The International Cricket Council (ICC) has stated its intent to meet Al Jazeera officials after the channel aired a documentary brought to light ‘spot-fixing’ and ‘pitch-fixing’ in Test matches. Richardson further added that the ICC and their Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) would not find it easy trying to stop these ‘criminal groups’ from going about with their work. READ | Greed, thrill of beating system incentives for match-fixingThe three Test matches that were put under the spotlight thanks to the Al-Jazeera sting were India’s match vs Sri Lanka in Galle last year, India’s match vs Australia in Ranchi in 2017) and India’s Test vs England in Chennai at the end of 2016. “I am always concerned if people are talking about fixing in cricket. “It would be very surprising if international cricketers were able to be got to.

Source: Hindustan Times May 31, 2018 06:44 UTC