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Yesterday, the Daily Telegraph reported that a senior English county cricket player was asked to name any price to fix one-day matches.

This player remains anonymous, but immediately after he received the offer, he contacted the authorities. However, he is rightly concerned that other players will not be so scrupulous. County matches are on live in India, and it seems that the betting rings which were rumoured to be active in the IPL have extended to the English game.

The player, who was speaking to the Telegraph, said: My worry with this is that there will be a situation where two of the smaller counties play against each other in a televised game and they could come to an agreement and make about five times their salary from one match.”

England captain Andrew Strauss, also speaking to the Telegraph, condemned the practice, saying: ”We have a duty as players to make sure that if we hear of it or are approached by someone we come forward and report it straight away. It is the only way of ironing it out. It is not something the game can do with. There are a lot of measures in place and hopefully those will be stepped up if necessary.”.

This revelation comes at a bad time for English cricket, overshadowing the start of the test match between England and Bangladesh, which started earlier today. It also raises concerns about potential ’spot-fixing’ in cricket, where a player will agree to do something on a specific ball.

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