Published: Oct 07, 2015, 12:55 PM (IST)
Edited: Oct 07, 2015, 04:09 PM (IST)
Cricket Australia (CA) had announced an amnesty last year in the month of October and November, thus enabling international and domestic players to willing come out and report any corruption based issues without hesitation. If any player is found of not disclosing corruption within the fraternity, he is eligible for a ban of five years. Recently, two Australian cricketers have reported about suspicious approach to the cricket governing body, A spokesperson from CA was quoted: “Our integrity unit was pleased with the response to the amnesty. The process was confidential and therefore details of anyone that was forthcoming with information cannot be disclosed.” Many of the cricketers had reported instances of them being approached illegally on home and international soil. ALSO READ: Cricket Australia instructs players to rejoin state squads
It has being found that no Australian cricketer was involved in any type of suspicious activity after the Indian Premier League (IPL) was hit with corruption claims. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (CSK) are the two tainted franchises who have been banned from IPL for the next two years. CA does not intend to make another opening for amnesty but maintained that the hotline is always open for any report pertaining to corruption. “Not only does the hotline provide players, coaches and officials with an additional channel to report integrity issues such as corruption or doping activities, but it also provides the public with a simple and easy opportunity to report such integrity issues to CA,” the spokesman said. The International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ICC ACSU) chief, Sir Ronnie Flanagan recently said that corruption will always be there in cricket, but maintained that it is up to the cricket authorities to curb corruption from taking place. ALSO READ: Australia squad for New Zealand Tests quite different from that of Bangladesh tour, says Mark Waugh
The success of the authorities in nabbing Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer in 2010 for their involvement in spot-fixing scandal is seen as a turning point, but Twenty20 leagues still remain a big threat and the CA is leaving no stones un-turned in making its cricket taint free under the eyes of security manager Sean Caroll and Integrity manager Iain Roy. In order to making betting more corrupt free, they have entered into an agreement with bet monitoring company, Sport Radar. It is estimated that cricket contributes 10 per cent for the global betting market of $3 trillion annually.
