Cricket: ECB sets up corruption watchdog

LONDON: English cricket chiefs have set up a new anti-corruption watchdog to monitor domestic limited-overs competitions. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said that a panel of seven officials will scrutinise games in the domestic Twenty20 league and 40-over competitions. According to ECB officials, the new monitoring group will be run under the supervision of their anti-corruption chief Chris Watts and staffed by suitably skilled and experienced individuals with investigative and regulatory backgrounds. “The ECB has been at the forefront of efforts to stamp out corruption in cricket and the creation of a dedicated team for the purpose demonstrates our determination to protect the integrity of the sport,” said ECB Chief Executive David Collier.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 1^st, 2012.