Cricket-No corruption in IPL3, says Condon20 May 2010, 2:35 pmBy John Mehaffey
LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Outgoing International Cricket
Council Anti-Corruption chief Paul Condon said on Thursday he
had no evidence to suggest there had been any corruption in the
third edition of the Indian Premier League.
"IPL three from a clean cricket point of view seems to have
been a very clean event," Condon told a news conference at
Lord's. "There were rumours and vague allegations about
match-fixing in IPL three.
"No one has come forward from within the Indian board or the
IPL or franchises or journalists, players or team managers,
anyone with any specific allegations about match-fixing in the
IPL. All there has been is a generic rumour."
The Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) did not monitor
the first two IPL Twenty20 competitions. Condon, who has been in
charge of the unit since it was set up 10 years ago to deal with
a match-fixing scandal which resulted in life bans for three
international captains, will be succeeded by former senior
British police offical Ronnie Flanagan on July 1.
Condon said the ACSU was still investigating the second test
between Australia and Pakistan in Sydney this year, which the
home side won after the Pakistanis appeared to be clearly in
charge.
"It is a match and series that worried us," Condon said. "We
spent a lot of time talking to the players, talking to the PCB
(Pakistan Cricket Board).
"Certainly we are satisfied that that was a totally
dysfunctional tour from the Pakistan point of view and the
dysfunctionality in the dressing room led to players not
performing well, to maybe players even potentially
under-performing deliberately.
"What we are still trying to establish is whether that was
because rival camps wanted to do down captains, or potential
captains, or whether they were doing something more serious and
were doing it for a financial fix."
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