Asad Rauf: “Pakistan have not used DRS properly because of [a] lack of knowledge”
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Former international umpire Asad Rauf has criticised the Pakistan team for their “lack of knowledge” on how to use the Decision Review System (DRS) properly.
“We’ve all been aware of a certain amount of corruption in the game for a long time now and there’s always just been a bit of smoke, there hasn’t been much fire around it”
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Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting has announced that he wants the sport’s governing bodies to tackle corruption hard and fast in order for it to be expelled from the game once and for all.
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“I want to pay credit to the ICC and Cricket Australia for the work they put in to try and stop this [and to] stamp it out of our game”
Australia captain Michael Clarke and pace bowler Ryan Harris have both announced that corruption and match-fixing is something they “take personally” since it “damages the credibility of the sport”.
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Dravid wants to see a more hardline stance taken on match-fixing
Former India batting great Rahul Dravid has announced that the only way to clean up the image of the sport is to make match-fixing a criminal offence so that players are deterred from getting involved in the illegal trade.
Richardson believes corruption in the sport will continue unless tough measures are taken to stop it
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Dave Richardson has announced that all the major cricketing boards in the sport must stand up and fight the ongoing “war” against corruption.
