Australia’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Rodger-Waugh-c91216 takes a lie-detector test – Cricket News Update
Australia’s former ace captain, Steve Waugh, took a lie-detector test in a bid to encourage cricketers from going through the same test to prove that they have never fixed matches in the sport of cricket.
Waugh, who is a strong supporter of introducing the concept of using lie-detectors in cricket, believes the use of this technology will pressure the players to refrain from getting entangled in the heinous act of match-fixing, a menace that has plagued the
game for decades.
In order to prove his point, the 46-year-old Waugh volunteered to take the polygraph test, which he passed with flying colours as he proved that he had never fixed a match during his playing days.
The test was arranged by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), while the test was carried out by Steven http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746. According to Aperen, the former Australian skipper passed the test “convincingly”.
However, findings of polygraph tests cannot be used in British courts as evidence which means that players cannot be tried on the basis of these tests. On the other hand, the guillotine of a lie-detector hanging on the players will enlighten them of the
fact that they can be caught by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The MCC released a statement in this regard which read, “The (world cricket) committee accepts that the use of polygraph tests is a sensitive subject but their potential use should now be widely debated in the game. The Working Party hopes to meet, in the
near future, with the ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU), to present MCC's thorough analysis of polygraph testing."
Waugh has been a strong advocate of this technology since 2010, when three http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675, were exposed by a British tabloid “News of the World”, of having links with bookies and deliberately
bowling no-balls during the Lord’s test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) was taken aback by the findings of the British tabloid as they had no clue about the allegations levelled against the trio. After this scam the ACSU came under heavy criticism for not doing enough to curb corruption
in cricket.
Waugh now believes that if the ACSU adopts the use of lie-detectors, it will give them an edge over cheats within the game.
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