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PCB asks players to be
cautious against betting mafia
LAHORE: Pakistan cricketers have been warned by their Board to be
very cautious of attempts by the illegal betting mafia, who may
employ fancy fixing methods to influence the outcome of matches in
the Asia Cup.
The players, before leaving for Sri Lanka on Tuesday, were issued a
note of caution by the Pakistan Cricket Board following advice and
feedback from the Anti-Corruption Unit of the International Cricket
Council (ICC) in London, PCB chief Shaharyar Khan said.
"During a meeting in London with ACU officials including Paul
Condon, we were told that while the instances of the betting mafia
fixing full matches has come to a halt but these people are now
devising new methods of fancy and flash fixing to ifluence results
of matches," Shaharyar said.
"The ACU told us to caution our players to be very aware of such
attempts from the ilegal betting mafia operating in Pakistan, India,
Dubai and even other countries," the PCB chief was quoted as saying
on Thursday.
Shaharyar said the positive outcome of the meeting was that the ACU
had confirmed that the recent home series with India was completely
clean.
"According to them they have managed to discourage and prevent the
ilegal betting mafia from fixing matches with some concrete steps.
And the recent series was totally clean.
"But they have warned us that because of the lucrative money
involved in this illegal business, the bookmakers and punters are
now employing fancy and flsh fixing methods to corrupt players," he
added.
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