Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket's Underworld
Ed Hawkins, "Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket's Underworld"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 1408169959, 1408169967 | 240 pages | EPUB | 2.13 MB
English | 2013 | ISBN: 1408169959, 1408169967 | 240 pages | EPUB | 2.13 MB
'The most explosive book yet about corruption in cricket' Lawrence Booth, editor of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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…