Is this the death of live sport?

Tanya Aldred writing for the Telegraph, discusses the suspicions creeping up in the game as a result of match-fixing allegations.

In practice, match-fixing is a betrayal - of the game, the spectator, the players and the human spirit. The fan feels as the thwarted spouse who discovers the last 20 years of jolly family photographs have been a sham. You can never again conjure up happy memories of the moment, the day, the man without thinking of the reality -- the past is forever spoilt by knowledge gained in the present.

The first step to weed out corruption in the game is by accepting that cricket is no longer infallible, writes Andy Bull in the Guardian.

Were the approaches reported by Shane Watson, Mashrafe Mortaza, Paul Nixon and so many others insufficient proof? Or is it that cricket, the community around the sport, is still in denial about the extent of the problem it is facing?