The International Cricket Council (ICC) will investigate how evidence given to a matchfixing probe had been leaked to the media and take action against anyone employed by them if involved, chief executive Dave Richardson said yesterday.
The latest matchfixing scandal broke last December when New Zealand media reported that three former international cricketers had been linked to an investigation by the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Security Unit (ACSU) into alleged matchfixing.
Last week, British newspapers published excerpts of confidential statements from former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent, who had earlier said he was co-operating with the ACSU, and current captain Brendon McCullum.
Richardson said the ICC “deeply regretted” the leaks and re-iterated that McCullum was not under investigation.
“We are taking all steps available to us to urgently investigate how certain information in the form of statements has come to find its way into the media,” he said in a statement.
