บทถอดความฉบับเต็มของ CRICKET - Deceptive Cheating Methods Exposed in Cricket - JEREMY ZAKIS

00:01:58.319 the ball hitting the bat, which meant that the catcher 37 00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:01.069 behind the wicket, all they had to do was catch 38 00:02:01.109 --> 00:02:04.549 the ball, and then, of course, Brian Devine would pretend 39 00:02:04.650 --> 00:02:07.590 that the player was out and the umpire thinking that 40 00:02:07.609 --> 00:02:10.289 he'd actually just heard the ball hit the bat and 41 00:02:10.310 --> 00:02:13.909 be caught behind would then get that batsman out. And 42 00:02:14.090 --> 00:02:16.949 the thing is with this, it happened so subtly in 43 00:02:17.009 --> 00:02:19.710 that how Brian was clicking that it was not detectable 44 00:02:19.750 --> 00:02:22.750 by an umpire or many of the players on the field. 45 00:02:22.870 --> 00:02:24.460 It was just so naturally done. 46 00:02:25.090 --> 00:02:28.219 But what came unstuck was the fact that with a 47 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:30.680 lot of camera angles that are in county cricket there 48 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:33.659 in England, it actually shows if you look very closely 49 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:37.020 that the finger movement that Brian was doing just as 50 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:40.229 the ball was passing the batsman. So eventually when the 51 00:02:40.289 --> 00:02:43.490 investigation got down to looking at footage, it became very 52 00:02:43.530 --> 00:02:44.569 clear what Brian was doing. 53 00:02:44.689 --> 00:02:46.930 And he had done it on so many occasions. 54 00:02:47.330 --> 00:02:50.409 It really is almost difficult to count how many. But 55 00:02:50.460 --> 00:02:52.080 there are a lot of batsmen out there in the 56 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:54.719 English county cricket that should never have been out. The 57 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:57.759 club Saltburn probably should not have actually won so many 58 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:00.270 games they had. except for the fact that Brian had 59 00:03:00.349 --> 00:03:03.469 cheated so much. And, John, cheating in cricket, too, as 60 00:03:03.509 --> 00:03:07.500 you know, it's a very gentleman's game. It's a game 61 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:10.219 held in high esteem in much of society, especially England. 62 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:11.840 So Brian, for. 63 00:03:11.639 --> 00:03:14.879 His trouble, is now banned from playing any cricket in 64 00:03:15.449 --> 00:03:18.650 England for a whole two years. So he will not 65 00:03:18.689 --> 00:03:20.789 be stepping out on the field for another two years. 66 00:03:21.310 --> 00:03:24.030 And the club itself was also fined £ 300, which is 67 00:03:24.050 --> 00:03:31.009 around about 584 US dollars. So honestly, John, it's brilliantly simple. 68 00:03:31.069 --> 00:03:34.449 But look, honestly, if you cheat in cricket, especially nowadays 69 00:03:34.490 --> 00:03:38.330 with most matches being televised, you will get caught. 70 00:03:39.590 --> 00:03:42.539 I like it. It's ingenious. I wonder if he's being 71 00:03:42.620 --> 00:03:43.409 asked to teach it. 72 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:49.020 I have no doubt that there are many younger players there, 73 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:51.539 and especially county cricket, and probably some over on this 74 00:03:51.580 --> 00:03:53.759 side of the pond as well here in Australia who 75 00:03:54.009 --> 00:03:56.770 looking a little bit closely because it is very, very 76 00:03:56.849 --> 00:03:59.349 hard to discern. If you have a look at the 77 00:04:00.009 --> 00:04:02.979 video online of how he did this cheating, you'd listen 78 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:05.460 to a normal snick of the ball on the bat 79 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:08.419 and then listen to how he was clicking. The sound 80 00:04:08.460 --> 00:04:11.719 is identical. There's really no way to see it. And unfortunately, 81 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:14.430 I think now because so much footage of how he 82 00:04:14.449 --> 00:04:16.910 did it has been released, anyone out there who wants 83 00:04:16.949 --> 00:04:19.550 to try this exact same trick now is going to 84 00:04:19.610 --> 00:04:21.790 figure out a better way to hide the hand movements 85 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:24.600 but also make it sound more like it's coming from 86 00:04:25.019 --> 00:04:27.959 actually the wicket because that was another thing with how 87 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:31.660 the investigation exposed it. Some of the audio detected the 88 00:04:31.740 --> 00:04:34.610 audio was coming from the fielding position, not the actual 89 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:37.129 wicket or the bat itself. So that was a bit 90 00:04:37.170 --> 00:04:39.810 of a problem. But you know what? Anyone who's devious 91 00:04:39.850 --> 00:04:41.769 enough out there will probably figure a way to actually 92 00:04:41.810 --> 00:04:43.769 throw the sound of the click to make it sound 93 00:04:44.050 --> 00:04:44.970 even more legitimate. 94 00:04:45.230 --> 00:04:48.629 What other cheating methods have you heard of over the years, Jeremy? 95 00:04:49.939 --> 00:04:53.069 Well, really it comes down to two categories. It's either one, 96 00:04:53.170 --> 00:04:56.410 tampering with the ball, or two, tampering with the state 97 00:04:56.449 --> 00:04:58.769 of play. So the first one is probably the most 98 00:04:58.910 --> 00:05:02.329 known one, is tampering with the ball, which Australia, we 99 00:05:02.370 --> 00:05:06.379 got caught out in 2018 in South Africa where a 100 00:05:06.420 --> 00:05:08.959 piece of sandpaper was actually hidden in the pocket of 101 00:05:09.019 --> 00:05:11.660 one of our fielders and they were actually sanding down 102 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:14.079 one side of the ball so that then when certain 103 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:17.810 bowlers who had certain technical expertise came up, that rough 104 00:05:18.129 --> 00:05:20.750 side of the ball would allow them to do some very, 105 00:05:20.829 --> 00:05:24.620 very tricky bowls. Basically, it allowed the ball to swing 106 00:05:24.660 --> 00:05:27.399 and bounce and speed up in ways that is

not 107 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:30.259 predictable by the batsmen because they're expecting the ball to 108 00:05:30.300 --> 00:05:33.370 be normal. So that's one way. And that one really 109 00:05:33.410 --> 00:05:36.069 was found out by the sheer fact, again, the television 110 00:05:36.110 --> 00:05:38.870 camera happened to catch the fielder with a piece of 111 00:05:38.889 --> 00:05:41.110 sandpaper rubbing it in between overs. 112 00:05:41.209 --> 00:05:43.529 So that's been used the world around. 113 00:05:43.790 --> 00:05:47.009 Unfortunately, Australia, we got caught out and really didn't return 114 00:05:47.029 --> 00:05:49.610 to South Africa until just recently because of it. And 115 00:05:49.689 --> 00:05:51.970 it is one way that can devastate, I guess you 116 00:05:51.990 --> 00:05:55.069 could say, a batting lineup very quickly. But the second one, 117 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:59.060 the state of play, what typically happens is if a 118 00:05:59.100 --> 00:06:01.639 team wants to throw a game, that's when this one 119 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:05.079 comes into effect. So basically... Either the batters will let 120 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:08.839 really good balls go past or the fielders will consistently 121 00:06:08.920 --> 00:06:11.899 drop the ball or the bowlers will just follow the 122 00:06:11.939 --> 00:06:14.279 ball so slowly that it's very easy to hit. And 123 00:06:14.339 --> 00:06:16.850 it's done so typically to throw a game because of 124 00:06:16.939 --> 00:06:19.949 either a points advantage or some kind of draw advantage 125 00:06:19.970 --> 00:06:21.990 where you want to play a certain team in the 126 00:06:22.089 --> 00:06:23.990 future and you don't want to win the game because 127 00:06:24.009 --> 00:06:26.709 it means you'll play a better team and effectively make 128 00:06:26.750 --> 00:06:29.050 it harder for you to go through to the championships. 129 00:06:29.750 --> 00:06:32.089 or something to do with sports betting as well, of course, 130 00:06:32.329 --> 00:06:36.000 so wagering. And that's kind of been seen a few times. 131 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:36.420 In the past. 132 00:06:37.060 --> 00:06:40.079 There is a few competitions out, or there's at least 133 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:42.670 one investigation in Canada because of this, where a game 134 00:06:42.689 --> 00:06:43.910 was potentially thrown. 135 00:06:44.250 --> 00:06:45.509 Earlier this year in New Zealand. 136 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:47.959 But that one is a little bit harder if you 137 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:51.670 get down to, say, the international cricket five-day test because 138 00:06:52.050 --> 00:06:55.329 to consistently play bad over five days without. 139 00:06:55.129 --> 00:06:57.129 Being noticed, it is almost impossible. 140 00:06:57.209 --> 00:06:59.339 So typically in a T20 game where it's a very 141 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:02.620 short game, that's where state of play kind of cheating 142 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:04.819 can really have its due. 143 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:07.189 But at the same time, too, A lot of teams as. 144 00:07:07.149 --> 00:07:10.149 Well have found that taking advantage of no time limits 145 00:07:10.189 --> 00:07:13.009 between overs, they, you know, as they have to swap 146 00:07:13.089 --> 00:07:16.129 ends between overs, between every six balls, basically in a 147 00:07:16.149 --> 00:07:18.350 cricket game, you do have to swap ends. The fielding 148 00:07:18.389 --> 00:07:20.920 has to change sides and all of that. Some teams 149 00:07:20.939 --> 00:07:24.040 were taking an extremely long amount of time in between 150 00:07:24.100 --> 00:07:26.680 overs to do that. So much so it would throw 151 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:29.279 the pattern off of the other team. And while technically 152 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:32.019 not cheating and technically it could be seen as a strategy, 153 00:07:32.620 --> 00:07:35.360 you could really sandbag the speed of the game. and 154 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:38.019 make it difficult for the other side to really get, 155 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:39.720 I guess you could say, their momentum. 156 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:42.889 So, John, many, many ways to cheat that we know of. 157 00:07:43.050 --> 00:07:45.689 And honestly, there's probably some out there we don't even 158 00:07:45.730 --> 00:07:48.069 know of because no one's been caught yet. But unfortunately, 159 00:07:48.149 --> 00:07:50.550 for a game that's considered the gentleman's game, there is 160 00:07:50.589 --> 00:07:52.980 a lot of ways to really bring it down into 161 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:54.220 the doldrums, I guess you could say. 162 00:07:54.420 --> 00:08:01.060 Jeremy Zakis, in wintry sometimes, springtime other times, New South Wales, 163 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:07.860 Southern Hemisphere... I'm John Batchelor in definite autumn mist, northern hemisphere, 164 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:13.490 and we'll rejoin the El Nino hunt in a few 165 00:08:13.509 --> 00:08:15.329 days' time. Thank you for listening.