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Lorgat hits back at Steve Waugh’s claim

International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat has hit back at Steve Waugh's claim that 56 cricketers reported illegal approaches by bookmakers to the sport's governing body last year. Former Australia captain Waugh recently claimed that the number of illegal contacts reported had risen dramatically over the last two years.

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Anderson believes bookies may approach players on Facebook

England pacer James Anderson has revealed that social networking site Facebook has become the latest tool in the hands of illegal bookmakers to approach players, a danger that the ICC is keeping a close eye on.

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Use of lie detector machines is mockery: Salman Butt

Pakistan's banned former captain Salman Butt has described as a 'mockery' the proposal by former Australia captain Steve Waugh to use lie detector tests in international cricket to root out corruption from the sport.

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Steve Waugh claims 56 cricketers approached by bookmakers

Former Australian captain Steve Waugh has claimed that 56 cricketers have reported being approached by illegal bookmakers in the past one year alone.

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FICA strongly opposes use of lie detectors on cricketers

The world cricketers' association said it "outright rejects" the MCC's proposals to encourage players to take lie detector tests in an effort to fight corruption within the game. The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the guardian of the rules of cricket, says the potential use of lie detector tests should be widely debated.

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Waugh leads the way to fight corruption

By Julian Guyer

 

Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has taken a lie-detector test as part of his bid to help root corruption out of cricket.

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It will be do or die in England for Yuvraj’s aspirations as a Test player

Yuvraj has a few years of good cricket ahead of him.

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Slow pitches and inexperience leading Windies to downfall: Ambrose

By Ashish Shukla

 

Legendary fast bowler Curtly Ambrose made no bones about the fact that West Indies cricket is in a "terrible" state and would require lot of effort to regain its part glory.

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1989 Ashes: The series that propelled Australia on the path to greatness

The 1989 Ashes series, won 4-0 by Australia, propelled them on the path to greatness.

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It’s time to introduce day-night Test cricket to boost the traditional format of the game

Twenty20 has definitely lured viewers away from the five-day format.

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