Al Jazeera defers meeting with ICC

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http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/102333/al-jazeera-defers-meeting-with-icc

 

The wait continues for the International Cricket Council, which is attempting to secure the unedited footage of Al Jazeera's documentary about corruption in cricket, with the television network stating that a meeting with the cricket governing body at this stage would be premature.

 

 

Close on the heels of ICC chief executive David Richardson mentioning that a meeting was on the cards, a spokesperson of Al Jazeera's investigative unit said it should be deferred considering the possibility of criminal investigations in Sri Lanka and India - the two places where the documentary, titled Cricket's Match Fixers, alleged that corrupt practices took place.

 

 

The documentary had highlighted several forms of corruption and means of influencing a game. It showed curators, working in collaborating with fixers, willing to doctor pitches at the Galle cricket stadium. It claimed that certain periods of play - during the India-Australia Test in Ranchi and India-England Test in Chennai - were scripted and alleged that three England cricketers and two from Australia were involved.

 

 

"With regard to a potential meeting with the ICC, the broadcaster had to take into account ongoing legal considerations, including potential criminal investigations into the spot-fixing allegations in Sri Lanka and India. That being the case, a meeting with the ICC would be premature at this stage," an Al Jazeera spokesman said.

 

 

"It should also be borne in mind that in certain respects the broadcast puts the ICC itself under the spotlight, although we are confident that this will not ultimately be a bar to cooperation in due course."

 

 

The network's statement was in response to the one made by Richardson on June 1, which had sought all evidence to enable the ICC "conduct a full, thorough and fair investigation".

 

 

"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," Richardson had stated in a media release from the ICC.

[surajmal]

Aljizz is fake news. 

[Lala2790]

Indian boomakers are the biggest blight on the game. Makes me proud to have set up my business with honesty and integrity 

[Khota]

16 hours ago, Lala2790 said:

Indian boomakers are the biggest blight on the game. Makes me proud to have set up my business with honesty and integrity 

So you dont believe in personal responsibility. It was not your players fault that they were caught spot fixing.

[kosingh]

18 hours ago, Lala2790 said:

Indian boomakers are the biggest blight on the game. Makes me proud to have set up my business with honesty and integrity 

Indian bookmakers have no responsibility towards the game. They owe nothing to the game.

 

Players do. I can understand some players come from such hopeless nations that they have no problem fixing games and betraying their country. But they do owe something to the game.  

[Khota]

41 minutes ago, kosingh said:

Indian bookmakers have no responsibility towards the game. They owe nothing to the game.

 

Players do. I can understand some players come from such hopeless nations that they have no problem fixing games and betraying their country. But they do owe something to the game.  

Their posts sums up the concept of their nation.

Blame others.

Our players cheat but it is Indians fault.

We deserve BCCI money.

We are not beggars.

 

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‘Lives are at risk’, Al Jazeera may not share fixing details with ICC

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/al-jazeera-may-not-part-with-tv-sting-details-with-icc-immediately/story-QGNNVcrlPJnOD7rtqMSvnJ.html

 

Doha-based Al Jazeera is reluctant to share with the International Cricket Council (ICC) all the evidence it has in its possession that suggests at least four Test matches in 2016-17 in the sub-continent were influenced by match-fixers.

The TV channel’s sting operation has shaken the cricketing world and the ICC is particularly worried because the “Cricket’s Match Fixers” programme on Al Jazeera last week hinted that officials in cricket’s headquarters in Dubai may not be clean.

The programme claimed that the stadium manager at Galle, Sri Lanka may have doctored the pitch at the behest of fixers and suggested minor Twenty20 events had also been targeted. It also alleged incidents of spot-fixing in a Chennai Test between England and India in December 2016 and the Australia-India Test in Ranchi in March 2017.On Friday, ICC CEO Dave Richardson said in a statement: “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 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.”

Given the limitations ICC has in investigating fixing, Al Jazeera’s reluctance is but natural. A source in the know of things said: “How many times has it (ICC) detected match-fixing itself? ICC primarily reacts to media stories.”

It is learnt that ICC wants Al Jazeera to reveal its sources. The channel has 15 hours of footage and claims the evidence is compelling enough. But all details may not reach the ICC since the D-Company, a term used for an organised crime group controlled by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, is at large and lives are at risk.

This was clearly bullshit made up crap and was readily apparent.

[Vilander]

If alcrapmypantyjazra does not provide evidence icc bcci ca ecb and slc should combine and sue their arse for part stake in burj Khalifa lolz..

[Number]

Edited June 3, 2018 by Number
Al jizzira reporting live from Gaza.

[Khota]

As they say "Put Up or Shut Up"