No truth in allegations of fixing in IPL-2

[Tapioca]

Right' date=' but ACSU claims to have a dossier on a tournament they were not involved with - this is not an expose by some free agent, it's a report compiled by ACSU? :dontknow:[/quote'] It cannot be true, Outsider, and unlike Pakistan we are an honest people. We don't pay or ask bribes, never ask kickbacks and scams are unheard of here. Besides as someone said above, it is only the poor people who are corrupt. The rich & powerful do not need any more money, so they are always honest.

[mastana]

Where are the video proofs? :hmmm: Even if you present them we will call it a consipiracy. It seems some padosi fans are getting desperate to see indian players name in spot fixing scandals. :hehe:

[saneindian]

By any chance is Lalit Modi in London these days? This leak has Modi written all over it.

[achilles]

By any chance is Lalit Modi in London these days? This leak has Modi written all over it.

He'll get hauled up for it. He was in charge then.

[ravishingravi]

Where are the video proofs? :hmmm: Even if you present them we will call it a consipiracy. It seems some padosi fans are getting desperate to see indian players name in spot fixing scandals. :hehe:

You can't blame the world. Padosi want sus down since that my be the only thing that can bring some joy to them at the moment. And the world is desperate to kill thi smonster called "BCCI" which is ruling world cricket.

[saneindian]

He'll get hauled up for it. He was in charge then.

Doesn't matter to him. He's already down and out, would love to sink a few others ala Tharoor with himself.

[DeXteR]

B.S. news..masala news...

[Gunner_Mania]

http://www.hindustantimes.com/29-cricketers-suspected-in-alleged-fixing-in-IPL2-The-Sunday-Times/Article1-599172.aspx Twenty nine cricketers, including two Australians are suspected to be involved in spot-fixing at last year's Indian Premier League in South Africa, a leading London newspaper claimed on Sunday. According to a secret dossier compiled by the ICC's anti-corruption and security unit, some high-profile names but nobody from England or Pakistan, whose players did not take part due to security issues, The Sunday Times claimed. "Some betting patterns were very suspicious at IPL 2," the report said quoting a source. Despite long-standing concerns about the integrity of the IPL -- whose commissioner Lalit Modi is suspended amid corruption allegations -- England players are expected to be available for the entirety of next year's IPL for first time. Three Pakistan players -- Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir -- were suspended by the ICC for their alleged involvement in sport-fixing in the Lord Test and the trio returned home on Saturday.

The Sunday times is a subscription based newspaper so I got a friend to mate to send me the full article expecting there to be atleast something more than whatever was reported in the HT. Turns out that there is nothing more than what MTC has posted above. What a load of tosh. I seriously believe this article was written just to fill up the column space in the newspaper.

[Feed]

No truth in allegations of fixing in IPL-2 No report was ever prepared by the International Cricket Council (ICC) suggesting that 29 cricketers who took part in the second edition of the Indian Premier League played in South Africa in April 2009 could be involved in spot fixing, HT’s enquiries have revealed. More... No truth in allegations of fixing in IPL-2 HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times New Delhi, September 13, 2010 No report was ever prepared by the International Cricket Council (ICC) suggesting that 29 cricketers who took part in the second edition of the Indian Premier League played in South Africa in April 2009 could be involved in spot fixing, Hindustan Times’s enquiries have revealed. The cricketing world was jolted again on Sunday when the London-based Sunday Times made this allegation, claiming the ICC’s Anti Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) had produced such a dossier. “It is true that Lord Condon, then chief of the ACSU, addressed the ICC Board on the threat of corruption that existed,” a top source told Hindustan Times. “At the time the IPL was in the limelight, so he did mention that he had heard accusations of irregularities, but at no stage was any report prepared.” “We were worried about IPL 1 and IPL 2, not because we think there were huge fixes, but because there was no infrastructure to prevent it,” Condon said at Lord’s in May this year. “That doesn’t mean to say that the matches were fixed in the Indian Premier League 1 and 2, but nor can I, hand on heart, give it a clean bill of health. I just don’t know,” Condon added. In any case, the ACSU was not involved with IPLs 1 and 2 in any way. The ICC had offered the services of the ACSU, but IPL administrators felt that the $1.2 million (Rs 5.5crore) fee this would have entailed was too high, and organised their own private policing. Since the IPL is officially classified as an Indian domestic tournament, the BCCI is under no compulsion to use the services of the ACSU. However, taking into consideration the fact that close to 80 international players were involved, and that huge sums of money rode on the tournament, the BCCI did finally avail the services of the ACSU in the third edition of the Indian Premier League.

[Zap_Brannigan]

One anonymous source makes up a story one day and another anonymous source refutes the story the next day. 2 controversial articles in 2 days in which no real information is given. This is what journalism has become.

[riwi999]

So is somebody going to sue the Sunday Times? Especially since it is not considered a tabloid and is therefore likely to be taken seriously? I find these categorizations increasingly muddled. Like they say "don't judge a book by its cover". So-called "established" , "respectable" news media is so desperate for eyeballs that they don't stop short of anything to get a story. But hey they are "respectable"!!! And a "tabloid" takes great pains to do an investigative story, putting the lives of its reporters at risk, but hey, it is a "tabloid", so there cannot be truth in what it says? Bahut na-insaafi hai. Unless the Sunday Times has evidence to support its claim, I want it to pay for misleading the public.

[Feed]

CA denies Oz players' involvement in IPL match-fixing: report Cricket Australia today refuted reports that two of its players were under the ICC's scanner for suspected involvement in match-fixing during the Indian Premier League's second season last year. More... Aussies not being probed by ICC Malcolm Conn From: The Australian September 13, 2010 CRICKET Australia claims the International Cricket Council has no knowledge of any Australian players under investigation for corruption. This is despite claims from London that two may be facing scrutiny. A brief and obscure report in The Sunday Times suggested that the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit has compiled a secret dossier believed to contain the names of 29 cricketers suspected of involvement in spot- or match-fixing at last year's Indian Premier League in South Africa. It is thought there are two Australians on a list that includes some high-profile names, but nobody from England or Pakistan, whose players did not take part, the report said. However CA spokesman Peter Young claimed the ICC had contacted CA last night offering assurances it had no knowledge of improper conduct by Australian players. "It's news to us and it's news to the ICC," Young told The Australian last night. "To the best of our knowledge there are none of our players involved." The Sunday Times claims that the dossier goes well beyond the Pakistan players accused of fixing during the current tour of England. "Some betting patterns were very suspicious at IPL 2," the newspaper quotes a source as saying. The Australian has been previously been told by security experts that last year's IPL, which was moved to South Africa at the last minute because of security concerns, was a bet fest. IPL supremo Lalit Modi refused to pay the $1 million required for the ACSU to monitor the first two IPL tournaments in 2008 and 2009, prompting concerns from the former head of the ACSU, Paul Condon, who retired in May. "I can't give it a clean bill of health because I just don't know," Condon said of the first two IPL tournaments. "We were worried, not because we thought there were fixes but because there was no real infrastructure to prevent them." Last week The Australian revealed that two IPL officials had independently verified an IPL team moving a player up the order because of concerns he was manipulating matches late in the innings. Richly talented, the player often appeared uninterested and consistently underperformed. Modi has been suspended as chairman and commissioner of the IPL on 22 charges of impropriety. The allegations include accepting a multi-million dollar kickback while assigning the telecast rights for IPL matches, and attempting to rig the bids for the two new IPL teams that were auctioned the previous month. Modi had publicly protested his innocence.

[achilles]

C&nts have been exposed. There goes the assumption that they actually have evidence to back their "news". Will they apologize? Bloody ill-informed British and Aussie crap media. I hope the BCCI sues these two newspapers for all their money's worth.

[CSK Fan]

MTC claimed that ICC has confirmed the existence of this report. Where's the source? Serious trouble for ICC if they're seen to have brushed this report aside. Better come up with a convincing explanation.

Sorry, the sources was stupid Times Now which i was watching. they were obviously wrong

[DeXteR]

ICC rejects match-fixing reports in IPL :two_thumbs_up: http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20100915/381/tsp-icc-rejects-match-fixing-reports-in.html Dubai, Sep 15 (PTI) The International Cricket Council today refuted media reports that 29 players who participated in the Indian Premier League were under the scanner of its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit for suspected match-fixing or spot-fixing. "In particular, over the last 24-36 hours we have noted a number of specific unfounded media allegations about individual players being investigated by the ACSU - a so-called list of 29 players," ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat said in a mail to individual member boards. "This is to confirm that there is no such list and we believe it is simply a way that the media is trying to fish for information without any basis for doing so," he added. "If there were any specific players being investigated by ACSU we would have notified the relevant Member Board. " The London-based ''The Times'' had reported that 29 players, two of them Australian, were named in a secret dossier, detailing match-fixing and spot-fixing in the IPL''s second edition, prepared by the ACSU. Lorgat advised individual boards to dismiss any queries with regards to the reported dossier. "Kindly dismiss such queries and if in doubt please refer any media enquiries to the Head of ICC Media and Communications, Colin Gibson," he said.

[Sachinism]

Oh no poyz will be heartbroken. What's the conspiracy today?

[siddhu]

Oh no poyz will be heartbroken. What's the conspiracy today?

so true... Its actually their media which was bringing all these stupid allegations without any proof. Just because NOTW ne unko nanga kar diya (albeit with proof) they just wanted to bring some allegations to IPL to see if it can provide a bargaining chip for them...:finger::finger::finger:

[achilles]

C'mon Sunday Times.... APOLOGIZE! And I think Siddhu and Sachinism are right. Thanks for the share Dexter.

[Roshanrocks]

:proud:

[mastana]

Thank god we are clean like Bisleri mineral water. :aha: