Ian Botham urges ICC to be more proactive while dealing with corruption in the game - Cricket News Update
Former England skipper, Ian Botham ,feels the conviction of the Pakistan duo of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993 has put an added responsibility on both the Pakistan Cricket Board as well as the International Cricket Council to be more proactive in their approach
to deal with the menace of spot fixing and match fixing.
The legendary all-rounder from England, on Wednesday accused the International Cricket Council (ICC) of being lenient on corruption in the past and has urged the governing body to be more proactive in uncovering corruption prevailing within the game.
"Pakistani cricket has serious problems it needs to address and with three of its players caught up in this case, the question is whether there are more," wrote Ian Botham in his column for a leading newspaper after the jury of the Southwark Crown Court
on spot fixing found Asif and Butt guilty of charges of “conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt money”.
The veteran insisted that what has happened with the Pakistan cricket can happen anywhere and for any other nation. He urged the anti-corruption unit of International Cricket Council to be more proactive and put a sense of fear into the players so that they
don’t even think of indulging into any such illegal activity in the future.
The maximum punishment for accepting corrupt money Under the British law is imprisonment for seven years while the prison sentence for 'conspiracy to cheat' is two years detention maximum.
The English all-rounder said that detention can be strong deterrent for the other cricketers who might be tempted to engage in corrupt activities.
He urged the PCB and ICC to take some drastic measures in this regard on an urgent basis.
"The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 great wrote in his column published in a UK Daily on
Wednesday.
"The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 must be constructive. Everyone seems to pretend the issue isn't there. It is and must be addressed," he added further.
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