PART I
BACKGROUND TO INQUIRY
1.
Cricket has always put itself forth as a gentleman’s game. However, this aspect of the game has come under strain
time
regularity.
and
From
again,
BodyLine
sadly to
with
Trevor
increasing
Chappel
bowling
under-arm, from sledging to ball tampering, instances of gamesmanship have been on the rise. Instances of sportsmanship like Courtney Walsh refusing to run out a
Pakistani
batsman
for
backing
up
too
soon
in
a
crucial match of the 1987 World Cup; Imran Khan, as Captain calling back his counterpart Kris Srikanth to bat
again
decision
after of
the
the
latter
umpire;
was
annoyed
batsmen
like
with
Majid
the Khan
walking if they knew they were out; are becoming rarer yet. Now, with the massive influx of money and sheer increase
in
number
of
matches
played,
cricket
has
become big business. Now like other sports before it (Baseball
(the
Chicago
‘Black-Sox’
against
the
Cincinnati Reds in the 1919 World Series), Football (allegations against Bruce Grobelar; lights going out at
the
Valley,
home
of
Charlton
Cricket Inquiry Report Page 1
Football
club))