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ICC asks Al Jazeera to share evidence to help in corruption investigation

by July 26th, 2018

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked Al Jazeera to share evidence that would help the governing body further investigate corruption in the sport after the news organisation aired a documentary on the matter last weekend.

The ICC launched a probe after the “Cricket’s Match Fixers” programme showed a groundsman agreeing to tailor pitches for test matches involving leading teams.

CEO of the ICC David Richardson said in a statement “I ask Al Jazeera to release to us all the material they have relating to corruption in cricket ”.

“We will conduct a full, thorough and fair investigation and ensure no stone is left unturned as we examine all allegations of corruption made in the programme. To do so, we need to see all the evidence they state they possess.”

The programme claimed that the stadium manager at Galle in Sri Lanka may have doctored the pitch at the behest of fixers and suggested minor Twenty20 events had also been targeted.

It also alleged incidents of spot-fixing in a Chennai match between England and India in December 2016 and the Australia-India test in Ranchi in March 2017.

Match-fixing has become a major concern for the sport in recent years with a high-profile incident involving Pakistan on a previous tour to England forming one of cricket’s low points.

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