{
  "id": 12554063,
  "title": "Test cricket's biggest scandals - your result revealed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/test-crickets-biggest-scandals-your-result-revealed",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-07T05:24:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC Sport",
    "slug": "bbc-sport",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cv4g176nr2g6o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Test cricket's biggest scandals have been revealed in a recent poll conducted by Test Match Special in collaboration with BBC Sport. The poll asked readers to rank the ten most notorious scandals in Test cricket history, with results released on the TMS podcast. Among the scandals, Pakistan's ball-tampering incident during the 2006 Ashes series at The Oval stands out, as the team refused to play after the ball was suggested to be tampered with, leading to the match being abandoned and awarded to England. This event is considered the biggest scandal in Test cricket history, with Jonathan Agnew expressing irritation at the unfairness of the situation. Another significant scandal is England's Test match against Pakistan in 1987, which was stopped for over 24 hours due to a dispute between Mike Gatting and home umpire Shakoor Rana. This incident resulted in England feeling a lack of trust towards Pakistani umpires, leading to a long-standing lack of trust between the two nations.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Are Test cricket batters getting worse? The stats say yes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/are-test-cricket-batters-getting-worse-the-stats-say-yes",
        "published": "2026-10-07T02:22:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "‘It’ll hurt cricket’: CA boss’ warning to curators amid two-day Test fears",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/itll-hurt-cricket-ca-boss-warning-to-curators-amid-two-day-test-fears",
        "published": "2026-10-07T05:33:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘It’ll hurt cricket’: CA boss’ warning to curators amid two-day Test fears",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/itll-hurt-cricket-ca-boss-warning-to-curators-amid-two-day-test-fears-12556195",
        "published": "2026-10-07T05:33:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}