Nannes suspects spot-fixing in Bangladesh Premier League

Former Australian fast bowler Dirk Nannes has revealed his suspicions about spot-fixing during his time in the Bangladesh Premier League T20, reports Sydney Morning Herald. Nannes, who played 18 limited-overs games for Australia, revealed Friday that during his stint in the BPL, an event that began in 2012, he had suspected that spot-fixing was rife. "There were a few games I watched on television when I played in the BPL, and you could hear the players on the ground yelling at the batsman because you saw it was flat-out wrong. The security guys knew it, the guys on the ground knew it, everybody knew it," Nannes told ABC Grandstand. "The BPL, that was the interesting one. The first time there were owners who'd come along. The owners weren't allowed on the ground, but there would be a team manager going to the owner and saying, 'What are we doing next', then going to the coach. The security guys were saying enough was enough. But it just kept going on. The owners were sitting there on the phone. The owners were demanding that they be in constant touch with the coach because that's why they bought the team.

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"The spotters were people up in the crowd. They'd have a microphone in the cuff of their shirt, and 10 mobile phones around their waist. Anytime something happened, they'd lift their sleeve and speak into the microphone, and have time to do whatever they were doing. Security couldn't do anything except kick them out. Actually in Bangladesh they couldn't even do that." Nannes, however, finds it difficult to believe that Australian players would be tied up in corruption. "You're talking about those satellite tournaments where there's not as much professionalism is in the game," he said. "We talk about that Sun story, some of the Australian players are getting five million or more. They're talking about 60 grand? Then you've got to split it. [Players] would never go anywhere near that. "I may be being naïve, because from my opinion, everyone I played with in Australia has always gone 100% to win the game."