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ICC ACU Probes Canada vs New Zealand — T20 World Cup 2026 Fixing Allegations

Canada vs New Zealand

10 April 2026

The International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit opened a formal investigation into Canada's 2026 T20 World Cup group-stage fixture against New Zealand after a 10 April CBC documentary, "Corruption, Crime and Cricket", aired allegations of match-fixing and broader governance failure inside Cricket Canada. The probe centres on the fifth over of New Zealand's chase, bowled by Canada captain Dilpreet Bajwa — who had been appointed only three weeks before the tournament — and on a recorded telephonic conversation involving former Canadian coach Khurram Chohan.

#T20 World Cup 2026#ICC#Anti-Corruption Unit
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Lawrence Bishnoi Syndicate Allegations — Indian Press Angle on T20 WC Fixing Probe

Canada vs New Zealand

April 2026

Indian press reporting in April 2026 connected the alleged fixing infrastructure behind the ICC ACU's Canada-New Zealand T20 World Cup probe to international organised-crime figures, with names including Lawrence Bishnoi appearing in headlines. The ICC has declined to confirm any such link and has urged caution; the connection remains unverified by the formal investigation.

#T20 World Cup 2026#Lawrence Bishnoi#match fixing
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Khurram Chohan Recording — Cricket Canada Coach in T20 WC Fixing Probe

Cricket Canada

10 April 2026

The CBC documentary 'Corruption, Crime and Cricket' broadcast on 10 April 2026 included the existence of a recorded telephonic conversation involving former Cricket Canada coach Khurram Chohan that the documentary's producers said was relevant to the ACU's match-fixing probe. CBC declined to publish the full audio in the broadcast, citing legal and procedural reasons; the recording has been provided in full to ICC officials.

#Cricket Canada#Khurram Chohan#T20 World Cup 2026
🚨Serious

Heath Streak Match Fixing Ban

Zimbabwe / Various T20 leagues

22 April 2021

Former Zimbabwe captain and coach Heath Streak was banned for eight years by the ICC for breaching multiple anti-corruption rules during his time as a coach and player in various T20 leagues.

#heath streak#zimbabwe#match fixing
🚨Serious

Nuwan Zoysa Match Fixing Ban

Sri Lanka

2 April 2021

Former Sri Lankan fast bowler Nuwan Zoysa was banned for six years by the ICC for match fixing and corruption offenses committed while working as a coach.

#nuwan zoysa#sri lanka#match fixing
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Dilhara Lokuhettige Match Fixing Ban

Sri Lanka / T10 League

3 September 2019

Former Sri Lankan all-rounder Dilhara Lokuhettige was banned for eight years by the ICC for corruption offenses in T10 league cricket.

#dilhara lokuhettige#sri lanka#t10
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Sri Lanka U19 Players Banned for Match-Fixing

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.

#sri lanka u19#match-fixing#ban
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Al Jazeera Match Fixing Expose

Various

27 May 2018

Al Jazeera released a documentary called 'Cricket's Match Fixers' alleging widespread fixing in international cricket, including claims that pitch conditions at major venues were being manipulated.

#al jazeera#match fixing#spot fixing
🚨Serious

Bangladesh Premier League Fixing Scandals

Various BPL franchises

10 November 2017

Multiple fixing scandals hit the Bangladesh Premier League, with several players including former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful banned for involvement in match fixing.

#bpl#bangladesh#t20
🚨Serious

Chris Cairns Perjury Trial

Various

30 November 2015

New Zealand cricket legend Chris Cairns faced a perjury trial in London after being accused of lying about his involvement in match fixing during a previous defamation case.

#chris cairns#new zealand#perjury
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Lou Vincent Match Fixing Confessions

Various T20 leagues

24 July 2014

Former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent confessed to involvement in match fixing across multiple T20 leagues worldwide, implicating fellow New Zealander Chris Cairns.

#lou vincent#new zealand#match fixing
🚨Serious

Maurice Odumbe Kenya Match Fixing Ban

Kenya

1 September 2004

Kenyan all-rounder Maurice Odumbe was banned for five years by the ICC for having an unexplained relationship with a bookmaker.

#maurice odumbe#kenya#match fixing
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Hansie Cronje Match Fixing Scandal

South Africa vs Various

7 April 2000

Hansie Cronje, South Africa's captain, was exposed as a match-fixer after Delhi Police intercepted phone calls to Indian bookmaker Sanjay Chawla in April 2000. He received a life ban; South African cricket was devastated.

#hansie cronje#hansie cronje match fixing#hansie cronje match-fixing
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Delhi Police Tap a Phone — How the Cronje Scandal Broke, April 2000

South Africa vs India

2000-04-07

On April 7, 2000, the Delhi police Crime Branch announced they had recordings of South African captain Hansie Cronje discussing match-fixing arrangements with London-based Indian bookmaker Sanjeev Chawla. The wiretap had been placed for an extortion case unrelated to cricket. A police officer's son recognised Cronje's voice on a tape brought home — and the biggest scandal in cricket history began.

#hansie-cronje#south-africa#india
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Mukesh 'MK' Gupta — The Bookmaker Who Talked to the CBI

Multiple — international

2000-11-01

Once a Syndicate Bank clerk in Delhi, Mukesh Kumar Gupta — alias 'MK' alias 'John' — became the most consequential bookmaker in cricket's match-fixing era. After Hansie Cronje named him in April 2000, Gupta walked into the Central Bureau of Investigation in Delhi, gave a detailed statement, and named Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Salim Malik, Mark Waugh, Shane Warne, Brian Lara, Aravinda de Silva and others as cricketers he had paid for information or under-performance.

#mukesh-gupta#mk#match-fixing
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The Justice Qayyum Report — Pakistan's Match-Fixing Reckoning, May 2000

Pakistan

2000-05-23

Justice Malik Mohammad Qayyum, a Lahore High Court judge, was appointed in September 1998 to investigate match-fixing allegations against the Pakistan team. Over 13 months he heard nearly 70 witnesses including Mark Taylor, Shane Warne, Tim May, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Salim Malik. The report was completed in October 1999 but only published on May 23, 2000 — banning Salim Malik and Ata-ur-Rehman for life and fining Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Mushtaq Ahmed, Inzamam, Akram Raza and Saeed Anwar.

#pakistan#match-fixing#salim-malik
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Mohammad Azharuddin Banned for Match-Fixing

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.

#azharuddin#match fixing#ban
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Mohammad Azharuddin Banned for Life

India vs Various

5 December 2000

Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin was banned for life by the BCCI after the CBI found evidence of his involvement in match fixing, based on revelations from the Hansie Cronje investigation.

#azharuddin#india#life ban
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Saleem Malik Banned for Life

Pakistan vs Various

23 May 2000

Pakistani batsman Saleem Malik became the first international cricketer to be banned for life for match fixing, after Justice Qayyum's inquiry found him guilty of offering bribes to Australian players.

#saleem malik#pakistan#life ban
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Wasim Akram Match Fixing Allegations

Pakistan vs Various

1 May 2000

Pakistan legend Wasim Akram was named in the Justice Qayyum report as being unable to be exonerated from match-fixing allegations, though he escaped a ban.

#wasim akram#pakistan#qayyum report
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Ata-ur-Rehman Life Ban for Match Fixing

Pakistan vs Various

23 May 2000

Pakistani fast bowler Ata-ur-Rehman received a life ban following the Qayyum Commission findings, becoming the second Pakistani cricketer banned for life along with Saleem Malik.

#ata-ur-rehman#pakistan#life ban
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Pakistan Match Fixing Cassette Scandal 1999

Pakistan vs Various

1 June 1999

Leaked audio cassettes containing conversations between Pakistani players and bookmakers provided crucial evidence for the Qayyum Commission and proved fixing in Pakistani cricket.

#pakistan#cassette#match fixing
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Mark Waugh and Shane Warne Fined for Bookmaker Payments — 1998

Australia

1998-12-08

On December 8, 1998, the Australian Cricket Board revealed that Mark Waugh and Shane Warne had been fined in 1995 for accepting cash from an Indian bookmaker named 'John' (later identified as Mukesh Gupta) in exchange for pitch and weather information. The ACB had concealed the fines for three years. The cover-up became a bigger scandal than the original incident.

#mark-waugh#shane-warne#australia
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Manoj Prabhakar's Match Fixing Whistleblowing & Allegations

India vs Various

1 May 1997

Former Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar alleged widespread fixing in Indian cricket and claimed Kapil Dev had offered him money to underperform, triggering a major investigation.

#manoj prabhakar#india#whistleblower
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Salim Malik's Bribe Offer to Shane Warne and Tim May, 1994

Pakistan vs Australia

1994-10-11

On the eve of the Karachi Test in October 1994, Pakistan captain Salim Malik allegedly approached Shane Warne, Mark Waugh and Tim May with bribes of around US$200,000 each to underperform. Australia lost the Test by one wicket. Malik denied everything for years; Justice Qayyum's 2000 report found him guilty and banned him for life.

#salim-malik#shane-warne#mark-waugh
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Match-Fixing Suspicions in County Cricket — The Dark Underbelly of the 1860s Game

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.

#overarm-era#early-county-cricket#1860s
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The Decline of Gambling on Cricket — Betting Falls from Fashion, 1850s

Various

1852-01-01

Through the first half of the nineteenth century gambling on cricket had been endemic — matches were arranged with betting as the primary purpose, and some were fixed to ensure the desired result. By the 1850s the gambling culture had declined sharply under Victorian moral pressure, the rise of professional touring cricket and the growing influence of the MCC, which increasingly discouraged wagering at Lord's. The 1850s were the decade in which cricket gambling moved from mainstream to disreputable.

#roundarm-era#early-victorian#1850s
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MCC Cracks Down on Gambling at Lord's — The Stakes Rule Tightened, 1841

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.

#roundarm-era#early-victorian#1840s
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William Lambert's Shadow — The First Fixing Ban Hangs Over the 1820s

n/a

1820-05-01

William Lambert of Surrey, the leading professional batsman of the 1810s and Squire Osbaldeston's regular single-wicket partner, was banned from Lord's for life in 1817 for allegedly throwing the England v Nottingham match — making him the first cricketer banned for match-fixing in history. His exile cast a long shadow over the 1820s, contributing to Osbaldeston's own resignation and to MCC's hostility to professional self-organisation.

#william-lambert#match-fixing#1817
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William Lambert's Confession to the MCC Committee — September 1817

n/a

1817-09-22

On 22 September 1817 William Lambert — by then the leading professional cricketer in England — appeared before the MCC committee at the Mary-Le-Bone Tavern and admitted accepting money to underperform in a single-wicket match. The committee voted his ban the following morning. Lambert never played in major cricket again. His confession is the founding document of cricket's anti-corruption record.

#regency-cricket#underarm#william-lambert
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William Lambert Banned From Lord's — Match-Fixing in England v Nottingham, 1817

MCC committee vs William Lambert

1817-07-26

Three weeks after scoring the first two centuries in a single match, William Lambert was banned from Lord's by the MCC committee on a charge of having deliberately underperformed in an earlier England v Nottingham match in which both sides had been suspected of arranging the result. The evidence was gathered by Lord Frederick Beauclerk, his old enemy from the 1810 single-wicket affair. Lambert never played senior cricket again. He was, in effect, the first cricketer banned for match-fixing.

#william-lambert#match-fixing#lord-frederick-beauclerk