Another thought about cricket conspiracies
Posted at 9:06pm on Friday, March 30th, 2007 by AndyHere’s an idle thought…. Spot Fixing is alledgedly prevalent in Pakistani cricket.
How’s this for a theory?
Darrel Hair knew about a particularly large bet (and a related fix) on a specific period of the now infamous 4th Test between England and Pakistan (the Ovalgate test), and deliberately blew the bet by adding the 5 penalty runs for ball tampering; the only way he could stop the fix going ahead, and explaining the huge overreaction from the Pakistani team.
Like I said, just a thought