Corruption in Cricket is not a problem confined only to Pakistan- http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haroon-Lorgat-c61719
The chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Haroon Lorgat, insisted in an interview that corruption in the game of cricket is not a problem confined only to Pakistan and while there have been three players from Pakistan charged for having
links with bookies, the problem of corruption cannot be attributed to a single country.
“It is not a problem confined to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755. Corruption is a threat to all countries and can strike anywhere, so it's important we don't confine our attention to one or two places,” he said.
He welcomed the efforts and regulations introduced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), after the banning of former Test captain Salman Butt, pacers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif, after an ICC hearing found the trio guilty of taking bribes to deliberately
bowl no-balls during the Lord’s Test between Pakistan and England, in the summer of 2010.
On the question of whether the PCB has done enough to stamp out corruption from the sport, Lorgat stated, “I believe the PCB is well aware of the seriousness of corruption in cricket and they are tackling the issues. The recent guilty verdict on the three
players has resulted in the PCB taking a number of important steps to fight this scourge.”
He stated that the ICC is now on the lookout for any event that might challenge the integrity of the game and while there are http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-James-Harris-c44410 players in the sport, there will always be a possibility of a handful of them engaging in illegal practices.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, will be able to introduce new methods in the organization to curb the
existing corruption.
Earlier, this year, the ICC also advised the member cricket boards to devise strict rules and regulations against match/spot-fixing so that players could be nabbed and then put on trial.
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