Friday, July 07, 2006

Match fixing

Is it just a co-incidence that in every series in the recent past India has either won the ODIs and lost the tests or vice versa? Isn't this a sign that the matches are being fixed in such a way that spectators and marketers on both sides are happy? Isn't this what marketers and spectators want? Cricket was dying in the West Indies, so the Windies were given the ODIs. (It helps, because the World Cup is going to be held there and the last thing they want is a fiscal fiasco.) We all know that the easiest way to make money from cricket is through ODIs. (We've seen that in the sub-continent.) Of course, there is no way to prove that matches are, still, being fixed. Guess we're better off believing they're not and continuing to live in our fools' paradise. Enjoy.