# Cricket sex scandal **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-sex-scandal/52143 "2001-01-28T17:56:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-sex-scandal/52143/1 "2001-01-28T17:56:45Z")
There is an investigation in Melbourne of a scheme to fix cricket matches by hiring prostitutes to exhaust players before games. See [That’s Not Cricket!](http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2001/01/26/cricket/index.html) at [salon.com](http://salon.com). > [@](#): > > Allegedly, the male players were either boffed into exhaustion before matches, rendered unable to play well or were showered with sexual favors after the game, as a reward for inferior performance. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-sex-scandal/52143/2 "2001-01-28T18:06:18Z")
Oh. I thought you were talking about **Cricket** the poster. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-sex-scandal/52143/3 "2001-01-28T18:26:09Z")
I’m not sure I can express what the thread title made me think. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-sex-scandal/52143/4 "2001-01-28T18:30:43Z")
I had nothing to do with it! Honestly I didn’t! You gotta believe me, I’m innocent! The idea of being boffed into exahustion isn’t such a bad one, but really, I can’t take credit. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-sex-scandal/52143/5 "2001-01-28T18:31:48Z")
I was going to say “Wasn’t me, didn’t do it” but I figured I would get stoned to death for that one. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-sex-scandal/52143/6 "2001-01-28T18:47:03Z")
> [@](#): > > The idea of being boffed into exahustion isn’t such a bad one, but really, I can’t take credit. \*\* That’s got sig material written all over it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-sex-scandal/52143/7 "2001-01-28T18:55:57Z")
I think I just might do that! I have been thinking about a change for a while and lo and behold it happened without actually trying! ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-sex-scandal/52143/8 "2001-01-28T18:58:49Z")
Soory 'bout the “K” “C” mix-up, **Krick**. Among other things, I’ve had the Sunshine Band on my mind today. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-sex-scandal/52143/9 "2001-01-28T18:59:26Z")
so this post isn’t about insects? ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-sex-scandal/52143/10 "2001-01-28T19:40:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChiefScott \* > \*\*Soory 'bout the “K” “C” mix-up, **Krick**. Among other things, I’ve had the Sunshine Band on my mind today. \*\* I thought it was the ship full o’hooters that had you discombobulated… ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-sex-scandal/52143/11 "2001-01-28T19:57:35Z")
Discom **boob** ulated. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-sex-scandal/52143/12 "2001-01-28T21:58:28Z")
Not a problem Chief. Now what’s this about a ship full of hooters? And KC and the Sunshine Band? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-sex-scandal/52143/13 "2001-01-29T01:57:41Z")
“Authorities are grateful that Qasim Omar bravely stepped forward with his insider information, but it has not been determined how exactly he came into possession of all addresses and phone numbers of the 23 prostitutes.” Really. 😉 All kidding aside, did the players know these women were prostitutes, or did they think that they were just meeting a lot of pushovers? Because in the US, pro sports players don’t generally fool with prostitutes. They have their pick of women; they don’t need the risk of getting busted. Do cricket players date celebrities, as American athletes often do? Unless an American player had a particular kink that non-prostitutes generally don’t do, I don’t see him responding to particular eagerness to the offer of “We’ve got a girl for you tonight”.