Supporter banned for offering fixing to cricketer

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has banned a supporter for five years for offering spot-fixing to a Zimbabwean cricketer. According to ZC, last year Zimbabwe national team pacer Luc Jungwe was offered spot fixing by a supporter. And because of this, ZC has banned that supporter.

The Harare fan offered to pay a huge sum of money in return for pre-planned bowling. However, the cricketer who played 1 Test, 37 ODIs and 45 T20s for Zimbabwe did not agree to this proposal. Rather, he informed the authorities about it at that time.

A recent statement by Zimbabwe Cricket said, “Edward Walter Mupangano, a 27-year-old Harare supporter, had a trial as a cricketer at a local club. The supporter offered to fix Luke Jangwe on August 4, 2004. He also tried to introduce Jangwe to a bookie from India. He talked about fixing with Jangwe in an international match. And wanted to pay Jangwe 7 thousand US dollars to bowl as they said.”

Not only that, but it is also said from the ZC, Mupangano himself would have benefited from this work. If he bowled as they said, Zangwe would get 7 thousand US dollars, and Mupangano would get 3 thousand US dollars.

And when it came to light, ZC took action against Mupangano. He broke the ICC’s anti-corruption laws. Because of this, ZC has banned him from all kinds of events and cricket venues of ZC for the next five years. And after this incident, Zimbabwe Cricket has requested the Zimbabwean government to consider all forms of corruption in sports, including fixing as crime.

It should be noted that former Zimbabwean captain Brendan Taylor was also offered spot fixing. But because he did not reveal it for a long time, he had to be punished for it. He was banned from cricket for 3 years in January 2022. However, Jangue refused the fixing offer and disclosed it immediately. So he was spared the sentence. He is praised highly.