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Cricket's way forward

With cricket on the brink of destruction from corruption, the way forward for cricket may lie in regulation and the hands of the next generation.

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With cricket on the brink of destruction from corruption the way forward for the game on the sub continent may lie in regulation and in the hands of the next generation.

Cricket was rocked earlier this year by allegations that three Pakistani players were paid to bowl no-balls against England.

British Sports Minister, Hugh Robertson has told the BBC that regulation is the only way to drive out the criminals involved in betting scams.

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”The Fixers know, the bookies know, but the punters don't the main players are contacted and that's how the matches are fixed,” One bookmaker told the BBC's David Bond.

Education for players of the future is one of the strategies being tabled as one of the ways to tell the next generation that betting could ruin the game that India loves so dearly.


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