{"id":12971,"date":"2017-12-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/bombshell-report-on-alleged-attempts-to-fix-the-third-test\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T00:00:00","slug":"bombshell-report-on-alleged-attempts-to-fix-the-third-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/bombshell-report-on-alleged-attempts-to-fix-the-third-test\/","title":{"rendered":"BOMBSHELL Report On Alleged Attempts To Fix The Third Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>UPDATE, 11.02am &#8212; Cricket Australia releases statement saying reports of alleged attempts to fix the third test are of \u201cserious concern\u201d.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cCricket Australia will co-operate fully with any ICC Anti-Corruption Unit investigation,\u201d the statement says in part.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cricket Australia has released the below statement in regards to media reporting <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gbHfKTFdZr\">https:\/\/t.co\/gbHfKTFdZr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cricket Australia (@CAComms) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAComms\/status\/941095157411209218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p>EARLIER&#8230;<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<h3>Administrators are investigating evidence of potential attempts to rig the third Ashes Test, according to a report from the UK.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" width=\"700\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cricketers.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/5133944\/sun-investigation-smashes-bookies-multi-million-pound-plot-to-rig-third-ashes-test\/?utm_source=TWITTER&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=SprnklrSUNOrganic&amp;UTMX=Editorial:TheSun:FBLink:Statement:News\" target=\"_blank\">Thesun.co.uk<\/a> reports it was offered details of \u201crigged periods of play which could be bet on to win millions of pounds\u201d.<\/h3>\n<p>The paper says it has handed over info on the alleged fixers to cricket authorities.<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cThey asked for up to \u00a3140,000 to \u2018spot fix\u2019 markets such as the exact amount of runs scored in an over,\u201d reports The Sun.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cThe Indian Mr Big said: \u2018Before match. I will tell you this over, this runs and then you have to put all the bets on that over.\u2019<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cAsked if it was a good source he said: \u2018Absolutely correct information.\u2019<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cThe pair said corrupt players \u2018signal\u2019 the fix is on by making a subtle gesture on the field, such as changing their gloves.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXPOSED: We smash bookies&#39; multi-million pound plot to rig Third Ashes Test <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WhJ3yktnG9\">https:\/\/t.co\/WhJ3yktnG9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Sun (@TheSun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSun\/status\/941066953787150337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE, 11.02am &#8212; Cricket Australia releases statement saying reports of alleged attempts to fix the third test are of \u201cserious concern\u201d. \u201cCricket Australia will co-operate fully with any ICC Anti-Corruption Unit investigation,\u201d the statement says in part. Cricket Australia has released the below statement in regards to media reporting https:\/\/t.co\/gbHfKTFdZr&mdash; Cricket Australia (@CAComms) December 13, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-12971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BOMBSHELL Report On Alleged Attempts To Fix The Third Test - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/bombshell-report-on-alleged-attempts-to-fix-the-third-test\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BOMBSHELL Report On Alleged Attempts To Fix The Third Test\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UPDATE, 11.02am &#8212; Cricket Australia releases statement saying reports of alleged attempts to fix the third test are of \u201cserious concern\u201d. \u201cCricket Australia will co-operate fully with any ICC Anti-Corruption Unit investigation,\u201d the statement says in part. 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