Former umpire reveals UAE 'fixing' approach

Former umpire John Holder alleged Sunday he was offered 10,000 ($15,139) to help sway the course of a one-day international in the United Arab Emirates.

Holder, who stood in 11 Tests, said the approach related to a match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Sharjah. "They said if I can somehow lull the Sri Lanka batsmen into putting on a partnership of 85 they would give me 10,000 in cash," the 68-year-old Holder told BBC Radio's Test Match Special.

"I said, 'You've got the wrong person'." Barbados-born Holder, a former bowler for English county Hampshire, became a first-class umpire in 1983 and stood in 11 Tests and 19 ODIs from 1988 to 2001.

AFP