Haroon Lorgat,chief executive of the International Cricket Council, and Gerald Majola, chief executive of Cricket South Africa have denied reports that the Anti-Corruption Unit are investigating allegations of match-fixing during the 2009 staging of the Indian Premier League in South Africa.
Haroon Lorgat, chief executive of the International Cricket Council, and Gerald Majola, chief executive of Cricket South Africa have denied reports that the Anti-Corruption Unit are investigating allegations of match-fixing during the 2009 staging of the Indian Premier League in South Africa.
It was reported that 29 players were under the ICC scanner.
Majola was taken aback when asked if he had known of any match-fixing or spot-betting cases which may have occurred during the 2009 IPL were being investigated by the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit.
A weekend London report stated that 29 players participating in the second edition of the IPL, hastily rescheduled in South Africa after the authorities were unable to give guarantees for the security and safety to all the players in the glitzy, glamorous and money-spinning tournament are being closely watched or investigated by the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit.
"We ran a very tightly monitored tournament even though it was pounced upon us overnight," said Majola.
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"I'm surprised that this is coming out now. Here in South Africa we are very particular about how things are run by the authorities around the country.We have very strict rules and regulations to follow and we follow every rule of the ICC went it comes to security.To me the report coming out of London is certainly not true at all."
