Strauss labels ICC’s anti-corruption unit a ‘toothless tiger’

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London, (ANI): England Test captain Andrew Strauss has labelled the International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption Unit a “toothless tiger” in the wake of the Pakistan spot-fixing convictions.

Strauss said that he wanted the ICC’s anti-corruption unit to do more to stamp out fixing in cricket.

“It’s hard to be happy or satisfied when something like this happens. I think it is fantastic that there’s been some sort of repercussions for what these guys did and there’s a deterrent there,” The Telegraph quoted Strauss, as saying.

He added: “For me, there’s still a lot of questions to be answered because they weren’t exposed by any of the cricketing members, they were exposed by the News of the World. I think we all know there’s no place for it in the game. We’ve got to be vigilant. I still think the ICC could be doing a lot more than they are doing.”

“Unfortunately, the anti-corruption unit is a pretty toothless tiger. They can’t get into the real depth of it all because they haven’t got the resources available to them. I don’t hold it against them, they’re doing the best job they possibly can.

They can’t do sting operations like the News of the World, they can’t infiltrate these betting networks. They’ve tried their best. I’m very hopeful that only a minor percentage of cricketers are involved in it, but the truth is we really don’t know,” Strauss said.