Al Jazeera plan documentary on fixing, ICC claim channel not co-operating

Robin Morris during his Indian Cricket League stint in 2007Test matches featuring heavyweights India and Australia could have been among those influenced by match fixers in the last two years a sting operation has alleged The International Cricket Council ICC however claimed Al Jazeera is not cooperating enough into its investigation on the allegations made by them We have been in ongoing dialogue with the broadcaster which has refused our continual requests to cooperate and share information which has hampered our investigation to date the ICC said in a statementThe content of the programme is of course useful to the investigation but I would now urge the production team to provide us with all unedited and unseen evidence they are in possession of to enable us to expedite a thorough investigation it added Cricket Australia and BCCI have decided to wait for the completion of an ongoing ICC probe before acting on the sensational claimsThe sting has been carried out by Al Jazeera channel and the matches in question are India v Sri Lanka Galle July 2629 2017 India vs Australia Ranchi March 1620 2017 and India vs England Chennai December 1620 2016 The first and third Tests mentioned were won by India while the Ranchi encounter ended in a drawPitch doubtsThe allegations revolve around the possibility of the pitch being doctored at the behest of fixers India v Sri Lanka and involvement of some Australian and England players in spot fixing the other two games However no Indian players name has cropped up in any wrongdoing The Indian connection to the latest scandal is former Mumbai cricketer Robin Morris The BCCI said it would wait for the outcome of the ICC investigation before deciding on stopping his pension for his firstclass careerMorris is seen meeting an undercover reporter and saying that he could get players to fix a T20 game for a proposed tournament in Dubai involving retired players For example in T20 they have a session of 10 overs So in 10 overs they say the bookmakers 70 71 72 runs So accordingly we do betting and for example one of our friends is playing there we will tell him to stop it In the ninth 10th over dont score more than seven runs After 10 overs get out Pay the player and bloody hell get money from the market Morris says Morris along with former Pakistan cricketer Hasan Raza is allegedly seen in the video bragging about their ability to doctor pitches through groundsmenAneel factorAnother alleged match fixer Aneel Munawar is also seen claiming to manipulate particular sessions of the game Meanwhile reacting to allegations made by the television channel Cricket Australia CA has asked for raw footage and unedited material Together with the ICC we are aware of the investigation by Al Jazeera into alleged corruption in cricket CA chief executive James Sutherland was quoted as saying by Cricinfo Although not having been provided an opportunity to view the documentary or any raw footage our longstanding position on these matters is that credible claims will be treated very seriously and fully investigatedCatch up on all the latest T20 news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever