{"id":6916,"date":"2012-01-10T20:33:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T18:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/01\/cricket-eradicating-corruption-almost-impossible-brearley-says\/"},"modified":"2012-01-10T20:33:14","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T18:33:14","slug":"cricket-eradicating-corruption-almost-impossible-brearley-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-eradicating-corruption-almost-impossible-brearley-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Eradicating corruption almost impossible, Brearley says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CAPE TOWN<\/span> Jan 10 (Reuters) – Mike Brearley, one
\nof England’s most successful cricket captains, said on
\nTuesday that eradicating corruption from the game was probably
\nimpossible but that was no reason to stop trying.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“There is a ruthless, insidious and dangerous underworld
\nwhere a lot of money can be made by gambling on cricket. There
\nare some very unpleasant people involved and the world’s
\nprofessional cricketers need to know that,” said Brearley in his
\ncapacity as chairman of the MCC’s World Cricket Committee which
\nmet on Sunday and Monday in Cape Town.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Brearley said the committee had spend 90 minutes with the
\nhead of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti
\nCorruption and Security Unit, Ronnie Flanagan, discussing how
\ncorrupt bookmakers and gamblers operated.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“They will devise new strategies to corrupt players so we
\nmust remain vigilant,” he said. ” The committee believe the
\nproblem can be contained, but probably not eradicated.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Fellow committee member and former South African batsman
\nBarry Richards, said: “What’s the alternative to fighting the
\ncancer? Throw our arms in the air and give up?<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“Way back in my era we used to say ‘what happened?’ when
\nsomething unusual happened. Now we say ‘what the hell’s going
\non?’ We desperately need to fight for the game’s integrity.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Among the committee’s proposals were the abolition of
\nminimum penalties for offenders and the adoption of ‘Mystery
\nShopper’ operations in which cricketers suspected of involvement
\nwith bookmakers could be set up with offers of illegal fixing
\nand prosecuted if they accepted.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The committee also endorsed the continuation of 50-over
\ncricket and the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) but
\ncriticised the postponement of the inaugural Test Championship
\nfrom 2013 to 2017.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“In every major sporting contest in the world, the winner
\ngets to hold a cup at the end of it. The sooner we can have that
\nfor test cricket the better the game will be,” said Richards.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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