Former England captain Alec Stewart addresses a press conference in Rawalpindi, 25 kilometers from Islamabad, 02 November 2000. Stewart, who is currently in Pakistan with his team, maintained he had never taken money from a bookmaker and claimed match-fixing allegations levelled against him had tainted his image. Stewart is among nine foreign players named in an Indian match-fixing report published 01 November 2000© AFP
A.C. Muthiah (L) president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) gestures as he announces the appointment of former New Zealand cricketer John Wright as the new coach for the Indian cricket team,as an unidentified cricket official (R) looks on at a press conference in Bombay 02 November 2000. While speaking to journalists Mutaiah also said that BCCI will not spare any persons involved in the match-fixing controversy. Muthiah left later 02 November for New Delhi for a meeting with Indian Sports Minister S.S. Dhindsa 03 November regarding the report released by India's Central Bureau of Investagiton (CBI) indicting several top international cricketeers in the match-fixing controversy.© AFP
Cricket fans catch up with news on the cricket match fixing scandal at a news stand in Calcutta 02 November 2000. A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report released 01 November named top Indian and international cricket players including former Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin, England's Alec Stewart, Brian Lara of the West Indies and others, as being involved in the rigging of international cricket matches for cash.© AFP