|
London: The International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Dave Richardson says that cricket’s world governing body is facing a “war” against corruption right now in which “everybody is susceptible”, including the curators and the groundsmen.
Cricket fraternity was once again left shaken when an Indian TV channel did a sting operation on umpires who were allegedly willing to give dubious decisions for money.
“It is everybody now unfortunately: everybody is susceptible, the curators, the groundsmen,” Richardson, who took over as the CEO in July this year, said at the unveiling of the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in England next year.
“At international level, whether it is a bilateral series or whether it is an ICC event, the attention to that aspect of the world game is at the same level every time we walk out onto the field so to speak.
“So it won’t be any less, it won’t be any more than normal. But the bottom line is, it is a bit of a war we are fighting and our anti-corruption unit has their work cut out to make sure the players are kept away from temptation and that we end up with a corruption-free event.” (PTI)
| 
