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watch One-Minute World News Last Updated: Tuesday, 27 March
2007, 11:06 GMT 12:06 UK Gambling and cricket R Rajaraman By G
Rajaraman Outlook magazine, Delhi  Since the murder of Pakistan
coach Bob Woolmer, there has been much speculation, still
unsubstantiated, that the motive for his killing was to prevent
him disclosing match-fixing in cricket.  So how does match-
fixing work? And is illegal betting usually on the actual
outcome of matches?  Ball and bat Cricket is a difficult game to
fix  If you think match-fixing in cricket is about winning and
losing matches and about how illegal bookmakers' syndicates
bribe players or teams to throw away games, think again.  The
fact is simple: fixing in cricket does not necessarily have to
do with winning and losing games.  It is a notion that the ill-
informed spread that teams lose matches deliberately. It is
never easy to fix matches since that will need the support of
many key players, if not all.  And ther