Waugh glad players report corruption bids
LONDON: Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has said 56 players reported illegal approaches by bookmakers to the International Cricket Council (ICC) last year.
That compares to just five players informed the authorities of such contacts in 2009.
Waugh, who played his last Test match in 2004, has controversially called for players to take lie-detector tests in a bid to root out corruption from cricket and wants to discuss his proposal with the ICC’s anti-corruption and security unit (ACSU).
The 46-year-old Waugh, a member of the world cricket committee of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the guardian of the sport’s laws, has submitted to a polygraph examination himself.
“I don’t know if the ICC is doing enough,” he told BBC Radio’s Test Match Special.
“I’d like to have some conversations with them. They are doing some good work because last year 56 players reported an approach by a bookmaker and the year before it was only five, so that suggests the players have confidence in the system and confidence that it will work.
“By taking the lie-detector test I wanted to get the message out there that I was prepared to do this and I saw that (England captain) Andrew Strauss said he was prepared to do one if required too.”
That compares to just five players informed the authorities of such contacts in 2009.
Waugh, who played his last Test match in 2004, has controversially called for players to take lie-detector tests in a bid to root out corruption from cricket and wants to discuss his proposal with the ICC’s anti-corruption and security unit (ACSU).
The 46-year-old Waugh, a member of the world cricket committee of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the guardian of the sport’s laws, has submitted to a polygraph examination himself.
“I don’t know if the ICC is doing enough,” he told BBC Radio’s Test Match Special.
“I’d like to have some conversations with them. They are doing some good work because last year 56 players reported an approach by a bookmaker and the year before it was only five, so that suggests the players have confidence in the system and confidence that it will work.
“By taking the lie-detector test I wanted to get the message out there that I was prepared to do this and I saw that (England captain) Andrew Strauss said he was prepared to do one if required too.”
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