The International Cricket Council, who are investigating the match -fixing and doctored pitches allegations made by Al Jazeera in one of their sting operations, has asked the Qatar-based news channel to provide them with all the details in the matter.
In an official statement released by ICC, CEO Dave Richardson said, “I ask Al Jazeera to release to us all the material they have relating to corruption in cricket. We will conduct a full, thorough and fair investigation and will ensure no stone is left unturned as we examine all allegations of corruption made in the programme. To do so, we need to see all the evidence they state they possess.”
“I am encouraged by their public commitment to cooperate and now ask that they do so, in releasing all relevant material. We understand and fully respect the need to protect journalistic sources and our ACU team have worked with other media companies on that basis. However, to prove or disprove these allegations, we need to see the evidence referred to in the programme,” he further added.
Last Sunday, Al Jazeera released a documentary which featured sting operations carried out on Indian bookies in Mumbai and Sri Lanka, where they have claimed to match-fixing and doctoring pitches during international matches involving India, Sri Lanka, Australia and England.
The Test matches in question in the documentaries are India vs Sri Lanka (Galle, July 26-29, 2017), India vs Australia (Ranchi, March 16-20, 2017) and India vs England (Chennai, December 16-20, 2016).
The channel has, however, refrained from naming the players it alleged were involved, citing legal reasons and an ongoing probe
Earlier, ICC had said that they are investigating but accused Al Jazeera of hampering the probe after they were not co-operating enough into its investigation after they refused their continual requests of sharing information.
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