ICC Media Release, 12 March - ICC dismisses The Sunday Times report

[Shayan]

ICC MEDIA RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Dubai, 12 March 2012


Following a report in The Sunday Times newspaper, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has dismissed the claim that it is investigating the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final between India and Pakistan.

In a statement, the ICC Chief Executive Mr Haroon Lorgat said: “The story carried by the newspaper, in which it has claimed that the ICC is investigating the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final between India and Pakistan, is baseless and misleading. The ICC has no reason or evidence to require an investigation into this match.

“It is indeed sad for spurious claims to be made which only serve to cause doubt on the semi-final of one of the most successful ICC Cricket World Cups ever.”

In keeping with its policy, the ICC will make no further comment on matters pertaining to the Anti-Corruption and Safety Unit (ACSU).

[cricketworm]

Is ICC is the BCCI joke taken?

FIRST!! wohooo

[Sherlock]

What a surprise

No-one in their right mind thought if anything did happen, the ICC would do or say anything but the above.

[Saurav]

obviously BCCI influenced ICC

It has be fixing for Pak to lose

[shahrukh619]

BCCI influences ICC... SO offcourse ICC is not going to do anything, expecially when there Chamchas are involved.....

[iRfaN_LA]

surprise surprise !!!

[shahrukh619]

Originally Posted by iRfaN_LA surprise surprise !!!

actualy not surprised...

[cricketjoshila]

Anyone has any credible evidence?

[Muhammad Waleed]

Following a report in The Sunday Times newspaper, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has dismissed the claim that it is investigating the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final between India and Pakistan. In a statement, the ICC Chief Executive Mr Haroon Lorgat said: "The story carried by the newspaper, in which it has claimed that the ICC is investigating the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final between India and Pakistan, is baseless and misleading. The ICC has no reason or evidence to require an investigation into this match. "It is indeed sad for spurious claims to be made which only serve to cause doubt on the semi-final of one of the most successful ICC Cricket World Cups ever." In keeping with its policy, the ICC will make no further comment on matters pertaining to the Anti-Corruption and Safety Unit (ACSU).

http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/newsdet...469_1331590140



Game over

[Sultan Yusuf]

The lumps underneath the carpet are going to start to show soon

[mrk]

This is atleast 3rd time Indian players name or indian name came up and ICC day after says no match fixing. Now Pakistan should take hard stand up against ICC and tell them if to unban Amir and do some thing about Indian mafia. And next time any Pakistani player involved in match fixing gets life ban.

Cricket: ICC dismisses India match-fixing claims



DUBAI: The International Cricket Council on Monday dismissed a claim in a British newspaper that Indian bookmakers were fixing the results of English county games and overseas fixtures.

The chief executive of the sport's world governing body, Haroon Lorgat, described a report in Britain's Sunday Times that it was probing last year's World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan as "baseless and misleading".

"The ICC has no reason or evidence to require an investigation into this match," he said in an emailed statement to media.

"It is indeed sad for spurious claims to be made which only serve to cause doubt on the semi-final of one of the most successful ICC Cricket World Cups ever."

The weekly claimed on Sunday that it had uncovered evidence that tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) was on offer to players to throw part or all of international matches, including the crunch semi-final between the bitter South Asian rivals.

India won the match and went on to beat Sri Lanka in the final.

One New Delhi-based bookmaker was quoted as saying that English county cricket was a "good new market" because matches were low-profile. Money was on offer to batsmen to score slowly and bowlers to concede runs in a set pattern, the report said.

The allegations came just weeks after former Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield became the first English cricketer to be jailed for corruption, after admitting accepting money to fix a match against Durham in September 2009.

Last year, Pakistan players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer were also jailed in Britain for their role in a separate "spot-fixing" scandal concerning a 2010 Test match against England. (AFP)

http://www.geo.tv/GeoDetail.aspx?ID=39524

[spaceshot]

Kaafi blatant rejection hai ji.
Ek dam point blank style No bol daala. Should have atleast shown a flicker of an intent...?



And yea.. what's Wao ..???

[spaceshot]

Now Pakistan should take hard stand up against ICC and tell them if to unban Amir and do some thing about Indian mafia. And next time any Pakistani player involved in match fixing gets life ban.

Jab tak aise log hain yahan.. laughter ka dose lene ke liye zyada dikkat nahi aani chahiye

[mrk]

Originally Posted by spaceshot Jab tak aise log hain yahan.. laughter ka dose lene ke liye zyada dikkat nahi aani chahiye

I said this because double standars by ICC.

[spaceshot]

Originally Posted by mrk I said this because double standars by ICC.

Dude, you made a hilarious post and that's why i wrote it.

If fever is in the air, you gonna go killing the virus or gonna take precautions and keep a medicine close by ?
I got no issues accepting that bookies are a problem, but they ll arise at any given instance, the players should understand what is right for them and for the game.

Agar unke zehen mein galat ki definition hi theek nahi, toh fir kya karogey ??

[Itachi]

Originally Posted by Statsman Some really hard working guy...

sounds to me a crying cat outside....

P.s. The title should be india-pakistan OP making it masala.

On topic, now its for the sunday times to come out with facts, proves, evidence to make their case stronger. Simply an accusation isn't enough....

[Itachi]

Originally Posted by mrk I said this because double standars by ICC.

NOTW came out with evidences. Did sunday times give evidence?

[Inzamamfan]

Funny to see ICC fighting against corruption. What do they mean by ' misleading' very funny how the hell do they know it is the truth?

Remember the game Pakistan VS England in 2010 when Pakistan won and someone said that it was fixed? The ICC directly started to investigate knowing that it was misleading . Nice fighting against corruption.

Maybe Iljazz butt should take over the ICC

[cricketworm]

Originally Posted by spaceshot ^ Shaant Gadadhaari bheem.. Vyarth topic derail na karo.

What topic?

Sunday Times paid bookies (or out side party paid bookies to tell Sunday times) and said "Hey, do you want to make money by trolling Indians and Pakistanis" "Sure, why not, there is nothing spicy to troll about anyways" "Let's troll the emotions of numb fans, who have gone through hell just a year ago" "Screw the ethics" "Hell with the cricket fans"

[The Muppets XI]

Hmmmm, so the current story is from a broadsheet (The Times) and the ICC are quick to say that they are not investigating. But if it comes from a red top (The Sun - 'They're Bat it Again') the ICC are quick to come out and say it will be investigated.

Btw this is only about the Semi Final bit of the article - does this mean the ICC are still investigating the other allegations mentioned in the article or not?

[Itachi]

Originally Posted by cricketworm What topic? Sunday Times paid bookies (or out side party paid bookies to tell Sunday times) and said "Hey, do you want to make money by trolling Indians and Pakistanis" "Sure, why not, there is nothing spicy to troll about anyways" "Let's troll the emotions of numb fans, who have gone through hell just a year ago" "Screw the ethics" "Hell with the cricket fans"

i agree that ICC can't investigate every claim but there must be a strict standard.

ICC shouldn't make discriminations. Should be one rule to all.

[spaceshot]

Originally Posted by cricketworm What topic? Sunday Times paid bookies (or out side party paid bookies to tell Sunday times) and said "Hey, do you want to make money by trolling Indians and Pakistanis" "Sure, why not, there is nothing spicy to troll about anyways" "Let's troll the emotions of numb fans, who have gone through hell just a year ago" "Screw the ethics" "Hell with the cricket fans"

Again, what u say might be a speculation/theory.
So dont offer anything to ensure further stupidity.

[Statsman]

The NOTW one had a clear cut video evidence. And most here are talking as if this match involved only 1 team - India. There was a certain Pakistan also playing What I read in the papers today was that a few batsmen were paid to bat slowly and bowlers were paid to leak runs.

Its ICC's call, although I'd have liked them to investigate to leave no chance.

[Inzamamfan]

What do you guys means by the ICC cannot investigate everything? it's a part of their job! if there is smoke, there might be chance for a fire?

[withlovefrom vizag]

this is jus crap without any evidence,and the sensationalistic Indian media is dragging it and making a lot of fuss abt it

[cricketworm]

Originally Posted by Itachi i agree that ICC can't investigate every claim but there must be a strict standard. ICC shouldn't make discriminations. Should be one rule to all.

ICC's ACSU is impotent, they get paid for doing nothing. Do you really think ICC would have investigated it's own tournament?

Forget that, where is content in the story? Bookies fixes story with Newspaper is nothing new. Having numbers of betting on certain scenario during the match is not equal to fixing.

Ask yourself personally, since you must have watched the match, do you really think esp. Pakistan cricketers should go through hell over again? I mean really? And about NOTW, they did the same thing, they trapped players, they forced-fixed players! Hypothetically, speaking, it was just matter of time, before Pak. condition to get better and players wouldn't even have been spot-fixing and we wouldn't have lost players like Amir and Asif, who are dearly missed at the moment!

[spaceshot]

^^ Ye kya bouncer pe bouncer phenke ja raha hai ??

[iRfaN_LA]

Originally Posted by shahrukh619 actualy not surprised...

I know bro, I was being sarcastic.

[zaid65]

Originally Posted by Itachi NOTW came out with evidences. Did sunday times give evidence?

If this would be a match between Pakistan and SL or Pakistan vs any other country, evidence would have been created within 24 hour. In India's case, evidence will be shoved within 24 hour.

[bmwduran]

Have they done their thorough investigation already? Names have echoed in the scandal. If there is no fire then how come one particular actress was targeted?

Some of the Indian media is also hinting at fixing clouds over the match. I understand why they are saying that because it would hurt their WC champion status. I mean what's the point in putting a lid so soon, why not properly investigate and bring out the whole report, "like what they found or not found".

If everything is clean, then why not sue Sunday Times and take them to the court and have a closure there? so that next time newspapers be cautious before opening can of worms,

[classic]

'Opening a can of worms' comes to mind.

[Radiance Of Australis]

Because one of the supposed 'fixed matches' was between INDIA and Pakistan.


lol no really.. ICC is one of the most biased sport governing bodies in the world. I wouldn't be surprised if this was actually the case.

[Namak_Halaal]

Here's what I posted in another thread:

ICC will never instigate an investigation into Mohali for reasons which are obvious.

First being, any investigation will undermine ICC’s effort in tackling corruption in cricket. When was the last time anyone heard of a corrupt cricketer convicted based purely on the efforts and evidence collated by the ICC investigation team? Bearing in mind, ICC's so called investigation team was lead by Sir Paul Condon, ex Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, and his tenure proved to be fruitless. In the end, it was a British Newspaper that exposed corruption, and again, it’s a British Newspaper gathering video evidence straight from the horse’s mouth.

Secondly, it was the ICC who point blank refused to investigate the Pak vs. Aus test in 2010 after telltale signs of fixing. ICC turned a blind eye (sheer incompetence). Alas! That same match was mentioned time and time again during Trio-gate within the realms of English courts. As a result PCB initiated an internal investigation, but not a peep from the ICC. Go figure.

Last but not least; if the ICC had the sand to investigate Mohali, it would inherently cast doubt over the match (else why investigate?). Doubt is a clear indication of suspicion, a notion which smacks in the face of claims of a corrupt free - fair and lovely - WC. Of course, with ICC in BCCI pockets, this type of behaviour is to be expected.

ICC = Inept Cricket Council

[freelance_cricketer]

This is disappointing

Would have been cool to see a few more Pakistani players going to jail.

[bmwduran]

Originally Posted by freelance_cricketer This is disappointing Would have been cool to see a few more Pakistani players going to jail.

instead, they will be playing against India on 18th March, for this to be repeated....

[Osama_B]

and yet when a trash newspaper like the sun made claims the 3rd odi in england 2010 was fixed the moron known as haroon lorgat was quick to thank the sun for their reporting of this and investigations were launched lol.

[Osama_B]

Originally Posted by freelance_cricketer This is disappointing Would have been cool to see a few more Pakistani players going to jail.

**** u indian!