TIMELINE OF SHAME

DECEMBER, 1998
Journalist Malcolm Conn of The Australian uncovers the story of how star players Mark Waugh and Shane Warne had accepted money from a bookmaker in return for providing pitch and weather information.
APRIL, 2000
South Africa's Hansie Cronje, and several other Proteas players are charged by the Delhi police for fixing South Africa's ODIs against India in March for money. Cronje later confesses.
MAY, 2000
Pakistan players Saleem Malik and medium-pacer Ata-ur-Rehman were found guilty of fixing matches by a report prepared by Justice Malik Mohammad Qayyum. These players were hence banned for life.
NOVEMBER, 2000
India skipper Mohammad Azharuddin was found guilty of match-fixing, while Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Ajay Sharma were found guilty of having links with bookies.
MAY, 2008
West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels was banned for two years for allegedly passing on match-related information to an Indian bookie during West Indies' ODI series in India in 2007.
AUGUST,  2010
Bookie Mazhar Majeed revealed in a sting operation by British tabloid News of the World that he bribed Pakistan bowlers to bowl no-balls on demand during the fourth Test against England at Lord's. Skipper Salman Butt, pacers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir were all given varied bans and faced criminal charges.
MAY, 2013
Rajasthan Royals pace spearhead S Sreesanth and two other players -- Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila -- were arrested on charges of spot-fixing.
JUNE, 2013
Bangladesh batsman Mohammad Ashraful admits that he was involved in spot- and match-fixing during the Bangladesh Premier League.
WHAT IS SPOT-FIXING?
Spot-fixing refers to an illegal activity within sport where a specific part of a game is fixed. This can be something as minor as the timing of a no-ball or wide delivery in cricket or the timing of the first throw-in or corner in football.

SPOT-FIXING SIGNALS
1. Rotate your wrist watch
2. Pull your T-shirt up and down
3. Time wasting by trying to set the field
4. Tuck a towel into your pants
5. Remove your chain or locket