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ICC's anti-corruption, security unit chief resigns | The chief investigator of the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption and security unit, Ravi Sawani, has resigned as the game confronts its most serious integrity issue in a decade. With Indian Premier League commissioner
Lalit Modi suspended amid corruption allegations, and with a disputed report from
Indian income tax department reportedly implicating 27 players in spot-fixing
at last year's IPL, cricket faces its greatest tests on match-fixing charges.
Sawani handed his resignation letter to his employers. His move comes as Paul
Condon, the ACSU's long-serving chairman, prepares to retire in June, leaving
a leadership vacuum in the unit. Condon's replacement is expected to be named
within a month, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. Sawani's resignation is not
linked to the scandal engulfing Modi and the IPL, but rather a disagreement with
ICC brass. Security officials fear there has been a dramatic rise in spot-fixing,
engineering outcomes within matches, since the advent of Twenty20. Illegal bookmakers,
whose activities were slashed after the formation of the ACSU in 2000, have been
emboldened by their advances into Twenty20 and have been seen in increasing numbers
around team hotels and functions. The report about involvement of a famous Australian
cricketer who allegedly helped fix Indian Premier League matches played in South
Africa last year has been denied by the Indian tax authorities. Indian tax officials
have denied issuing a report naming 27 cricketers, including a "famous Australian",
for spot fixing during last year's IPL. |
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