Matchfixing inquiries

Australia captain Mark Taylor, whose team is touring Pakistan, tells inquiry that team mates Shane Warne and Tim May were offered money to 8221;bowl badly8221; on their last tour in 1994-95. Mark Waugh says Malik approached him before a one-day match on the same tour asking whether he could find four or five players willing to throw the match.

November 8211; former captain Pakistan captain Imran Khan tells inquiry that some of his teammates had cheated and taken bribes. Imran says his first knowledge of match-fixing dated back nearly two decades.

December 8 8211; Australian Cricket Board ACB admits it secretly fined Waugh and Shane Warne in February 1995 for giving what it called routine pitch and weather details to bookmakers during Australia8217;s 1994 tour of Sri Lanka. Both players say they were 8221;naive and stupid8221; but deny giving information on team line-ups or tactics.

December 11 8211; ACB says it will announce independent inquiry into any possible involvement in betting by Australia8217;s 25-man international squad. On same day former New Zealand fast bowler Danny Morrison says he was invited to sell information while playing against India in 1994.

A similar approach is reported by former Australian all-rounder Greg Matthews from a 1993 tour of Sri Lanka.

December 13 8211; England8217;s former one-day captain Adam Hollioake says a bookmaker during a tournament in Sharjah had offered to 8221;Make me a millionaire8221;. Hollioake says he reported the matter to team manager David Graveney.

January 3, 1999 8211; Akram reinstated as captain of Pakistan.

January 8, 1999 8211; Pakistan inquiry reconvenes in Melbourne and hears evidence from Waugh and Warne. Warne says Malik had approached him during the first Test in Pakistan in 1994-5 and offered him money to bowl poorly to ensure a drawn match.

July 8211; Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif calls on government8217;s Accountability Bureau to investigate national team after crushing World Cup final defeat by Australia.

Akram, Malik and Ahmed banned from playing for Pakistan until cleared by the inquiry.

August 8211; New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming says he was approached by an Asian betting syndicate and offered money to throw the third Test against England. Former England all-rounder Chris Lewis says he was asked by an Asian betting syndicate to persuade the England team to play poorly.

September 13 8211; PCB chairman Mujeeb Rahman Khan tells news conference Akram, Malik and Ahmed have been reinstated. Justice Malik says he is still compiling report, which has yet to be released.

April 7, 2000 8211; Delhi8217;s Joint Commissioner of Police KK Paul charges South Africa captain Hansie Cronje and teammates Herschelle Gibbs, Pieter Strydom and Nicky Boje with involvement in match-fixing during a one-day series against India in March. The four deny the charges.

April 11 8211; Cronje sacked as captain for three-match one-day series against australia after admitting he had not been 8221;entirely honest8221; in his denials of match-fixing.