CAPE TOWN, Feb 9: World Cup cricket captains have been told to stay away from unknown people who try to be very friendly since they could be bookmakers, sources said on Sunday.

The pre-tournament briefing for all the 14 captains and team managers organised by the ICC on Saturday featured a presentation by a member of the ICC’s anti-corruption unit (ACU).

The captains were told of possible forms of an approach by potential bookies and were shown video footage compiled by the ACU which appeared to have detailed the modus operandi of known bookmakers.

The captains’ meeting was also told about the random drug tests to be conducted on players for the first time at a cricket World Cup.

Most teams conducted precautionary drug tests on their players before departing for South Africa with reports indicating that no one failed the test.—AFP