ICC unveils that four international team skippers reported approach to ACU

ICC said that rooting out the corruption is getting difficult due to mushrooming T20 leagues.

International Cricket Council

International Cricket Council (ICC) has revealed that four international captains reported approaches to the governing body's Anti Corruption Unit between June 1, 2017, and May 31, 2018.

In its annual report, ICC has mentioned that it conducted 18 investigations from June 2017 and May 2018, 17 of which were launched after the arrival of ACU General Manager Alex Marshall on September 1 last year.

"There has been a pleasing increase in the number of players having the confidence to approach the ACU with reports of suspicious activity. Four international captains reported approaches during 2017-18 and every avenue was explored," said the ICC in the report.

"There were five disruptions -- where individuals who are not directly involved in cricket have their corrupt activities disrupted -- and 13 investigations remained ongoing as at May 31, 2018. Two of the investigations were media stings, one investigation exonerated a groundsman and several players whilst the other is ongoing," said the report.

ICC, however, pointed out that the mushrooming T20 leagues around the world have made it a big challenge for it to root out such corruption.

"These leagues range from well managed - in anti-corruption terms - global events through to those organised entirely for the purposes of corruption. The most obvious example of the latter is the Ajman All Stars event which took place in the UAE in early 2018. Going forward, it is intended to set minimum standards in anti-corruption to cover all the new T20 leagues across the world because it is not possible to police every one of those matches in person," stated the report further.

ICC stated that in the season of 2017-18, a total of 1468 players, support staff, and match officials have been educated at 12 international events: six ICC global events including 2017 Champions Trophy and the Women's World Cup.

(With PTI inputs)

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 20 Jul, 2018

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