Disappointing Role of ICC in Prevention of Match Fixing

It is said that Match Fixing, Fancy Fixing and Spot Fixing exists in the game of cricket since long long ago. Shane Warne and Mark Waugh from Australia, Harshelle Gibbs, Nicky Boy and Hansie Cronje from South Africa, Azhar Ud Din and Ajay Jadeja from India and Salim Malik from Pakistan have faced the allegations of Match fixing. Therefore, for the prevention of Match Fixing ICC has established an unit named Anti Corruption and Security Unit. The duty of this unit is to prevent match fixing and other corruption in game of cricket. But if we review the character of this unit, we can say that either this unit is not serious in prevention of corruption in game or it is  not capable of doing so. Because in recent days if we look at the spot fixing scandal of Pakistan Cricket team, it is clear that Anti Corruption Unit of ICC was totally failed to identify this corruption. It was weekly “World of News” who identified the corruption. So therefore, the role of  Anti Corruption Unit is questionable. One can draw conclusion that for prevention of Match fixing we cannot depend upon this unit.

The question is, what is this unit doing. What is the duty of this Unit? Why ICC does not feel responsibility for its failure. But there is another side of the picture also. Most of the time ICC actions look like they are supporting bookies for some reasons. I will give you one example here. If we look at the World Cup which was played in West Indies and where Pakistan loss his Match to Ireland. One can ask some question about the following two aspects.

Number one “Most of the wickets were balance for Bellowing and Bating”. Number Two “Then why the wicket on which an Asian country (Pakistan) was playing against a European country (Ireland) was prepared to suite the weak team that was Ireland (The wicket was quick and bouncy)”. Because most of the European teams are better then Asian on a quick wicket.  In other words a chance was given to weak team to win against the favorite. Why ICC did so, I think only bookie may concern with the win of weak team. And ICC given a chance to weak team to win and help the bookies. Several times ICC prepares quick and bouncy wickets in a country that have record of slow and dead wickets. It is look like ICC want to get unexpected results for some reasons. So, therefore, I think that another Anti Corruption Unit must be established to have a watch on the corruption of ICC officials also.