Champions Trophy 2017: ICC wants to make sure that no corrupt practices take place

Chief of ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit Sir Ronnie Flanagan said that these days there are various ways to corrupt the cricketers without directly affecting the game’s outcome.

Published: May 26, 2017 10:35 AM IST

By Abhishek Nandwani

Champions Trophy 2017: ICC wants to make sure that no corrupt practices take place
The Champions Trophy began on June 1

Chief of ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Sir Ronnie Flanagan on Thursday made it sure that there are ‘no specific intelligence’ on ideas to corrupt the Champions Trophy but ICC cannot afford to overlook any casualties after all that came to the fore in the second edition of the Pakistan Super League.

Five players were accused of spot-fixing in the PSL and the ICC wants to make sure that an event as prestigious as the Champions Trophy does not come under the scanner for any wrong reasons.

“No, we don’t have specific intelligence at this stage of intentions to corrupt the tournament, but that doesn’t give us any sense of complacency whatsoever. We saw just very recently in the Pakistan Super League in Dubai instances that we will be guarding against,” ACU chief Flanagan told reporters.

Flanagan also said that these days there are various ways to corrupt the cricketers without directly affecting the game’s outcome.

“The attempt to draw players in, try and convince them, look, you can do something that won’t in any way affect the outcome of the game and it’s easy money. All these are tactics that they use to try and draw players in, and then perhaps having drawn one in, use that player as some sort of channel to pollute the atmosphere with some other players,” he said.

He also revealed another development that the ICC has made is to keep a tap on all contemporary modes of conversations like WhatsApp and other major messengers through which advances are made to cricketers.

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