Lie detectors could tackle cricket corruption

Cricket's lawmakers are to consider the introduction of lie detectors in an effort to drive corruption out of the sport.

The Marylebone Cricket Club's (MCC) World Cricket Committee, which includes a number of famous former players such as Steve Waugh and Courtney Walsh, will table the proposals to the MCC Laws sub-committee for consideration in February. The recommendations will then be forwarded to the International Cricket Council (ICC) for approval.

Other suggestions being deliberated include legalising and regulating betting markets in India, the inclusion of anti-corruption clauses in playing contracts, and the non-selection of so-called 'tainted' players.

An MCC statement explained "the MCC World Cricket Committee has recommended that the laws of cricket be amended specifically to forbid the corruption or attempted corruption of any aspect of a match."

The measures have been discussed in the wake of a scandal involving Pakistan trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif. The three players were suspended under the ICC anti-corruption code in September over allegations of spot-fixing - the act of fixing a small passage of play in a match, such as bowling a deliberate no ball.

The MCC statement continued âthe Committee is concerned at the scale of the problem, and the detrimental effect it has placed on the integrity of the game.

"The education of players should not be a meaningless formality; the message should be pressed home with regularity by figures known and respected by the players."

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