LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), in an attempt to keep the inaugural edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) safe from corruption, conducted an anti-corruption workshop at the National Cricket Academy here on Monday.

The coordinator intelligence of International Cricket Council’s Anti Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU), Martin Vertigen — on request of the PCB, delivered a lecture to educate the franchises about anti-corruption strategies.

The workshop was attended by the representatives of all five franchises, PSL Management and integrity officers of all five teams.

PCB Director Security and Anti-Corruption retired Col Mohammad Azam was also present during the workshop.

“The representative of the franchises termed the workshop very healthy and said they would educate their respective franchises on Monday’s event,” a PCB release said.

“The Board will continue to engage in this activity in future and shall hold such workshops for the teams as well. PCB will follow its zero tolerance policy towards corruption.”

The PSL is being held in Dubai and Sharjah from Feb 4 to 23.

Published in Dawn, January 19th, 2016