The match and spot fixing scandals have been a persistent parasite on this gentleman's game for decades that now a lot of the general audience do not consider cricket matches as part of their life.
There used to be a time when people would take leave, have their kids bunk school, buy snacks and sit down with their family to watch their favorite national team play their favorite game.
It was in the year 2000 when the gentleman's game took the wrong turn and enabled the global audience understand the inbuilt corruption and scandals of the sport. I was surprised with the Hansie Cronje episode and the subsequent King's Commission.
But what caught me off-guard was how it went from there and ended up killing Hansie Cronje Try reading about the flight accident that involved Hansie's charter flight getting cancelled and him having to board a cargo plane to go to the crucial hearing of the King' Commission. That flight was not successful and the crash killed all onboard including Hansie.
Soon after, cricket shows and news started showing Hansie discreetly tampering the ball during drinks breaks, 'trying to reinforce' the opinion that Hansie was indeed a 'Bad Guy.' If camera caught Hansie ball tampering, then he should have been punished soon after. Instead, the industry waited until he pleaded guilty of match fixing and soon after his mysterious death, started broadcasting footages of Hansie tampering balls during drinks breaks.
Try asking around how one can learn and become a 'Live Editor' of a cricket broadcasting business and you will know how there is a whole art of controlling what people watch from a continuous stream from 27-30 cameras in a stadium. Such editing involves the concept of 'working with a live script.' I will let you get the details and understand that side of the story in your own terms.
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