Former Australia great Shane Warne revealed how he was offered a bribe of $276,000 for bowling poorly in a Test match against Pakistan in Karachi in 1994. One of the best of his time, Warne helped Australia put the hosts on the mat as they just needed seven more wickets to finish the game. Warne, who had an illustrious career spanning over 145 Tests, revealed that he met opposition skipper Salim Malik in his room, where an offer was made.
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“We are very confident that we are going to knock on Pakistan,” Warne said in his upcoming documentary Shane. I knock on the door, Salim Malik answers the door. I sat down, and he went, ‘Good match we’re going. I went, ‘Yes, I think we should win tomorrow’.” “He goes, ‘Well we can’t lose…. you don’t understand what happens when we lose in Pakistan. Our houses will burn, family homes will burn outside.”
When Warne was in his early years, Malik declined the offer saying ‘Fuck you’.
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“I really don’t know what to say. I just sit there, stunned. And then I go, ‘F*** you, dude. We’re going to beat you.'” International.
“When you talk about match-fixing right now, people expect it not to escalate,” Warne told news.com.au.
“At that time, 30 years ago, there was no talk about it. It had never raised its head anywhere in a game. When he offered it to me, it was like, ‘What the hell?’ I was blown away, I knew nothing about it.”
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