PCB to revise cricketers’ education programmes to stamp out spot-fixing – Cricket News Update
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board (PCB) is keen to upgrade the education and training programmes for the young cricketers in a bid to prevent any chances of spot-fixing or match-fixing. The board also plans to tighten the surveillance of the players and their agents.
These measures are going to be taken in the aftermath of the notorious spot-fixing scandal and subsequent convictions of the three young and talented Pakistani cricketers including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salman-Butt-c2418.
The trio perpetrated a big spot-fixing scandal during a Test match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-c75448 Majeed, was the architect of the controversy. However, the offence came into the media radar and the International Cricket Council
(http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) reacted strictly by imposing 5-year ban on each of the three.
Recently, a British Crown Court, after a short trial, has handed over varied jail terms to the threesome. Butt is to bear the brunt for 30 months, while Asif and Amir will remain imprisoned fo 12 months and 6 months respectively. Majeed has also been jailed
for 2 years and 8 months.
This debacle has spurred alarm waves across the world cricketing community, which has demanded the Pakistani cricket authorities to take some calculated proactive steps to hamper corruption in future.
In this regard, the PCB has decided to improve the education system by inducting training regarding International laws and cricket rules.
Talking to the media today, the PCB media general manager, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nadeem-Sarwar-c78422, said, “The PCB is determined to ensure that any form of corrupt behaviour from
http://cricket.yahoo.com/team-profile/Pakistan_6 cricket is stamped out.”
He further told, “Training courses under the PCB education programme will be upgraded for all players and particularly younger entrants into international cricket to inform them of the law and spirit of the game, the inducements that may be offered to them
by unscrupulous elements, and the pitfalls associated with deviant behaviour.”
Sarwar also revealed that the cricketers’ both off-field and on-field activities will be keenly monitored from now onwards, and the criteria for appointments of promotion agents is to be made tough.
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