The Bowler
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| Played by | Janeane Garofalo |
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About The Bowler
The Ashes 2023: Bairstow dismissal just not cricket, says Rishi Sunak
... Cricket s laws say the ball is dead " when it is clear to The Bowler s end umpire that the fielding side and both batters at the wicket have ceased to regard it as in play"...
Shubman Gill: Is the Indian batter cricket's next big thing?
... Above all, there is a calmness and control about Gill s batting that communicates itself to those watching including The Bowler, who is often as much a spectator as the man in the stands...
India: Police rumble fake 'IPL' cricket league
... The fake umpire would then " signal The Bowler and batsman to hit a six, four or get out" Mr Rathod said...
India: Police rumble fake 'IPL' cricket league
Police in India have arrested a group of conmen who Set Up a fake version of cricket's Indian Premier League (IPL) and fooled gamblers in Russia.
Punters parted with More Than 300,000 rupees (almost $4,000), police said.
The conmen staged The Match on a farm in Gujarat, paying labourers to pose as players, sporting jerseys of real IPL teams, with a bogus umpire instructed to signal a boundary or wicket.
They even hired a Man To mimic famous Cricket Commentator Harsha Bhogle .
Players were paid around 400 rupees ($5) per game and broadcast The Matches live over a YouTube channel called IPL.
The channel would never show a wide shot of The Pitch , and crowd noise Sound Effects were downloaded from The Internet and played through a speaker.
The Tournament began three weeks after the actual IPL concluded in May, police said.
Despite this, the conmen managed to reach the quarter-finals stage of their so-called " Indian Premier Cricket League" before police stopped play.
Russian gamblers placed bets on a Telegram channel Set Up by The Gang , who then alerted The Fake umpire using walkie-talkies, police inspector Bhavesh Rathod told reporters.
The Fake umpire would then " signal The Bowler and batsman to hit a six, four or get out" Mr Rathod said.
Police have arrested four people in connection with the case.
Betting on cricket is illegal in India, and The Suspects have been charged with Criminal Conspiracy and gambling, Reuters reported.
Source of news: bbc.com
