cannot do any major bets on no balls. After rain interrupted the first day, the third was no-ball was to be off the last ball of the third completed over on the third day. You'll be laughed off if you try to bet on that before the match started. Mazhar Majeed who acted as a go-between was in financial trouble and was desperate to show that he could control the players. The 150K was too important for him and he did not notice or ignored the warning signs from the journalist.
A few chapters of the book is the author talking with different people connected with investigations. K Madhavan, MA Ganapathy, Lalit Modi, the briefing of the Middlesex players at the start of a season etc. The book contains stuff that is not found anywhere else, and some risky journalism.… (más)