July 26, 2002	Friday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 15,1423

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LAHORE, July 25: The International Cricket Council (ICC) is yet to give regulation status to the recommendations made by its Anti Corruption Unit (ACU) to curb the menace of match-fixing and betting during the international matches.

The ACU had made 11 recommendations to the ICC in this connection.

“Should the recommendations become regulations, section 7 of the ICC Code of Conduct would apply, however, if they were to remain recommendations Appendix A regulation 4 would apply although it must be appreciated that this regulation does not appear to have the same strength as section 7”, an ACU’s document, a copy of which was obtained by Dawn, revealed.

The ICC has formed ACU to check the match-fixing and betting which had disgraced the game globally. But the game’s governing body is yet to decide any punishment under its clause 7 of Code of Conduct for those found guilty against the allegations of match-fixing and betting.

The regulation status to the ACU’s recommendation is necessary before fixing penalties for those players/officials involved in the match-fixing.

“Having approved the recommendations the ICC must give serious thought to contravention”, the document added.

For example, one recommendation of the ACU prohibited players from using mobile phone during the matches. But it is not cleared what the ACU or ICC will do against the players who acted against it.

So far, only some cricket boards took action against their players who either were suspected or found guilty in the match- fixing scandals. But the ICC involvement to give punishment in this regard is yet awaited. Pakistan, South African, Indian and Australian cricket boards had penalised their players against the match-fixing allegations.

According to the document, following 11 recommendations were finalised by the ACU which awaits incorporation as regulations.