http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haroon-Lorgat-c61719 believes Cricket will come out strong from the recent rows - Cricket News Update
Talking of his four-year tenure as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Haroon Lorgat said that the low point of his term was the spot-fixing saga, which brought the game of cricket in disrepute.
Lorgat, who assumed office in April 2008, became the third CEO of the ICC, has recently handed over his position to countryman and former South African wicketkeeper, David http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Richardson-c85395, following the end of his term.
The former chief executive however, insisted that the game is now in a better position to fight corruption, and its reaction to the worst scandal in recent cricket history, would act as a deterrent in future.
"It's a lowlight, but in the manner we responded we demonstrated we will not tolerate any form of corruption and that we're going to pursue it to a logical conclusion," the South African was talking to AFP.
The cricketing world was taken by a storm when three Pakistani players, then Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675 were convicted and jailed for their involvement in the spot-fixing scandal during the Lord’s Test in 2010.
Just days ago, another http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Danish-Kaneria-c1314 was slapped with a life ban, after he was held responsible for acting as a “recruiter of match-fixers” and encouraged and influenced young players to indulge into corruption.
During the recently concluded annual talks in Kuala Lumpur, the ICC Board members were instructed to uphold a global lifetime ban on Pakistani spinner, given by the English Cricket Board’s (ECB) disciplinary panel, with the episode further leaving an English
player Mervyn Westfield in jail.
Later, Mohammad Amir appeared in a cautionary documentary, warning young players about the menace of spot-fixing and corruption.
A decade ago, the image of the game was severely tarnished due to match-fixing scandal involving several cricketers from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
However, Lorgat feels that the adoption of reforms by the domestic bodies and the introduction of anti-corruption codes allowed the sport to better fight its battle with corruption.
"There's a far greater appreciation from (players) to be responsible and to respond to approaches that they might face. I think the positive out of that scandal is that we've dealt with it and strengthened our processes. Part of that is the education process
that we've also improved upon," Lorgat said.
Talking about the high points, he considered the successful ODI World Cup in 2011 as the biggest achievement of his http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 career. However, the South African forewarned that the governing body is slowly progressing towards reforms and it might take a while
before things begin to settle down.
"I think it would be unfair of any of us to expect overnight change," he former chief executive concluded.
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