Spot-fixes in 15 International Cricket Matches

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21 October 2018 | Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera Investigative Unit's latest documentary, Cricket's Match-Fixers: The Munawar Files, contains recordings of an Indian match-fixer phoning in details of spot-fixes in 15 international matches to a notorious bookmaker. The match-fixer gave a total of 26 predictions, of which all but one turned out to be accurate. The spot-fixes were all session fixes, predicting what would happen in a specific session of six, eight or 10 overs. Al Jazeera's David Harrison reports.


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