Hong Kong Cricket dismisses match-fixing rumours
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team were approached by a diamond dealer of UAE.
There are a few investigations that are taking place, as there has been a conspiracy around a few players. Some players were called by a famous bookie during the tournament.
The chief said that Hong Kong Cricket Association (HKCA), interrogated New Zealand’s Nathan McCullum, Scott Styris, and, Daryl Tuffey, and has sent the report to the International Cricket Council (ICC) about the meeting, which took place between the Kiwis
and the Dubai based Diamond Merchant.
He stated, “We have been made aware by the ICC that an incident happened and we are investigating it further”.
Tandon also said that although the report has been sent to the ICC, he is confident that no incident of spot-fixing, or, match-fixing took place.
He added that there had been spot-fixing incidents in the recent past. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were banned from all forms of cricket by the ICC tribunal, due to the charges of their involvement in the spot-fixing
of the Lord’s Test in England in 2010.
However, the Sixer tournament has no such corruption in it he said.
He said, “But I can assure you that there has been no instance of match-fixing or spot-fixing. We have strictly adhered to ICC guidelines on corruption and I'm confident nothing happened”.
According to a renowned website, the Anti-Corruption department of ICC has investigated the three Kiwi players McCullum, Styris and Tuffey.
However, New Zealand player’s association chief, said that the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hong-Kong-c2919 Sixes were like festivals, and were not regular ICC sponsored events. He added that the lack of presence of ICC officials makes the tournament vulnerable to such activities.
The Hong Kong sixes is not an official ICC tournament but the world governing body of cricket endorses it.
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