Pakistan Forms Cricket Anti-Corruption Unit

[Alchemist]

Pakistan cricket authorities have approved the setting-up of a "vigilance and security division" to fight corruption in the game, a month after three top players were convicted of spot-fixing. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been criticised for failing to combat graft, highlighted by the sentencing of former Test captain Salman Butt and pacemen Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer over their roles in fixing parts of a Lord's Test against England last year. The PCB's governing board met in Lahore on Tuesday and approved the new branch, which it said would be headed by a senior retired police or army official. "The division will be responsible for monitoring and managing issues related to corruption and security," a PCB statement released on Thursday said. New PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf said in the United Arab Emirates last month that strict measures would be brought into place "so that our players, wherever they are, don't get in touch with people who try to drag them into such negative activity." Pakistan cricket has been blighted by allegations of match-fixing since 1995 when Australian trio Shane Warne, Tim May and Mark Waugh alleged then captain Salim Malik offered them bribes to under perform during a tour to Pakistan. A judicial inquiry ended in life bans for Malik and paceman Ata-ur Rehman. It also fined Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Saeed Anwar, Inzamam-ul Haq, Mushtaq Ahmed and Akram Raza. After the spot-fixing scandal last year, the International Cricket Council came down hard on Pakistan, forcing them to form an integrity committee to look into players' assets and behaviour.

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[phaedrus]

this follows the creation of the anti-cricket corruption unit

[gult]

"so that our players, wherever they are, don't get in touch with people who try to drag them into such negative activity." He doesn't have faith in their cricketers Now they can blame India (bookmakers) for their cricketers' wrongdoings

[vvvslaxman]

while they are at it they should create another ACU to monitor the ACU

[Alchemist]

while they are at it they should create another ACU to monitor the ACU

They still have to release the amount neede to bribe to get into first ACU

[Ultimate_Game]

Pakistan creating Anti Corruption Unit is akin to Mexico or Colombia creating Drug Enforcement Agencies - you can create as many bodies as you want but unless you address the root cause, nothing's gonna change

[achilles]

Thats like Power starting a charitable trust.

[Hell Raiser]

who is going to be the head of this unit?? Salim Malik would be a good choice.

[panther]

Pakistan creating Anti Corruption Unit is akin to Mexico or Colombia creating Drug Enforcement Agencies - you can create as many bodies as you want but unless you address the root cause' date=' nothing's gonna change[/quote'] is the root cause zardari

[achilles]

who is going to be the head of this unit?? Salim Malik would be a good choice.

Ijaz Butt

[BERGKAMP]

Thats like Power starting a charitable trust.

or hitler creating a jewish appreciation society.

[achilles]

or hitler creating a jewish appreciation society.

Or Congi's joining Team Anna :woot:

[Hell Raiser]

All of the members of this unit will report daily to the highly respected person in Pakistan I.e Dawood Ibrahim

[carnish]

lol...pakistan can never be free of problems... may it be coach's death, spot fixing, early retirements, bogus pcb office bearers, or something new pretty much unexpected thing that they will find to be in the spotlight... just wait for it..:nervous: