Britons, Cricket Fans Would Impose Lifetime Ban on Pakistani Bowlers
A third of Britons are “not surprised at all” after seeing the sport hit by a spot-fixing scandal.
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A third of Britons are “not surprised at all” after seeing the sport hit by a spot-fixing scandal.
People in Britain are paying attention to the recent allegations of spot-fixing in cricket, and two-thirds of respondents believe that any player involved in this practice should not be allowed to participate in international competitions again, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative sample of 2,025 British adults, half of respondents (50%) say they are following the recent news about spot-fixing during an England-Pakistan test match last month “very closely” or “moderately closely.”
It has been alleged that two Pakistani bowlers—Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir—deliberately delivered no balls at specific points during the match. This information could have been used by gamblers to make wagers.
Seven-in-ten Britons (72%) think the allegations of spot-fixing are definitely or probably true.
Respondents who described themselves as “cricket fans, who truly enjoy watching the game” also provide a gloomy assessment of the situation. Nine-in-ten (89%) think Asif and Amir indeed delivered no balls at specific points during the match.
Two-thirds of Britons (65%) and cricket fans (67%) believe a lifetime ban from international cricket would be the appropriate penalty for a player found guilty of taking part in spot-fixing during a match.
One third of Britons (33%)—and almost two-in-four cricket fans (38%)—say they are not surprised at all that cricket has been hit by a spot-fixing scandal.
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Andy Morris, Research Director, London
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Methodology: From September 3 to September 6, 2010, Angus Reid Public Opinion conducted an online survey among 2,025 randomly selected British adults who are Springboard UK panelists. The margin of error—which measures sampling variability—is +/- 2.2%. The results have been statistically weighted according to the most current education, age, gender and region data to ensure samples representative of the entire adult population of Great Britain. Discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding.
