Fresh claims in a documentary; ICC asks again for images

A new documentary released on Sunday reveals that international cricket has been criticized, but the ICC has refuted "the badertion" that it does not take corruption seriously in sport and has again questioned the refusal of the TV channel to share the raw footage. A report on Al Jazeera's website said that "the evidence, from 2011 to 2012, indicates that a small group of English players would have scored points in seven games, Australian players in five matches, Pakistani players in three, with players from other teams making punctual corrections during a match.

"As for the first program, we have and will continue to seek the cooperation of the broadcaster.We have increased efforts to collaborate with the broadcaster, who can play a crucial role in the thorough and in-depth investigation that he called for, "said the director general of the ICC against corruption, Alex Marshall, in a statement.

The ICC has been looking for images of the act committed by the channel since it was first broadcast at the beginning of the year. However, he claims to have received no cooperation from the channel.

"We welcome the broadcaster's commitment to share the files with Interpol and, hopefully, other law enforcement agencies capable of giving this information and to help rid these criminals of their sport, "he added.

The station's report further stated that the matches in which corrections were made included an England-India match at Lord & # 39; s Cricket Ground, a South Africa-Australia game in Cape Town and several games in the English series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates. Emirates (United Arab Emirates).

"The files suggest that the alleged patches were usually made by drummers who agreed to underperform Some of the world's most famous players were hitting when the patches would have happened. fixes, giving a total of 26 corrections in the 15 matches, "the report said.

The channel claimed that his record included photographs of the alleged Dubai-based alliances arranger Aneel Munawar and his badociates hovering nearby international cricketers such as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Umar Akmal during the T20. World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2012.

But the channel has made it clear that nothing indicates that these players have been involved in wrongdoing.

"As you can imagine, we will again take seriously the content of the program and any allegations it may contain and conduct a thorough investigation." However, I must refute the statement that Cricket does not take the problem of corruption seriously, we have more resources than ever before to rid our sport of corruption, "said Marshall.

"The investigation into these allegations has already begun and will run parallel to a number of non-related live investigations." Upon review of applications, we will work with independent professional badysts bets. "