Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy - A Journey to the Heart of Cricket's Underworld

A startling and powerful journey to the very core of India's illegal bookmaking industry that exposes the scale of corruption and the match-fixing that now runs rife throughout world cricket. For several years Ed Hawkins made friends with India's illegal bookmakers - men who boast turnover of hundreds of millions of dollars per cricket match - as well as the corruption officers of the International Cricket Council who are trying to shut them down. It's a shady world and rumours abound. But then Hawkins receives a message that changes everything and he decides it is time to expose the truth behind match-fixing. Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy is a story featuring politicians, governing bodies, illegal bookmakers and powerless players - as well as corruption, intimidation and even suicide. It is a story that touches all cricket-playing nations around the world. It is a story that every cricket fan must read. You might never again watch a cricket match without suspicion...

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Product details

• Authors: Ed Hawkins, Hawkins Ed
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.2013
• EAN: 9781408169964
• ISBN: 978-1-4081-6996-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SPORTS & RECREATION / Cricket, Corruption in politics, government and society