ICC and BCCI need to be more transparent

Tue, Jun 30, '15

In the backdrop of the growing threat of corruption in cricket, the anti-corruption watchdogs have mostly come across as toothless bodies. Or so it has begun to appear. Until now, not a single issue related to fixing or betting in cricket has come to light because of the efforts of International Cricket Council's (ICC) Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU). Instead, it has either been because of the efforts of the media or local police (Delhi and Mumbai crime branch for instance), or the various courts independently monitoring corruption in cricket.

The letter from Lalit Modi to the ICC chief executive that surfaced on Twitter last week was written in June 2013. Two years have passed and one doesn't knowif the matter was probed or not. And if probed, then what was the conclusion. While ICC is not transparent at all on the issue of investigating corruption, Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) anti-corruption unit never bothered investigating the matter simply because the matter wasn't under its jurisdiction.