Delivering the keynote address at the ESPNcricinfo at 20 event in Brisbane on Tuesday night, Chappell said cricket had for some time been &ldquo;a runaway train with no one at the lead&rdquo;, particularly in regard to scheduling between the three formats. <img alt="Ian Chappell" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/nov/Ian-Chappell_2.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 526px;" /> Ian Chappell &ldquo;I think now the most important issue for cricket administration is corruption. I can&rsquo;t think of anything other than corruption that can bring this game down. Don&rsquo;t hide &ldquo;Players have got to become whistle-blowers, and they&rsquo;ve got to be educated how important this is. You cannot tell me that if you&rsquo;re in a dressing room and there&rsquo;s some funny stuff going on, surely to Christ you&rsquo;re going to know. &ldquo;I think if you look at the history of people who have been pinged with corruption charges, not much of it has come from cricket. u00a0&ldquo;Not much of it has come from the anti-corruption unit. Most of it has come from television stings, newspaper stings.&rdquo;u00a0

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Former Australian captain Ian Chappell has described the leadership of cricket as "weak and self-interested" and called on the game's administrators to do more to stamp out corruption. 

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