LONDON: Former umpire John Holder
alleged Sunday he was offered 10,000 pounds ($15,139) to help sway the course
of a one-day international in the United Arab Emirates.
Holder, who stood in 11 Tests, said
the approach related to a match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Sharjah.
“They said if I can somehow lull the
Sri Lanka batsmen into putting on a partnership of 85 they would give me 10,000
pounds in cash,” the 68-year-old Holder told BBC Radio's Test Match Special.
“I said, 'You've got the wrong
person'."
Barbados-born Holder, a former
bowler for English county Hampshire, became a first-class umpire in 1983 and
stood in 11 Tests and 19 ODIs from 1988 to 2001.
Amid recent corruption charges
relating to the Indian Premier League, Hoder was asked if he'd ever been
approached to 'fix' a match.
“I was in Sharjah in 1993 for a
one-day international series between Sri Lanka, West Indies and Pakistan,” he
said. “I was introduced to a man and offered 10,000 pounds to make sure Sri
Lanka batsmen put on a partnership of 85.
“He told me his syndicate were
involved in making money as the game fluctuates.
“I said, 'You've got the wrong
person'. Players and umpires who get involved in match-fixing have got to
realise there's no such thing as easy money.
“Once you get into that, your career
is ruined. You'd lose your self-respect, the players and commentators would
know.
“I couldn't live my life looking
over my shoulder, and I'd always be remembered as a cheat, so I had to say no,
and reported it.”
The IPL was rocked by a scandal this
month which saw India Test bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and fellow Rajasthan
Royals players Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan arrested for alleged
spot-fixing.
And on Thursday, Pakistani umpire
Asad Rauf was withdrawn from next month's ICC Champions Trophy in the UK in
June following reports he too was being investigated by Indian police
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