Cricket’s anti-corruption chief insists illegal betting is not endemic in the game, in the wake of three Pakistan players being jailed for spot-fixing.
Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have been given prison terms for conspiring to bowl deliberate no-balls in a 2010 Test match against England.
Sir Ronnie Flannagan said: “It [corruption] is certainly not rampant in the world of cricket.
“I think it is engaged in by a tiny number of people.”
Flannagan, who is the head of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, added: “The vast, vast majority of cricketers are wonderfully ethical people.
I still believe there are more out there and more can be done to try and catch more than just the three we’ve seen in court over the last few weeks.
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“It is only a tiny proportion of people, some of whom may have a pre-deposition to it and some who succumb to the evil advances of other people.
“My message to the followers of cricket is keep following, keep loving this wonderful game and don’t be thinking that corruption is rampant within the game.” (BBC)
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