The Thin White Line

The Inside Story of Cricket's Greatest Fixing Scandal

Nick Greenslade (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2025
Pitch Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-83680-068-2 (ISBN)

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The Thin White Line is the gripping account of the spot-fixing scandal of 2010 which sent shockwaves through cricket. Examining the fateful events of that August and beyond, it reveals how the News of the World uncovered the criminality of the Pakistan captain and his two best bowlers, and how its reporter followed them to jail.

**Winner of the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award 2021**

A revelatory insider account of a global story that sent shockwaves through cricket which still reverberate – the spot-fixing scandal of 2010. Perfect for every cricket fan!

By Nick Greenslade, former deputy sport editor of The Times and The Sunday Times.

The scandal stunned the wider sporting world and confirmed the reputation of the News of the World's Mazher Mahmood as the most controversial news reporter of his generation.

This gripping and forensically researched book:

Takes the reader through the twists and turns of those fateful days late one August and beyond
Shines a light on the tradecraft of the News of the World team and how they exposed the criminal scheming of the cricketers and their fixer Mazhar Majeed
Brings you exclusive views and insights from the international cricketers, commentators, reporters, officials and lawyers involved
Reveals how deeply fixing had penetrated the Pakistan dressing room, and lifts the lid on the black arts of investigative reporting which would eventually prove Mahmood's undoing
Benefits from exclusive access to previously unpublished News of the World documents

Discover how the spot-fixing scandal started a stunning chain of events that saw the News of the World shut down, Pakistan captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir banned and sent to prison and Mahmood himself put behind bars.

Nick Greenslade is a former deputy sport editor of The Sunday Times. He was educated at St John’s College, Cambridge, where he read history. After a brief career in advertising, he began his career in journalism at The Nation magazine in New York and has also held editorial positions at The Observer and Daily Mail. He has contributed to the New Statesman, Time Out and Private Eye and In These Times in the US. He lives in Kent with his wife and three children.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.09.2025
Verlagsort	Hove
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-83680-068-1 / 1836800681
ISBN-13	978-1-83680-068-2 / 9781836800682
Zustand	Neuware