A television channel has said it has caught on camera international umpires agreeing to fix matches during domestic Twenty20 tournaments.
Anyone involved in spot-fixing should be banned for life, former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan said on Saturday, days after six umpires were provisionally suspended for allegedly agreeing to fix matches.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched an investigation into match-fixing allegations made by a television channel against international umpires.
Implicated in the TV sting operation that claims to have exposed corruption by umpires, Pakistan's Nadeem Ghauri is planning to take legal action against the channel after getting the subtle backing of his Cricket Board which has 'decided against jumping to conclusions'.
The Pakistan Cricket Board rejected a proposal to grant Test umpire Nadeem Ghauri a six-month relaxation from his four-year ban and allow him to resume umpiring in domestic tournaments this season.
The Super League semi-finals will be the first matches in the tournament to make use of a third umpire.
Sri Lankan umpires Sagara Gallage and Maurice de La Zilwa, who were caught in a television sting operation willing to fix cricket matches for money, have been suspended for 10 and three years respectively while Gamini Dissanayake, the other accused umpire, was exonerated due to lack of evidence.
Just as they were about a kilometre away from the stadium, Taufel says, he heard something that sounded like firecrackers.
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