How to Kill Cricket Betting!!!

Cricket betting took its first victim on 18th March 2007 in the form of Cricket coach of Pakistan team Bob Woolmer. It is a sad and very shameful thing to all genuine cricket lovers.

Cricket betting and the underworld connection of it is an open secret for such a long time.
In a taluk headquarters in Malnad, Karnataka lakhs of rupees change hands due to cricket betting during a match. Some borrow money for this occasion and behave as if their life depends on the outcome of a cricket match. If it is that, think of some metros like Mumbai, Delhi and Calcutta. It is a cancer, which was left to grow by some vested interests in the cricket administration home and internationally.

B.C.C.I. or Board of Control for Cricket in India or (Board of Corrupt Cricket Administrators in India!) has become Bihar like a political wrestling pit. One evil in the form of Dalmiya goes and another bigger one called Pawar takes its place. Cricket and cricket players welfare is the last thing on their minds. Take the case of Ganguly-Chappel-Dalmiya email fiasco. Only an extra ordinary willed person like Sourabh Ganguly could extricate himself from such a mess. Ordinary mortals would have perished without a trace.

Coming to the death of a good man called Bob Woolmer.

He was in the lion’s den of cricket betting which is Pakistan, since 3 years. He also put forth some ideas to the Pakistan cricket board as how to control match fixing which were not implemented. He knew about the Pakistan players and administrators involvement in match fixing. He wanted to encash that knowledge by writing about it in a book rather than come out with facts and figures. He wanted to encash his knowledge of cricket match fixing and that was his undoing. And he was killed.

But why he was killed in the Windies?

If it were the facts about match fixing in Cricket, which he wanted to publish in his book, then the murderers, could have waited till his return to Pakistan and killed him there where it was easy to cover it up. It could have been a so-called terrorists bullet or a cricket fans rage, which could have attributed to his death. Why did the killers choose the most risky place of all like the West Indies to kill him? Why did they choose such alien surrounding and such a heavily guarded hotel to kill him. As per reports you need a separate pass to enter the lobby or the floor where the Pakistani cricketers and coach were staying.

Then again why?

My theory is the killing is not because of his book or autobiography. It was because of and solely because of the fixed cricket match between Pakistan and Ireland the day before that is on 17th of March 2007. Hard core punters had bet heavily on Pakistan winning against Ireland. If Pakistan were to win the match, the bookies would have incurred great loss. So the match was fixed like the one fixed in 1999 in England where Pakistan was beaten by Bangladesh.

Bob Woolmer knew that it is fixed and instead of taking the blame for this impossible defeat, he must have blurted out that he will make the match fixing public the next day. And that alone caused his death. This is my hunch. And I am positive this must be the case. Don’t be surprised if some players are involved in this murder.

International cricketers know about this match-fixing top to bottom. Nobody wants to spill the beans. Fear of the underworld.

I have an absolute foolproof remedy for this. This is the genius in me working overtime. You may think I am joking! But no. I am absolutely serious and when you hear me out you will agree. You will agree that I am a genius!

I will ask you certain questions, which you answer, and then I will give you The Remedy.

1) Among these two matches, where is the probability high of match fixing:
a) Australia versus South Africa or b) Pakistan and Netherlands

Obviously the answer is B.

The reason:

· The betting between two teams of equal strength will evenly spread because on the given day either team can win. So the bookies’ profit or loss will not be substantial. It evens out in the end. It is like eating cabbage when you have a choice of eating chicken.

· People also will bet less on such a match because they cannot make any predictions because there is not much to choose between these two strong teams.


· The people who are addicted to betting want a clear winner to bet on. So they are not interested in such evenly balanced teams playing.

· But a top team playing a non-entity throws up more options. The odds against Netherlands beating Pakistan will be, say, 5:1. The paradox is majority will bet on the stronger team to win. All the punters, betters will bet on Pakistan. All the punters, betters who boast that they thrive treading danger wants a sure winner. Even a 5:1 odd will not lure people away from betting on Pakistan. So if Pakistan wins, the bookies lose a huge chunk of their evil earnings. What they do, they fix the match. Because when the 5:1 odd also cannot make people bet on Netherlands, the bookies dirty mind goes on overdrive and the unthinkable to me and you, happens.


You want to know how to destroy the whole cricket betting syndicate, which is making this Cricket World Cup 2007 a joke? Say yes and here it is:


I have a foolproof remedy. It is so very simple you will write to me afterwards congratulating me on my genius.

Before I give you the remedy, give me your feedback and whether you want to know what my extra ordinary mind has conjured.

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