Cricket Australia refutes charges of match fixing in IPL

Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday strongly rubbished British media reports that claimed that two Australian cricketers were under the scanner of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for their suspected involvement in match-fixing during the Indian Premier League’s second season last year.

The Sunday Times of Britain reported that of the 29 players under the scanner of the ICC for suspected involvement in match or spot-fixing, there are two Australians.

The daily quoting an unnamed source said “some betting patterns were very suspicious at IPL 2” which was held in South Africa last year.

“We don’t have any knowledge of this. The ICC tells us they don’t have any knowledge either,” CA chief spokesman Peter Young was quoted as saying by The Sydney Morning Herald.

Nineteen Australians played in the Twenty20 event last year and inaugural IPL champions’ Rajasthan Royals’ skipper-cum-coach Shane Warne said he is confident that the event was corruption-free.

“In the time I have played in the IPL, I have never been approached or heard anything at the Royals regarding match-fixing,” said Warne.