Pakistan
27 April 2020
Pakistani batsman Umar Akmal was banned for three years (later reduced to 18 months) by the PCB for failing to report match-fixing approaches on multiple occasions.
Afghanistan U19
20 January 2020
Afghanistan U19 players reported being approached by suspected fixers during the 2020 U19 World Cup in South Africa, highlighting the vulnerability of youth cricketers to corruption.
Sri Lanka U19
15 October 2019
Several Sri Lankan U19 cricketers were banned for match-fixing offences, sending shockwaves through youth cricket and raising alarm about the targeting of vulnerable young players by fixers.
Kenya
1 January 2014
Kenya cricket, once a vibrant force that reached the 2003 World Cup semi-final, was devastated by corruption, mismanagement, and match-fixing allegations that led to its collapse.
India
5 December 2000
Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin was banned for life from cricket after a CBI investigation found he had been involved in match-fixing, ending the career of one of India's most stylish batsmen.
Various county sides
1865-08-01
Despite MCC's attempts to reduce gambling on cricket through the 1840s and 1850s, county cricket in the 1860s still operated in a culture where betting was widespread and where allegations of arranged results circulated freely among those closest to the game. Several county fixtures of the decade generated suspicion among contemporaries that the outcome had been agreed in advance, though the absence of formal investigation meant that no players were ever charged.
MCC Committee
1841-05-01
The MCC committee in 1841 further tightened the maximum-stakes rule introduced in 1807, responding to renewed concerns that bookmakers operating at the Lord's ground were corrupting the conduct of matches. The committee's minutes record a formal resolution to exclude known betting men from the ground and to forbid players from receiving money from outside parties during matches — an early attempt to codify what would later become cricket's anti-corruption framework.