Bollywood superstar and Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan on Sunday expressed disappointment at the ICC Anti Corruption Unit barring him from going to the team dug out and dressing room in the remaining matches of the Indian Premier League. The Anti Corruption Unit officials had cautioned the actor about going into the dressing room and the team dug out during the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings.
Indian Premier League's embattled Chairman Lalit Modi on Monday refuted allegations of betting and money laundering in the event, saying the charges were "nonsense" and aimed at discrediting the Twenty20 tournament.
The team will be in Nagpur by Monday and will have detailed discussions with the Nagpur police.
"We have received the report today and have forwarded it to the ICC for necessary action," BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla told PTI.
UAE's wicketkeeper-batsman Gulam Shabbir was on Monday banned from all cricket for four years after he admitted breaching six counts of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code during the series against Nepal and Zimbabwe in 2019.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Saturday appointed former Rajasthan DGP as the Head of its Anti-Corruption Unit, replacing former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar.
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting on Wednesday said his team was doing whatever it could to cooperate with the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit in it's investigation into the alleged reports of illegal bookmakers approaching one of the team members during the on-going Ashes series.
Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf, who is embroiled in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, broke his silence for the first time since his name cropped up in the Mumbai police's investigation, saying he is ready to face the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit to clear his name.
Controversial former pacer Sarfaraz Nawaz has lashed out at ICC's anti-corruption and security unit, terming it as a "useless" body.
Former Test umpire Darrell Hair is not surprised by the recent match-fixing scandal as he claimed that ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) had issued a warning a decade ago mentioning the possibilities of Pakistan bowling deliberate no-balls in matches.
Cricket's world governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), said on Monday that its anti-corruption unit was probing the Hong Kong team but ruled out any match-fixing angle to its investigation.
The International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit has been monitoring the unusual activities of a leading Sri Lankan player after team members alerted their captain Kumar Sangakkara of his late-night activities with a man believed to be an illegal bookmaker.
Oman's Yousuf Abdulrahim Al Balushi has been banned from cricket for seven years due to match-fixing offences, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday. Al Balushi was found guilty of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code on four counts relating to Twenty20 World Cup qualifiers held in the United Arab Emirates last year.
It took chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed's intervention to convince an "upset" Younis Khan to take the field in the first one-dayer against Banglades,h as the batsman was furious after being questioned by an ICC investigating officer just ahead of the match.
Allegations of spot-fixing by English cricketers have been dismissed by the England and Wales Cricket Board's Integrity Team and Cricket Australia.
More than 20 English county cricketers and two umpires are being questioned by anti-corruption detectives as part of the ICC's match-fixing investigation.
'In collaboration with ICC and the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA), CWI remains committed to sensitizing and educating our players and officials on anti-corruption in sports.'
The International Cricket Council said it is investigating the pitch tampering allegations made against Pune curator Pandurang Salgaoncar ahead of the second ODI between India and New Zealand in Pune on Wednesday.
The 38-year-old, who played nine one-dayers and two Twenty20 internationals for Sri Lanka, has been charged with three counts of breaching the anti-corruption code of the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), the global governing body said.
ICC's Anti Corruption Unit official Alex Marshall said that most of the bookies indulging in corrupt practices are Indians.
Streak gave inside info to suspected bookie during IPL coaching stint.
Pakistan's suspended trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Muhammad Amir on Friday recording their statements to the anti-corruption tribunal of the International Cricket Council in Doha.
Alex Marshall, ICC's general manager of its anti-corruption unit, met Interpol officials in Lyon last week to seek closer working relations, it added.
The International Cricket Council's (ICC) anti-corruption unit is examining Pakistan's dismal tour of Australia this year when they were whitewashed in the Test and One-day series.
The umpire was seen wearing the watch during the first session of the second Test between England and Pakistan.
Pakistan team's current media manager Umar Farooq Kalson and board's GM (International Cricket) Adnan Ali are under scanner after pictures and video footages emerged of the duo visiting a Colombo casino.
Former Sri Lankan all-rounder Dilhara Lokuhettige has been banned from cricket for eight years due to corruption, the International Cricket Council said on Monday.
Pakistan's former foreign coach, Richard Pybus has criticised the ICC's anti corruption unit over its inability to act against match-fixers and blamed it for the spot-fixing scandal in England that led to the suspension of three Pakistani players.
The ICC is set to launch its own investigation into Pakistan's 2010 tour of England following indications of more tainted matches even as former cricketers called for a pro-active approach in dealing with corruption in the game.
The ICC said it is investigating but also stated that the channel has not cooperated in the matter.
The ICC said the former Sri Lanka pacer was charged with three counts of breaching the code, including "fixing or contriving" aspects of an international match.
IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla said that in this season of the popular T20 tournament, the viewers too would get a chance to air their views on decisions referred to the third umpire. "They will be given a placard, and whatever they say, out or not out, that will be caught by the camera and shown on the screen....but the decision of the third umpire will be final," he added. "This opinion will not matter to the third umpire, he will go as per whatever he sees on the (TV) screen," he said, speaking to reporters at a function here. This will increase the involvement of the viewers, he said. Bollywood stars Ranveer Singh, Katrina Kaif and the singer Yo Yo Honey Singh, among others, would be performing in the IPL opening ceremony on April 8 at Worli in Mumbai, Shukla said.
The International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit on Monday said tainted Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir's video in which he admitted his guilt and also described the after-effect of his wrongdoing is being used to educate cricketers about the consequences of indulging in corrupt practices like spot-fixing and match-fixing.
The ICC anti-corruption and security unit has recorded the statements of Pakistan coach Waqar Younis, One-day captain Shahid Afridi and team security manager Colonel Khawaja Najam as part of its evidence building process in the spot-fixing case.
An ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) officer has rubbished alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed's claim that Australian cricketers were involved in match-fixing, saying the world body had "no evidence" of any wrongdoings carried out by the Aussies.
The BCCI on Friday made it clear that it had not been told by ICC regarding the world body's reported warning to betting accused Gurunath Meiyappan to keep away from bookies at the start of IPL 6 as has been claimed by him during police interrogation.
Zoysa was provisionally suspended in October 2018 and charged with three offences under the ICC's anti-corruption code
The Australian newspaper reported on Saturday the documentary will allege spot-fixers bribed the groundsman at Galle to doctor the pitch used for the 2016 second Test between hosts Sri Lanka and Australia.
Dismayed after the testimony of Brendon McCullum in an anti-corruption case was leaked to the media, the ICC has launched an urgent investigation into the matter while insisting that the New Zealand cricketer was not under any suspicion.
Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad has reported a spot-fixing approach for the upcoming Afghan Premier T20 League to be held in Sharjah from October 5-23.
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