London, May 24:
None of the current crop of international cricketers, set to compete in the upcoming ICC World Cup, is under scanner claimed governing body’s top Anti-Corruption official Alex Marshall, who expects the “safest” tournament in the history of the global meet.
For the first time ever, all 10 teams competing over the next six weeks in England and Wales will have their own dedicated anti-corruption manager, travelling with them.
“Over the last 18 months, we have charged 14 or 15 people. None of those are current players. The people we have charged are administrators, senior administrators, board members, coaches, ex-players and an analyst. These are people on the edge of the squad, not people currently among the player group,” confirmed ICC GM (ACU) Marshall during a media conference on Friday.
“In addition to the people we have charged, we have also disrupted more than 30 corruptors who are outside our code, but we nevertheless pursued them wherever they are in the world to make it hard for them to operate as corruptors anywhere near cricket,” he added.
He is confident that the corruptors will not be able to breach the protective layers around the players.
“When corruptors look at the World Cup they see a very well organised, professional, well governed and well protected event. This is a very tough event for corruptors to come near. Of course they (corruptors) would love to, the yields would be high but our job throughout the World Cup will be to make sure they don’t get near it.” (PTI)
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