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 ”bowl badly” 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 – 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 – 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 Australia’s 1994 tour of Sri Lanka. Both players say they were ”naive and stupid” but deny giving information on team line-ups or tactics.

December 11 – ACB says it will announce independent inquiry into any possible involvement in betting by Australia’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 – England’s former one-day captain Adam Hollioake says a bookmaker during a tournament in Sharjah had offered to ”Make me a millionaire”. Hollioake says he reported the matter to team manager David Graveney.

January 3, 1999 – Akram reinstated as captain of Pakistan.

January 8, 1999 – 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 – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif calls on government’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 – 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 – 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 – Delhi’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 – Cronje sacked as captain for three-match one-day series against australia after admitting he had not been ”entirely honest” in his denials of match-fixing.