Short description
Caught Out is a comprehensive and well-researched account of international cricket match-fixing over the last three decades, full of the elements of a thriller.
Long description
Caught Out is a comprehensive and well-researched account of international cricket match-fixing over the last three decades, full of the elements of a thriller, a whodunit and a celebrity expose, and a modern-day morality tale that exposes the racism that colours the 'gentleman's game' and shows the world's cricketing icons to have feet of clay. Caught out takes a dispassionate look at the evidence against cricket's 'Big Five' Test-playing nations, England and her former colonies: India, Pakistan, Australia and South Africa and, in so doing, reveals a long-standing global conspiracy of far-reaching proportions. The subcontinent's multi-billion-dollar illegal gambling network, which drives cricket match-fixing, is examined; the elements of the fix are explored and the role-players unmasked. Finally, it examines the shocking events of the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean and Bob Woolmer's mysterious death, providing insight into the murky world that lies behind the 'gentleman's game' - a world of hidden cameras and clandestine meetings, call-girls, crooks and global terrorists with links to Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda.