Al Jazeera may show ICC evidence of ‘corruption’

Seven England games under spotlight as TV documentary identifies Indian crime syndicate
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Will Macpherson24 October 2018

Al Jazeera have “not ruled out” allowing the ICC to see the material it claims exposes widespread fixing in cricket, according to the journalist who worked on the controversial documentary.

The ICC have so far been unsuccessful in their attempts to persuade Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based television network, to hand over all its information. Al Jazeera alleges that 15 matches, involving 12 different international teams across all three formats, were subject to spot-fixing in 2011-12, as well as games in the Big Bash T20 competition in Australia.

Earlier this year, Al Jazeera’s first documentary alleged England and Australia had been involved in corrupt practices on tours of India in 2016 and 2017. Both the ECB and Cricket Australia have rejected the allegations and say they have no doubts about the integrity of their players and staff.

Investigative reporter David Harrison, who worked on the programme, told the BBC: “We are in talks with Interpol at the moment to hand over our material to them, which we will do willingly. Depending on how things go with the ICC, we’re certainly not ruling out handing over material to them.”

Al Jazeera did not name any player it alleges was guilty of fixing, but Harrison said the programme showed “hugely strong evidence” of corruption.

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