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A UAE Cricket Match Is Being Investigated After Footage Of Seriously Questionable Match Play Went Viral
Match-fixing is banned in all sports for obvious reasons.
Whether its horse racing, tennis, cycling or cricket, sport can lose a bit of magic when a match-fixing story breaks.
And this might be the case after a video of the Dubai Stars versus the Sharjah Warriors in the T20 league raised some questions…
Footage of the match is going viral
The ICC Anti-Corruption Unit is investigating a match from the Ajman All Stars League recently played in the UAE
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Here’s some match footage ????pic.twitter.com/azU1Cr86e0
— The Cricket Paper (@TheCricketPaper) January 30, 2018
Dubai lost by a long shot
The final result was Sharjah Warriors with a respectable 136 runs off 20 overs versus Dubai Stars who were all-out after just 46 runs.
The ICC (International Cricket Council) are investigating the incident according to international reports.
And it’s caused some debate on Twitter
It wasn’t the greatest game
Shocking stuff
— Jack (@jack_beecher96) February 1, 2018
While some see nothing wrong with the footage
Just poor calls. Nothing more than that.
— Ben Allan (@ballon92) January 31, 2018
Others reckon there was foul play afoot
Is an investigation really required. Guilty as sin.
— Dave C (@roodog2006) January 31, 2018
The general consensus…
How sad.
— Jason Smith (@JasonSmith_1) January 31, 2018
Serious dodgy behaviour that ????????
— craig campbell (@kingcambo20) January 30, 2018
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