Cricket: Hong Kong denies fixing claims

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s cricket chief has denied there is any corruption at the city’s high-profile Sixes tournament after New Zealand players said they were approached and offered gifts by a possible match-fixer.

Dinesh Tandon said the Hong Kong Cricket Association was investigating after players told the International Cricket Council a man had made the offer during the tournament in November. “We’ve been made aware by the ICC that an incident happened and we are investigating it further,” said Tandon. “But I can assure you that there has been no instance of match-fixing or spot-fixing. We have strictly adhered to ICC guidelines on corruption and I’m confident nothing happened.”



Published in The Express Tribune, April 20^th, 2011.