Cricket stepping up fight against fixers at new T20 event

EXCLUSIVE: Cricket is stepping up the fight against match-fixers at new Twenty20 event in Dubai, which features 20 England players including former Test captain Joe Root

• The ICC have bolstered their anti-corruption enforcement for a new tournament 
• The latest white-ball global franchise competition ILT20 starts in Dubai on Friday
• Sportsmail revealed last week the ICC had launched a probe into six incidents
• That has led to an increased presence of anti-corruption officers for the ILT20 

The ICC have bolstered their anti-corruption enforcement for the latest global franchise tournament which begins in Dubai on Friday.

Sportsmail revealed last week that the ICC had launched an investigation into six incidents of alleged corruption at a T10 tournament in Abu Dhabi. 

That has led to an increased presence of anti-corruption officers for the ILT20 in Dubai, which features 20 England players.

The ICC have bolstered their anti-corruption enforcement for the latest white-ball global franchise tournament, the ILT20, which begins in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Friday

Sportsmail revealed last week that the ICC, cricket’s governing body, had launched an investigation into six incidents of alleged corruption at a T10 tournament in Abu Dhabi

Joe Root will make his first non-domestic T20 appearance for four years when he plays for the Dubai Capitals against the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in the opening game today, with the ICC watching closely.

They will have six anti-corruption managers at every game — an increase on the four on duty at the T10 tournament — as well as an intelligence officer and investigator overseeing the whole competition.

The huge growth in short-form franchise leagues has been accompanied by a rise in betting activity, much of it unregulated, leading to increased concern over corruption.

The ICC probe is focused on the level of betting activity and reports of questionable activity around the teams. There is no suggestion any of the players pictured above are involved

ICC are investigating six allegations of corruption at a T10 competition in Abu Dhabi which was won by Deccan Gladiators, above. There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by their players

The ILT20 is one of four franchise competitions taking place this month, along with the Big Bash, the Bangladesh Premier League and the SA20 in South Africa, with the result that resources are being spread thinly.

The corruption safeguards in place vary from tournament to tournament, a problem exacerbated by the fact that ICC regulations permit full member countries to run their own programmes. 

With the financially stretched Bangladesh Cricket Board in charge, there is just one anti-corruption manager at each game in the BPL, for example.

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