SYDNEY: International Cricket Council (ICC) head of Anti Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) Ronnie Flanagan has expressed confidence that upcoming world cup will be free of match fixing and gambling, foreign news agency reported.
He said that “Evil” illegal gamblers using the grooming methods to try and corrupt cricketers have not gone away but he is confident the upcoming World Cup will be clean.
Australia and New Zealand authorities had taken every possible measure in their capacity to make the tournament free of corruption, Flanagan said.
“I think it is important that [fans] can come with confidence knowing this will be true competition between teams fought out on ability and perhaps little bit of luck,” he told a news conference on Friday.
“A tournament that is free of corruption or the threat of corruption.”
Flanagan appreciated the national and state governments in host countries for making laws to criminalize manipulating sporting events.
For the World Cup education programmes have also been put in place to ensure that every player in the tournament is aware of how the illegal gamblers try to exert their influence.
“We know there are rotten people out there, criminal people, who will do all in their power to get at players and others of influence in the game,” Flanagan added.
Flanagan said the Australian and New Zealand lawmakers, police and his unit had already been working together for two years to prevent any corruption.
The anti corruption head said that education programmes for players had also borne fruit with a 100 per cent increase in reports from players about approaches from suspect individuals.
Flanagan, formerly Britain’s top policeman, also defended his decision to curtail Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir’s five-year ban for spot-fixing seven months before it was due to expire.
He said that, the 22-year-old had also cooperated fully with investigators and his participation in the education programmes.
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