Muralitharan wants life bans for spot-fixers – Cricket News Update
Former Sri Lankan great, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Muralitharan-c1864, wants the International Cricket Council to impose life bans on anyone who puts the game into disrepute.
His comments came after six umpires were suspended by their respective boards for allegedly fixing facets of matches for illegal payments. A sting operation was carried by the an Indian TV challenge, which supposedly showed umpires, from three countries, willing to accept money in order to give favourable decisions in first-class matches.
These include men from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 had ordered the boards to begin a thorough investigation into the matter, and further asked the TV channel to share the tapes of their undercover operation for a fool-proof examination.
This is another of many incidents over the past couple of years which has brought the integrity of the game into question. Earlier, the BCCI suspended, and then banned, five domestic Indian players for their involvement in corruption during the Indian Premier League.
On the international front, Pakistan’s trio of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in 2010.
The current umpiring saga however, addresses corruption at the first-class level. Only one umpire from the six is on ICC’s elite panel, while the others largely officiate domestic matches, although have offered services at the national level.
Murali, who retired from cricket following the 2011 World Cup, says that imposing life bans remains the way to move forward.
"Definitely, people that do these things should be punished for life. They, at any level, should not be tolerated," the 40-year-old told Reuters. "I think the ICC are doing the right thing...if they are found guilty, they will definitely be punished."
"In society there are good people and bad people and it has always been like that, but fortunately they get caught so that means cricket is getting cleaner and cleaner. I think ICC are doing a lot of education (programmes for players). Cricket boards, match referees, management (are also) educating, so there is enough education."
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