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GarlicJam wrote:The line was drawn at 'no contracted player is allowed to gamble on ANY cricket match'.

A zero tolerance policy here causes no harm to anyone, disadvantages no-one, and makes everything crystal clear, with no doubt whatsoever.

If we heard that this was CA's policy before knowing about this incident, most of us would have thought, fair enough.

It was the known policy before she placed the bets. The fact that she had no sway on the outcome or any prior knowledge cannot be considered. I agree it is harsh, but necessarily so.

captaincolly wrote:I see a name has appeared online in connection with the alleged fixing in the SA Ram Slam competition. The Times today did not name him but reported he was " not a household name." That's certainly true because I have never heard of the indvidual supposedly at the centre of the allegations.

dan08 wrote:

captaincolly wrote:I see a name has appeared online in connection with the alleged fixing in the SA Ram Slam competition. The Times today did not name him but reported he was " not a household name." That's certainly true because I have never heard of the indvidual supposedly at the centre of the allegations.

Gulam Bodi has played in quite a few Champions Leagues for Highveld Lions. Also played for SA a couple of times many years ago.

He was also apparently the player that kept KP out of the Natal team and forced him to move to England.

m@tt wrote:Daily Mail saying that two Test players have now been implicated in the same case, albeit none playing in the current series.

There are two former Test players in the Lions team that Bodi played for, though neither have played for years, and various other scattered around the franchises.

KipperJohn wrote:Just about every other advert on Sky Sports, not to mention their app, is for the promotion of betting - and it's promoted by the likes of Botham, Swann, Blowers just to name a few.

The loosening of the gambling laws in this country has set a poor example and gets people into needless debt, the consequences of which can be dire.

I'm not opposed to the occasional flutter but betting on just about anything in sport, whilst in play as well, has become institutionalised.

You reap as you sow.

Durhamfootman wrote:I see Hafeez did play in the same team as Amir (Aamer) despite all his posturing

m@tt wrote:Daily Mail saying that two Test players have now been implicated in the same case, albeit none playing in the current series.

There are two former Test players in the Lions team that Bodi played for, though neither have played for years, and various other scattered around the franchises.

braveneutral wrote:

m@tt wrote:Daily Mail saying that two Test players have now been implicated in the same case, albeit none playing in the current series.

There are two former Test players in the Lions team that Bodi played for, though neither have played for years, and various other scattered around the franchises.

Have they named them?

m@tt wrote:

braveneutral wrote:

m@tt wrote:Daily Mail saying that two Test players have now been implicated in the same case, albeit none playing in the current series.

There are two former Test players in the Lions team that Bodi played for, though neither have played for years, and various other scattered around the franchises.

Have they named them?

Didn't feel it was right to name those players, as it would have been pure speculation based only on the fact they were teammates of Bodi, but Tsolekile was one of the two players and he has now been named. The second will probably be named soon.